From: Siva Ratnam Sivasingam (rss3_at_Ra.MsState.Edu)
Date: Wed Jan 03 2001 - 22:53:35 EST
how much would i expect to pay for a second hand thinkpad A20m 750Mhz,
15.1 tft, 20G Hdd, 128Mb ram? thanks guys!
siva
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On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Tim Tyhurst wrote:
> Easy one first -- I just sent my reply to you, without copying the list.
> Oops.
>
> It's been a while (I no longer have my 760E) but my batteries would exhibit
> behaviour similar to what you observe -- that is, they sometimes didn't drop
> linearly to 0%, but would quit earlier.
>
> I'm pretty sure that the computer wasn't suspending when doing a battery
> changeover, so I think that would rule out (3).
>
> If you don't have any battery in the option bay at all, does it draws power
> OK from the battery in the main battery bay?
>
> I have to say I'm inclined to think that it might be (2) or (4). Can you
> warm-swap batteries when the unit is suspended, without the unit powering
> off? If you can, that might rule out (4).
>
> tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Biggers [mailto:bbiggers_at_charter.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 8:36 PM
> To: Tim Tyhurst
> Subject: Re: Two battery operation
>
>
> Tim, yes, it acts the same if I reverse the batteries. I just
> tried it tonight, and it drew from the battery in the bay until
> the system was just over 50% drained (about 52%), then it shut
> off. If I turn it back on, it runs for a few seconds off the
> battery in the bay then turns off again. The only things that I
> can think of are that...
> 1) My batteries are too weak, and die early, but does it really
> drain to 0% on your system? Mine usually quits at about 4% left.
> Maybe it really wants to get to 0% to switch.
> 2) It is busted.
> 3) It goes into suspend for a second to switch, and mine is
> disabled.
> 4) It uses the internal rechargable backup battery, and mine is
> dead or bad.
>
>
> Question, I sent my query to the list, but just switched to
> individual messages instead of the digest. Your message appeared
> to come right from you instead of the list, did you send it to me
> or to the list or both? It will be a pain if all the messages
> don't come from the list, then I can't put them in a folder.
>
> Bryan
>
> Tim Tyhurst wrote:
> >
> > I've used two batteries on a 760E, and it should indeed switch over and
> use
> > the other battery without any special user actions. As I recall, it will
> > draw from the battery in the option bay first, and switch over to the main
> > one.
> >
> > Do you get the same behaviour when you switch the two batteries?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bryan Biggers [mailto:bbiggers_at_charter.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 9:43 AM
> > To: thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu
> > Subject: Two battery operation
> >
> > I have a 760ED. I'm not sure if it is working right when I put in
> > two batteries or not, maybe someone who has one can tell me what
> > is supposed to happen.
> >
> > When I put in a second (known good, charged) battery in the bay,
> > the second battery indicator lights up. The machine shows about
> > 2x the normal operating time in the fuel gauge, this looks good
> > so far. Now the problem; when the remaining capacity gets down to
> > 50%, the machine just shuts off! Duh, isn't it supposed to switch
> > over and use the other battery? I'm wondering if this requires
> > the use of one of the suspend or hibernation modes that I don't
> > have enabled.
> >
> > Can anyone who has used 2 batteries tell me what is supposed to
> > happen? Does the machine go into hibernation and you have to wake
> > it up again to use the second battery? Is there any test that I
> > should perform? Batteries will charge in both positions, by the
> > way.
> >
> > Bryan
>
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