On 5/19/26 5:39 PM, Roger Heflin wrote:
On Tue, May 19, 2026 at 2:57 PM Robert Moskowitz via users
<[email protected]> wrote:
I powered off, went into setup to see what it said about the battery
charging. There were no options for the batteries.
On starting the system after leaving setup, I got a message that my
external battery is not Lenovo authorized and may not fully charge!
Now I have to see about returning this battery and finding an official
Lenovo 6-cell battery?
Oh boy...
I would not count on that message meaning ANYTHING other that the
manufacturer does not want to debug 3rd party batteries.
Could well be. I will see what the seller says to my email.
This is the manufacturers way of pushing you to their typically more
expensive batteries.
I paid $55 for this Sanyo and just found what looks like a genuine
Lenovo for $52. I asked that seller if what they are selling is what
the picture shows.
And I installed a new battery a few years ago, and the first few times
it would not charge to 100% (stopped well short) and then for no
obvious reason it started charging full.
Well I will see. It will be off for a couple days, shortly. I do want
more charge when I am on Amtrak from Toledo to Trenton next weekend
(they do have AC, but..).
And no telling how the electronics tells the %, if it is doing some
sort of charge/current counting then putting in a larger battery may
confuse the software until it re-calibrates with the new battery.
Sensor app acpi report the battery at 35730 with max of 72360. So the
50% MAY be based on actual charge value vs max.
Grumble.
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