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x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
I bought a "genuine" new 9 cell lenovo battery off a US [edit: US warehouse, but HK business] ebay seller. The problem is the battery won't charge and isn't detected by windows (or Ubuntu). The situation:
- x230 boots with the battery, with no authenticity errors
- battery not detected by windows or ubuntu
- the battery came with some charge and the laptop worked off the charger (and raised the CPU multiplier from 12x when there was no battery)
- when turned on with a/c connected, battery light blinks 3 times green
- I have an old bios version (2.5)
- battery seems to have discharged now, and CPU multiplier is locked at 12x again
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot further, this is my first thinkpad. Could it be a charging circuit issue? How can I check that?
- x230 boots with the battery, with no authenticity errors
- battery not detected by windows or ubuntu
- the battery came with some charge and the laptop worked off the charger (and raised the CPU multiplier from 12x when there was no battery)
- when turned on with a/c connected, battery light blinks 3 times green
- I have an old bios version (2.5)
- battery seems to have discharged now, and CPU multiplier is locked at 12x again
I'm not sure how to troubleshoot further, this is my first thinkpad. Could it be a charging circuit issue? How can I check that?
Last edited by koolhaas on Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:32 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
It may be genuine, but is it an official X230 battery, one of these?
45N1019 1 SANYO 4cell
45N1025 1 LGC 6cell - Primary
45N1029 1 LGC 9cell -Primary
45N1031 1 SANYO 6cell-3yrs
45N1035 1 Sony slice 6cell
45N1172 1 Panasonic 6cell - Secondary
45N1175 1 Panasonic 9cell - Secondary
45N1709 1 Panasonic 4c/2.0
45N1710 1 Panasonic 6c/2.9
Other batteries are not recognised until you apply the battery EC-mod, see here: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=120776
45N1019 1 SANYO 4cell
45N1025 1 LGC 6cell - Primary
45N1029 1 LGC 9cell -Primary
45N1031 1 SANYO 6cell-3yrs
45N1035 1 Sony slice 6cell
45N1172 1 Panasonic 6cell - Secondary
45N1175 1 Panasonic 9cell - Secondary
45N1709 1 Panasonic 4c/2.0
45N1710 1 Panasonic 6c/2.9
Other batteries are not recognised until you apply the battery EC-mod, see here: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=120776
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Re: x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
Thanks for the info. My battery's FRU (45N1027) is not on your list
Annoyingly it is branded Lenovo.
And I haven't been able to get the EC mod working. I boot the USB thumb, continue with the flash, and it says successful BIOS update. But after the reboot nothing has changed with the bios or EC version...
Annoyingly it is branded Lenovo.
And I haven't been able to get the EC mod working. I boot the USB thumb, continue with the flash, and it says successful BIOS update. But after the reboot nothing has changed with the bios or EC version...
Re: x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
Oddly enough, I just found my battery FRU listed on Lenovos site, as a possible replacement P/N for the 44++ model:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd024293
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd024293
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Re: x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
The EC-mod does not 'show' any BIOS-changes.
It either works or it doesn't.
Check if knock-off battery here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=126079
It either works or it doesn't.
Check if knock-off battery here: viewtopic.php?f=18&t=126079
Lovely day for a Guinness! (The Real Black Stuff)
Re: x230 boots with battery, but isn't detected and won't charge
Yes good point.RealBlackStuff wrote: ↑Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:11 amThe EC-mod does not 'show' any BIOS-changes.
It either works or it doesn't.
I ended up getting a refund on the battery. Must have been a dud. I bought the 4-cell Duracell DR3416A-US, and it works, even before EC mod. I was then able to finish flashing the EC mod. Apparently, you can flash the BIOS w/o a battery (using windows CLI tool), but the .FL2 EC flash process just silently fails.
Anyways, happy that I now have a working battery and modded EC
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