Re: [Thinkpad] R40 charging problem

"Slightly used" = SHOT
USED UP
GONE SOUTH
Never ever buy a used battery from anyone!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Magne Rodem" <magrode-news@tihlde.org>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] R40 charging problem

> This was a "slightly used" IBM battery. I guess there is a possibility
> that it's defective, but I can't think of a way to figure that out. New
> batteries from IBM are really expensive. Since none of the batteries I
> tried wouldn't charge, I thought it had to be something wrong with the
> machine itself.
>
> On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 06:01:36PM -0500, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> > Was this a new or used battery? IBM or aftermarket?
> > Some of the aftermarket batterys have a problem in the BIOS
> > But it sounds as if someone may have sold you a used/defective battery
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Magne Rodem" <magrode-news@tihlde.org>
> > To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 5:58 PM
> > Subject: [Thinkpad] R40 charging problem
> >
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just got a two year old ThinkPad R40, and I'm pretty happy with it.
> > > There's just one little problem: It won't charge the batteries. The
guy I
> > > bought it from said that this happened after he had left it unused in
> > > his closet for some months. Obviously a silly thing to do since the
> > > Li-ion batteries should be used regularly. I assumed that the battery
> > > was dead, and got an other one on Ebay. The problem is, this battery
won't
> > > charge either.
> > >
> > > The machine seems to treat the two batteries a bit differently:
> > >
> > > 1. Original battery.
> > > With the original battery, it wouldn't start charging at all. The
orange
> > > battery light came on, but the battery monitoring software stated "No
> > > activity". The remaining percentage stayed at 0 %, and there were no
> > > information regarding current, voltage or wattage.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2. Battery from Ebay.
> > > With this one, the orange battery light was lid and the monitoring
> > > software displayed "Charging". But now it has been "charging" for 30
> > > hours, and it is still at 0 %. It says that:
> > >
> > > "This battery was completely discharged and needs to be recharged.
This
> > > may take 10 or more hours".
> > >
> > > With this battery I also got the following information:
> > >
> > > Current: Changing between 0.00-0.01A
> > > Voltage: Constantly on 11.64V
> > > Wattage: Changing between 0.00-0.06W
> > >
> > >
> > > None of the batteries become hot when I try charging them. I can't
feel
> > > any change in temperature at all. From time to time the machine goes
> > > into hibernation mode during the early boot sequence. I've only seen
> > > this when using the AC adapter with the original battery inserted.
> > >
> > > I realise that I'm asking for much here, but if anyone has an idea of
> > > what might be wrong, I'd be really happy to hear about it.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Magne Rodem
> > >
> > > --
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> --
> Magne Rodem

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