Thanks Cigarguy and Geka3250-
Reckon you're right, there's a problem with the battery - fused or sudden death for some reason. I've just ordered a replacement so hopefully I'll be able to prolong the life of this super X60 beast I've had for 9ish years now!

Thanks again

Hi - my battery just died from one day to the next. It is frozen at 30% but the moment I remove the mains cable the laptop dies...so there is no electric connection between the battery and the laptop. Any idea why? It was working fine yesterday and the battery holds 2-3 hours charge no problem. I wo...

thanks for your help. I'll try the alcohol too. no, nothing corroded. but the wireless has been funny for a while, going off randomly (coming on after a restart). must be all the bumps I gave it travelling in the himalayas for 2 years!

thanks

Hi there,
thanks Peter for your reply. I have popped it out and cleaned it up, but no luck. So I've just gone ahead and bought a new one. By the way, how exactly do you clean these things? with an antistatic cloth and some air?

Thanks

ian

Hi there, I'm using an X60 with Windows XP. My wireless has stopped working a few days back. It has had problems in the past: the light at the bottom of the screen would just go off all by itself, so I would restart computer and it would light up again. Nothing to do with the on/off switch. Now it d...