Where can I find the battery cycle count at???????

[Dave5049]

Where is the battery cycle count located? I have tried looking all over my T23 and can't find where it's at, I just bought a brand new IBM battery off eBay for $60 and I wan't to make sure it doesn't have any counts on it. I would like to check the old counts too, the old battery only lasts about 30 min. now. Thanks

[lzy_tek]

Try ThinkPad Configuration, System Info and the battery page.

[Dave5049]

I have been there, there is nothing about batterys listed there that I can find.

[JHEM]

Thinkpad Configuration> Power Management> Battery Information

Regards,

James

[Dave5049]

I still can't find anything about cycles there, just a power meter and battery serial number and manufacturer.

[treker]

ThinkPad Configuration...System Information...Details...Battery Information

OR ThinkPad Configuration...PowerManagement...Battery Information...Status Detail

Hope this helps.

[Dave5049]

Nope, still nothing about the battery there either????

[treker]

I get my cycle count and lots of info at either of those two links.

I guess it is not working for you. I don't have a clue, then.

[JHEM]

I still can't find anything about cycles there, just a power meter and battery serial number and manufacturer.

Thinkpad Configuration> Power Management> Battery Information, not Thinkpad Configuration> Power Management> Advanced Settings!

Or, System Information> Details> Battery information.

Also, System Information> System summary will give you a text file with the battery information among other things.

**************************** BATTERY INFORMATION *****************************
Status: No activity
Remaining percentage: 100 %
Remaining capacity: 63.35 Wh
Full charge capacity: 63.35 Wh
Temperature: 26 C
Cycle count: 34
Manufacturer name: SANYO
Manufacture date: 2003-11-28
First used date: 2004-01
Serial number: 603
Bar-coding number: 1Z7SR3BW0GR
Battery name (FRU part number): IBM-08K8198
Device chemistry: Li-Ion
Design capacity: 71.28 Wh
Design voltage: 10.80 V


What configuration utility version are you running? Help> About.

Regards,

James

[Dave5049]

I still can't find it. This is a T23 with W2k, here is my System Summary...

File Path: My Documents
Modified: 2005-03-02 06:03:38

******************************* SYSTEM SUMMARY *******************************
OS information: Microsoft Windows 2000
OS version: 5.00.2195 Service Pack 4
Processor: x86 Family 6 Model 11 Stepping 1
Memory: 392,176 kb
BIOS version: 1.18 (1AET62WW)
Machine type-Model: 2647MU8

****************************** BIOS INFORMATION ******************************
BIOS version: 1.18 (1AET62WW)
BIOS date : 2004-07-06
Embedded controller version: 1.06a
Machine type-Model: 2647MU8
System unit serial number: 78KB7XB
System board serial number: J1LG223C1M9

***************************** DRIVE INFORMATION ******************************
Logical drive: C:\
Drive type: Fixed drive
Drive size: 28,456,992 kb
Drive free space: 24,279,376 kb

Logical drive: D:\
Drive type: CD-ROM drive
Drive size: 0 kb
Drive free space: 0 kb


***************************** OTHER INFORMATION ******************************


Power scheme: High System Performance
********** AC settings **********
Turn off monitor: After 10 minutes
Turn off hard disks: After 20 minutes
System standby: After 60 minutes
********** Battery settings **********
Turn off monitor: After 5 minutes
Turn off hard disks: After 20 minutes
System standby: After 10 minutes


************************* SYSTEM DEVICE INFORMATION **************************
Device class: Accessibility options
Device status: Disabled
No resources used

Device class: Serial port
Device description: Communications Port (COM1)
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 11-14-1999
Driver version: 5.0.2183.1
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [03F8 - 03FF]
IRQ: 4

Device class: Parallel port
Device description: ECP Printer Port (LPT1)
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 11-14-1999
Driver version: 5.0.2183.1
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [03BC - 03BE]
I/O address: [07BC - 07BE]
DMA: 0

Device class: TrackPoint
Device status: Enabled
Resource
IRQ: 12

Device class: Audio
Device description: Crystal WDM Audio Codec
Driver provider: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
Driver date: 5-21-2001
Driver version: 5.12.1.4032
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [F800 - F8FF]
I/O address: [FB40 - FB7F]
IRQ: 9

Device class: Infrared
Device description: IBM ThinkPad Fast Infrared Port
Driver provider: National Semiconductor
Driver date: 8-9-1999
Driver version: 1.0.0.0
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [02F8 - 02FF]
DMA: 3
IRQ: 3

Device class: Internal modem
Device description: Lucent Technologies Soft Modem AMR
Driver provider: Lucent
Driver date: 7-18-2001
Driver version: 3.1.96.0
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [F900 - F9FF]
I/O address: [FF00 - FF7F]
IRQ: 9

Device class: PCI Device Setup
Device status: Enabled
Resource
IRQ: 9

Device class: Device Bay
Device status: Enabled
Resource
I/O address: [0170 - 0177]
IRQ: 15

Device class: Net
Device description: IBM High Rate Wireless LAN MiniPCI Combo Card
Driver provider: Actiontec
Driver date: 7-20-2001
Driver version: 1.7.18.0
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [EC000000 - EC000FFF]
IRQ: 9

Device class: Net
Device description: Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection
Driver provider: Intel
Driver date: 9-24-2002
Driver version: 6.4.14.0
Device status: Enabled
Resource
Memory address: [C0200000 - C0200FFF]
I/O address: [7000 - 703F]
IRQ: 9

[carbon_unit]

Left click the battery icon in the taskbar (It says 60% in your screenshot), select the bottom item in the popup list (Battery Info?), click on the battery health button in the window that pops up. Your cycle count should be there.

[raisindot]

I had the same exact problem with my T40--couldn't for the life of me figure out how to get the cycles info. Turns out I was DOUBLE-CLICKING on the Battery Miser icon or right-clicking it--which simply pulls up the power scheme selection. You have to left-click the gauge once to get the menu with "battery information" on the bottom, which thens brings up the tabbed popup where you can get the cycles information.

It's a really stupid system--you should be able to get access to all of this information whether you one-click or double-click it.

Jeff

[Dave5049]

The right click on the battery icon was the trick, seems I tried that before and it didn't work, but it does. It is a new battery, it was made by Sanyo and has 1 count on it but it was made back on 8-31-2000 so it's almost 5 years old, but it did charge up to full design capacity of 38.88 Wh, think it was worth $60?

[treker]

So, it was only a right click...
The other methods posted above...going thru control panel's ThinkPad Configuration did not work?? Do you even have this option in your control panel?



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[Ted_E]

[quote="Dave5049"]Where is the battery cycle count located?

Mine came with W2K although I have eCS as well and that is my main OS. Under w2k, there is a battery icon near the right side of the bar across the bottom. Click on that. A popup menu will offer you some choices one of which is battery health. You'll find the cycle count there. If you don't have w2k, I'm sorry I can't help.