Re: [Thinkpad] R40 charging problem

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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