X60s battery stopped working

[Krakonos]

Hello,

I have a x60 notebook for almost 2y now, and an (new) 8-cell battery with it. It worked like a charm until now.

Today, I just unplugged my notebook from the wall and worked for some time, until it suddenly turned off. I was surprised, because my notebook was in the charger for an hour or two before that, and I spent like 10 minutes with wifi-on, writing text and reading articles.

Next think is, it didn't turned on. I plugged the charger in and it turns on, but won't charge the battery. Currently I'm in state (tested in linux and windows, both shows the same values:

- running from AC, battery plugged in
- ACPI/SMAPI thinks, that battery is 98% charged (43Wh)
- BIOS thinks battery is empty (battery LED is blinking)
- when I try to force discharge (or "reset gauge"), it just turns off instantly
- also turns off instantly when I disconnect AC power

I've tried to remove the battery during work, with all combinations of reset, it always shows the same. The charger seems to work fine. I also tried to reset bios settings. Nothing helped.

Have anyone of you noticed something like this? Is is battery or AC dead, or is it bios fault?

Thanks.

[fasteez]

Is it listed in here :

ASM P/N FRU P/N
92P1072 92P1073
92P1088 92P1089
92P1142 92P1141
92P1170 92P1169, 93P5028
92P1174 92P1173, 93P5030

This table comes from :
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... ATT-LENOVO

It's the battery recall program, I've read those batteries could stop working for no reasons so ...

[Atreides]

I had the exact same thing happen to my X60s.

Ended up buying a cheap Chinese replacement off ebay, honestly works almost as well as I remember the original working.

[Krakonos]

Thanks for the replies. It none of those (and since I'm running linux now, I can't use their utility. Will try tomorrow.

As for the new battery, I probably will buy a new one. But I'd like to be sure it's the battery before I do it.

[IvanAndreevich]

Sounds like a failed battery to me.

As long as the battery charges somewhat, that is the ONLY possibility.

[Krakonos]

Hello,

a new battery from china just arrived yesterday (hey that was a long time!) and it works and charges just fine, so the battery was really dead and it's not a bigger problem (yey!). I will probably try to get a battery with bad cells and good electronics and switch them, hope it will do it.

Thanks for your help!