[ltp] battery trouble

Hendrik-Jan Heins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 1 Aug 2008 20:20:41 +0200


Hello Laurent,

Both methods did not work.
The second method (using the pc docter image) can unload a battery
completely, but the problem is that even if the battery is not yet
empty, it will not even start up with the battery attached.

Hendrik-Jan



2008/8/1 Laurent Gilson <pumpkin@gmx.de>:
> Hi,
>
> These 2 lines are not OK:
>
>> last full capacity:      25300 mWh
>
> ...
>>
>> remaining capacity:      11900 mWh
>
> cause they should show the same value. Turn off the Thinkpad,
> disconnect the PSU, take the battery out. Press the power-on
> button several times. Reconnect the PSU and battery and check
> the values again.
>
> And try this if the first fails:
> http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Maintenance#Reviving_batteries
>
> cu
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