[ltp] T20 battery not charging or showing up?

[André Wyrwa]

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Hei,

> I started it up the other day and the battery seemed flat, which didn't=20
> worry me unduly. My plan was to transfer all data off it and install=20
> ubuntu, which I duly did. I noticed while it was still in XP that the=20
> battery didn't seem to have charged at all. Once I had ubuntu up and=20
> running the battery indicator says there is no battery present, and=20
> unplugging the power brings it to a grinding halt, so there is=20
> definitely no battery power getting to the computer.

sounds like your battery went into the afterlife. The symptoms you
describe indicate that it doesn't hold charge anymore. Why this would
happen after a year of non-use i have no clue, don't know much about the
chemical effects within.

I had bought an X20 off eBay with a battery like that and a lot of eBay
actions come with batteries having the same issue.

You could try to deep-discharge with a tool you can find on the
IBM/lenovo support site. If that doesn't help, look into buying a new
battery.

Andr=E9.


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