X61s battery is not being charged

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X61s battery is not being charged

#1 Post by pitmod » Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:03 am

Hello,
battery in my X61s is not charging while power supply is connected. From the OS point it looks as below:
# cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/uevent
POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging
POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1
POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion
POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=14400000
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=12579000
POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=0
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN=63360000
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL=54840000
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_NOW=0
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=0
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL=Critical
POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=92P1173
POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SANYO
POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER= 1714

I've checked battery port with multimeter and it seems that voltage is not given to it. So looks rather like HW issue. Is it something that could be easily fixed?

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Re: X61s battery is not being charged

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Mon Jan 16, 2017 10:12 am

Judging by the number of values =0, I'd say your battery is utterly dead.
Try another one.
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Re: X61s battery is not being charged

#3 Post by jaspen-meyer » Tue Jan 17, 2017 6:29 am

For reference, here's the output from a functioning battery:

POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=BAT0
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Discharging
POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1
POWER_SUPPLY_TECHNOLOGY=Li-ion
POWER_SUPPLY_CYCLE_COUNT=0
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_MIN_DESIGN=14400000
POWER_SUPPLY_VOLTAGE_NOW=16326000
POWER_SUPPLY_POWER_NOW=3934000
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL_DESIGN=74880000
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_FULL=74880000
POWER_SUPPLY_ENERGY_NOW=73310000
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY=97
POWER_SUPPLY_CAPACITY_LEVEL=Normal
POWER_SUPPLY_MODEL_NAME=42T4776
POWER_SUPPLY_MANUFACTURER=SONY
POWER_SUPPLY_SERIAL_NUMBER= 718

Two things to check - the power jack and the power supply.
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Re: X61s battery is not being charged

#4 Post by pitmod » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:23 am

Hello,
thanks for your answers. Battery is dead because it's not being charged. It worked fine before. Moreover I've checked with two power supplies and the situation is the same. Works ok when power supply is connected, after disconnecting server is powered off.
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Re: X61s battery is not being charged

#5 Post by ajkula66 » Wed Jan 18, 2017 8:40 am

The system needs to be tested with another *known working* battery, that's the only way to find out whether the battery is dead or the charging circuit got blown without ripping the entire system apart.

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