Re: [Thinkpad] TP600E batteries

You message is confusing -- but it will work on one or both batteries. If it
does not -- and I can't follow your message -- you either have a hardware
problem or need to install the thinkpad utilities for the machine.

JEGILDOHNEPLDAKIIEDKEAMEEAA.lists@akphs.com>, on 04/05/03
   at 09:06 AM, "Phil Smith III" <lists@akphs.com> said:
BAGHDADBAGHDAD
>I finally bit the bullet and bought a secondary battery. New, sealed,
>Japanese market unit, via eBay.

>So it arrived and I put it in, left it overnight. The battery applet still
>didn't show it. "Hmm", sez I. So I put it in another ThinkPad (since the
>one it was in I didn't want to reboot right then), and it showed up.

>Just to be sure, I unplugged the machine and removed the primary battery, and
>it stayed up. Put the primary battery back in and removed the secondary, and
>it shut off.

>Put the primary back in and hit the power button and it powered up.

>What am I missing here? Is the machine not smart enough to say "Look at
>that, two batteries, I'll use whichever has power"? Or is there an order --
>once it starts using the secondary, the primary can't be used? If so, I
>can't carry a second primary and switch back without a reboot, which is too
>bad.

>Thanks for any info anyone can provide.

>...phsiii

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