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Hi,

I'm wondering if my battery is really dead.

My T60 crashed a few days ago and was slow to restart. So, held the power button to shutdown, unplugged the power cord, and removed the battery (supposedly this accomplishes something?).

The thing restarted but now I've got the orange flashing battery light. IBM's site says my battery is not eligible for recall.

The question: is my battery really dead or did something mechanical get messed up when I removed it?

Power manager says: A battery error has occurred. The battery cannot be charged. Replace the battery.

It shows 100% charge, but Condition=poor.

FRU 42T4511. Manufactured by Sanyo April 2007. T60 running XP pro that I bought in mid-to-late 2007.

Thanks for any ideas!

powpow wrote:I'm wondering if my battery is really dead .... Manufactured by Sanyo April 2007.

It is most likely dead. That is longer than I would expect that battery to last, and certainly longer than my T60 92P1137 6-cell lasted (purchased Jan-2007). I had the same symptoms when it died.

Not the answer I was looking for (bummer) but thanks for the reply.

It sounds like a bad battery can affect performance? Like make the computer freeze/crash or have a hard time starting? Hopefully a new one means less frequent freeze/crash issues at least.

Thanks again.