X61 Tablet won't run on battery

[paulizleet]

Hi,
My X61 tablet has been wonderful and I have no complaints, but as of today it instantly dies if I unplug it from the AC, and won't turn on without it. The battery is recognized, I run 'acpi' (I use linux) and it tells me:

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paulito@scoot:~$ acpi
Battery 0: Charging, 100%, charging at zero rate - will never fully charge.

It's died after I unplugged it a few times in the past, but now is the first time it hasn't worked on battery.

Any ideas?

[Cigarguy]

Maybe your battery is shot? How long have you had the battery? Is it a genuine or aftermarket? It's not unusual for these battery to suddenly give up the ghost.

[paulizleet]

I've had it for as long as I've had this laptop, but it's older than that. It's a larger capacity battery and I'd say it's 2 years old. That's what i've suspected too, but in my experience batteries usually lose capacity over time instead of just suddenly dying.

[Cigarguy]

Typically with these type of batteries, from laptops and power tools, I find it's not usual for it to die suddenly. I had one recently that went from 7% wear to dead within 2 charges. After about 2 years you can expect it to fail and fail suddenly. If you luck out with Panasonic cells then it may fail more gradually and lasts longer.

[paulizleet]

That's probably what I'll do then. I've been meaning to get a new one for a while and now i have reason to.

Thanks for the help!