Safe to run TP600E without the battery?

[RBob]

The battery in my old TP600E is pretty much shot, and I now run the machine strictly off AC power.

Does the battery provide any required load or filtering or regulation function when the machine is on the AC adapter, or can I simply remove it?

[sktn77a]

Should be just fine. Lots of people do just this because a new battery costs more than the computer is worth. The only thing you won't be able to do is update the BIOS (if it isn't current).

[GomJabbar]

And if you have a power disruption, you may lose data. If you run off of an UPS (universal power supply), this should alleviate that worry.

[JESSICA]

Its fine to just run off the battery but if you suddenly loose power or the plug comes out a few times then what happened to mine will also happen to yours too...POST a 188 error (bad BIOS checksum).

Working on solutions to the problem

[MadeInJapan]

The 600E battery is so prone to losing its juice and going south early that I know several 600 series users who take the battery out and use just the AC by habit.