X60 went dead on battery w/out warning, now only runs on AC
Posted: Fri May 14, 2010 8:06 am
Help! I have a 1709-H6U X60 Thinkpad that is having some issues....of course the day the warranty expired was yesterday 
I was using it today on battery power for about an hour and the meter was still almost full. All of a sudden it just dies, didn't go into hibernate or anything. Would not restart, so I plug in the AC and it boots right up, unplug the AC and it dies again. Runs beautiful on AC but the battery light is constantly blinking orange now. Power manager says that battery is good and charged at 77 percent, only 44 cycles on it. Under status it says No Activity. If the battery is good and has a 77 percent charge, then why won't it run off battery anymore?? and why wont the battery charge at all now?? Ran maintenance and it didn't seem to do anything if the program even ran?? Somebody please help, I am stumped as the computer worked all this week and all of a sudden just died not even going into hibernate. Thanks again, Chris
I was using it today on battery power for about an hour and the meter was still almost full. All of a sudden it just dies, didn't go into hibernate or anything. Would not restart, so I plug in the AC and it boots right up, unplug the AC and it dies again. Runs beautiful on AC but the battery light is constantly blinking orange now. Power manager says that battery is good and charged at 77 percent, only 44 cycles on it. Under status it says No Activity. If the battery is good and has a 77 percent charge, then why won't it run off battery anymore?? and why wont the battery charge at all now?? Ran maintenance and it didn't seem to do anything if the program even ran?? Somebody please help, I am stumped as the computer worked all this week and all of a sudden just died not even going into hibernate. Thanks again, Chris