X60s Battery

[opaque_forest]

Hello everyone,
I recently acquired an x60s for cheap, and in the process of getting it up and working I've hit a major roadblock. When I first got it, I could unplug the ac adapter and it wouldn't cut off immediately, and the battery would show that it was charging. Now the battery light blinks orange every second and if I unplug it, the laptop immediately turns off.
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 32 bit, and here's my output from upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 | less:

native-path: BAT2
vendor: SANYO
model: 42T4632
serial: 1573
power supply: yes
updated: Wed 03 Aug 2016 09:34:24 PM EDT (27 seconds ago)
has history: yes
has statistics: yes
battery
present: yes
rechargeable: yes
state: charging
warning-level: none
energy: 37.4 Wh
energy-empty: 0 Wh
energy-full: 43.03 Wh
energy-full-design: 74.88 Wh
energy-rate: 0 W
voltage: 16.075 V
percentage: 86%
capacity: 57.4653%
technology: lithium-ion
icon-name: 'battery-full-charging-symbolic'

Any clue as to what's wrong, how much it would cost to fix, and whether or not it's worth fixing?
Thanks in advance

[Cigarguy]

With the battery attached and the power cord plugged in and it constantly blinks orange and never change to solid green, it means your batter is shot. It's not taking a charge. Disconnecting the power cord when this happens will turn off the computer immediately.

[opaque_forest]

Is it pretty clear cut that it's a fault with the battery? Whenever I have the parallel problem with a car, it's usually the starter or the alternator, so I'm wondering if there are other devices inside that could be at fault.
Thanks

[Cigarguy]

Replacing the battery have always worked for me.

[jaspen-meyer]

From what I've seen the cells in the battery are fine but the firmware decides not to charge the battery. I'm not sure what the cause is but I've never solved the riddle and always buy a new (used orginal) battery.

For what it's worth, here's the output from my x60s with a used pack I picked up on ebay for 15 bucks:

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~$  upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               SONY
  model:                42T4776
  serial:               718
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 04 Aug 2016 08:46:57 PM CEST (21 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               charging
    energy:              68.52 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         74.88 Wh
    energy-full-design:  74.88 Wh
    energy-rate:         14.352 W
    voltage:             16.67 V
    time to full:        26.6 minutes
    percentage:          91%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
  History (charge):~$  upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               SONY
  model:                42T4776
  serial:               718
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 04 Aug 2016 08:46:57 PM CEST (21 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               charging
    energy:              68.52 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         74.88 Wh
    energy-full-design:  74.88 Wh
    energy-rate:         14.352 W
    voltage:             16.67 V
    time to full:        26.6 minutes
    percentage:          91%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
  History (charge):
    1470336327	91.000	charging
  History (rate):
    1470336417	14.352	charging
    1470336387	14.552	charging
    1470336357	14.738	charging
    1470336327	14.930	charging
    1470336327	91.000	charging
  History (rate):
    1470336417	14.352	charging
    1470336387	14.552	charging
    1470336357	14.738	charging
    1470336327	14.930	charging

And here's another one

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~$ upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0
  native-path:          BAT0
  vendor:               SONY
  model:                42T4776
  serial:               286
  power supply:         yes
  updated:              Thu 04 Aug 2016 09:05:57 PM CEST (3 seconds ago)
  has history:          yes
  has statistics:       yes
  battery
    present:             yes
    rechargeable:        yes
    state:               charging
    energy:              57.43 Wh
    energy-empty:        0 Wh
    energy-full:         74.88 Wh
    energy-full-design:  74.88 Wh
    energy-rate:         39.258 W
    voltage:             16.516 V
    time to full:        26.7 minutes
    percentage:          76%
    capacity:            100%
    technology:          lithium-ion
  History (charge):
    1470337527	76.000	charging
    1470337492	75.000	charging
    1470337492	0.000	unknown
  History (rate):
    1470337557	39.258	charging
    1470337527	40.101	charging
    1470337497	28.862	charging
    1470337495	12.315	charging
    1470337492	0.000	unknown