An extremely common occurrence with aftermarket garbage batteries. Count yourself lucky for not blowing a fuse on the motherboard.
Watch Lenovo Outlet for genuine replacement batteries. I'd rather run any of my ThinkPads without battery than with a knock-off, but that's me... Good luck. Cheers, George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: Thinkpad Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Mar 9, 2011 11:03 pm Subject: [Thinkpad] Thinkpad X41 battery won't charge I bought a used Thinkpad X41 type 1866 last year, and the battery it came with was already somewhat dead. A full charge was worth about 45 minutes. That didn't cut it for my note-taking purposes, so I usually used it plugged in, degrading the battery even further. About a week ago I finally broke down and got a new battery. Specifically, I ordered and received this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003LAMVZI As per the included instructions, I let the battery charge overnight before turning it on, and then I let it run down off A/C until it hit low battery. I actually turned it on twice again after it ran down, because I wasn't sure whether it had actually run low on power or simply gone to sleep on a timer. Anyway, the instructions and other research I did suggested that I should repeat the same procedure a few times, so that night I plugged it in again to let it recharge. This time as soon as I put the battery in, the battery indicator started flashing orange rapidly. I didn't think much of it at the time. I let it sit all night, and in the morning I unplugged it and turned it on to use it. Turned out it had not charged the battery at all; I had barely typed in my login before the power abruptly cut. I plugged it into A/C and booted it, and the battery meter read 3%. All the while the battery indicator was still flashing orange, probably for "low battery." I can go into the battery information panel and clearly see the battery status state "No activity" where it should read "Charging." It's very baffling, because it does report the correct battery levels, it simply does not charge it. The laptop will run fine on A/C with no battery, and it will still charge my old battery, so I'm pretty sure that I've just got my hands on a defective battery. However, I wanted to ask first if this is a known problem that can be fixed. Has anyone encountered something like this before? _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
