[ltp] Re: Battery won't charge after emptying

[Wookey]

+++ Carlo Hamalainen [05-06-12 08:29 +1000]:
> On Sat, 11 Jun 2005, Wookey wrote:
> > Since plugging the 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

OK - this is a T22. Different battery, but possibly similar technology. 

> 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).

I tried that and it didn't work. It still refuses to change past 1%. 

OK, so I check the machine still behaves properly with my old battery, then
do a BIOS upgrade and see if that fixes it. I'm not too keen to talk to IBM
as my machine is second hand and _way_ out of warranty. I'd expect to get
short shrift (the website talks a lot about charging me for support if out
of warranty). Still I can try hassling the battery supplier.

Thanx for the clues. Maybe I'll read the smart battery spec - there really
ought to be some kind of 'reset' for when things have got confused.

Wookey
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