Refurbished T43, Battery Error in System Summary?

[alpuzz]

Hi,

I just purchased a Refurbished T43, type 1871AB9, from Tigerdirect.com. The machine is in excellent condition, but I have noticed one oddity. If I access the System Summary report Via ThinkPad Configuration, under the BATTERY INFORMATION section, all it says is "Error".The battery seems to be holding a charge just fine. The FRU is 92p1091.
Also, I'm not sure if this is related, but I've noticed that when I connect or disconnect AC power, I don't get a beep, even though that feature is supposedly active.
I updated to Bios version 1.29 (70ET69WW) and embedded controller version 1.05, but this had no effect on either issue.

Thanks for any thoughts,

[slagmi]

Verify the power 'beep' is enabled on both the BIOS and the thinkpad software.

The T43 is a nice machine, enjoy!!

There is a possibility that you have an, um, aftermarket battery. You may need to replace the battery to resolve the issue.

[ulrich.von.lich]

Make sure to keep the battery charging for a while to see if the error persists. I had a similar situation with a Ultrabay Slim battery.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... tery+error

[richk]

I dealt with one that showed those symptoms after a new battery had sat long enough to be totally dead. The manual suggested that you should test the battery by measuring the resistance between terminals 4 and 5. After I tested that (resistance should be between 4 ohms and 30 K Ohms) and put the battery back into the machine, it magically began to charge. It was either a coinsidence or I reset the battery. BTW, when you look at the battery terminals, the one by itself, separated by the key, is number 1.