Manual battery calibration

[DaKKS]

The battery in my "new" T30 has 58% wear after 25 charge cycles according to battery maximizer/power manager. Which I find very hard to believe considering my R61 has 26% wear after three hundred or so cycles, my T40 51% after roughly 400 cycles. Anyway, I was going to run a calibration but the handy little button isn't there. Reinstalled a few times and it just doesn't show up.

Now normally, I'd just reboot and let it stay in bios until the battery dies and then charge it. But from my experience Thinkpads have these quirks, so to speak. Small things that make them just different enough to bug any poor repair tech. Does the improve battery health button do anything else aside from run it down and recharge? If not, a manual calibration should be no different from an automated one.

EDIT: Also, the harddrive and ram modules are extemely hot. This cant be normal, even for the 2.4 Ghz cpu, can it?

[dr_st]

The age of the battery affects wear much more than the number of cycles. I bet your T30 battery is as old as the machine.

[ajkula66]

The age of the battery affects wear much more than the number of cycles. I bet your T30 battery is as old as the machine.

Very true.

On a different note...have you re-pasted the CPU? Given the shape of that T30, it was likely never opened, and it's a decade old...

As for RAM, you need the slotted cover, quite surprised that the machine didn't come with it in the first place.

[DaKKS]

I re-pasted the CPU. But I'm going to do it again because it did little or no good. Pretty sure i put too much or too little on it. Temps are 60-65 celsius during normal operation (ie spotify, web browsing etc) and it maxed out on 75 with prime95 after an hour. Hard drive is unbelievably hot however, somewhere between 45 and 50 degrees. Same drive maxed out on 40 in my T42.

EDIT: Scratch that. Drive was indexing. Went back to a more sensible 42 degrees.

As for the ram cover, the computer was manufactured 03/04 so it might've already been sold to the first owner by the time IBM replaced the cover. If not, its widely known that we swedes are cheap b@stards so using a cheaper, obsolete part is nothing I would be surprised about. I scoured the web for that slotted cover though. Can't find one. Cant I just drill holes on my current one instead? It usually works just as well.

Battery went down to 53% wear after my manual calibration. Critical battery error prevented me from running it down completely, but it'll do for now.

[cadillacmike68]

The RAM cover didn't have slotted holes, that was the mini PCI and WiFi card cover. It also had the COA sticker back then. Strange, but true.

The RAM cover change was a raised section to allow more air to move around the modules. But you could drill either if you wanted to.