Philip Just double checked my adapter. It is a genuine IBM one (92P1020), which appears to be a 72 watt one and suitable for my R31.
I do have another battery but that is completely dead. It has now gone up to 35%. Simon On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Philip Kiff <[email protected]> wrote: > Simon wrote on January 6, 2011 12:21 (EST): > > > Following on from my Ubuntu problem of hanging my R31 when > > the adapter is removed. [....] > > > > It was at 27% for ages, then charged for a few mins to 33% > > and now sitting there for ages. If I unplugged it would discharge. > > > > Any ideas. > > First checks should be: > - is your adapter the correct amperage/voltage for your Thinkpad? > - is the outlet you are using able to provide that amount of charge (don't > use a bathroom razor outlet) > > After doublechecking on those things, my next guess would be a problem with > the battery itself. But I assume you don't have a second battery to compare > it with. > > Phil. > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > -- --- Twitter: http://twitter.com/SimonRoyal - LowEndMac: http://tinyurl.com/macspectrum - Skype: Simon-Royal. --- IBM ThinkPad R31 running Ubuntu 10.10 & Windows XP Home. Apple PowerBook G3 'Pismo' running OSX 10.4. Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro running 2.1 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
