[ltp] Battery won't charge after emptying

[Carlo Hamalainen]

On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, Wookey wrote:
> Since plugging hte power back in the next day (48 hours ago) it has just sat
> there at 1% charged.
> 
> What can I do to make it charge the battery? A mains-only laptop is no fun.

I had that happen a few times on my T40. It's a known problem, see for
example:
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/kis/laptop/troubleshoot/t40.htm#battery

In the mean time you can power down, remove the battery, reinsert, and
off you go (I'd done this quite a few times before upgrading the bios
and embedded controller).

-- Carlo