T23 battery (Updated with new problem)

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xnjselfdestructx · #1 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:14 pm

Anyone know where a cheap place online is to buy a new battery. Its not even holding a full charge with the AC addaptor in haha. Its at 96% right now

LtTPfan · #2 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 4:41 pm

Have you read the recent discussions here about batteries? Perhaps yours needs "calibrating." How many charge cycles has it been through? Do you use it often or mostly leave it on AC?

Sorry for not addressing your actual question, I wish I could. It seems most batteries on eBay are aftermarket and most say to shy away from them. Original IBM batteries are rather pricey. Avoid buying "new old stock" as these batteries have a shelf life.

xnjselfdestructx · #3 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 5:29 pm

Haha thois is going to be funny. Ready. My reamining capacty is 24.25 and full charge is 25.25wh** and thats in red. Cycle is 134** and thats in red. Needless to say its in bad shape. Its on AC now cause i only get about 15min outta the battery before it dies. So if someone could point me in a direction please do so.

ambientscape · #4 Post by **ambientscape** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:34 pm

xnjselfdestructx wrote:Haha thois is going to be funny. Ready. My reamining capacty is 24.25 and full charge is 25.25wh** and thats in red. Cycle is 134** and thats in red. Needless to say its in bad shape. Its on AC now cause i only get about 15min outta the battery before it dies. So if someone could point me in a direction please do so.

Get a T30 battery.....it fits well for T23 machine and u get more power out of it.

LtTPfan · #5 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:09 pm

134 doesn't sound excessive. You might benefit from "reconditioning" your battery. You do this by disabling the shutoff timers, etc so the battery will discharge totally till the machine shuts off, not just suspend or hibernate. You discharge it up to 3 times and fully recharge. It's best to let it recharge overnight with the machine off. This procedure is recommended once a month for machines (with Lithium Ion batteries) that stay connected to AC power and don't run down the battery occasionally. You can find this infomation by left-clicking on the battery gauge then going to Battery Information>> Battery Health>> Battery Tips.

Orevin · #6 Post by **Orevin** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:17 pm

I've bought a lot (30+) of generic batteries from simplemicro.com for different laptops and they all worked great. They used to sell batteries for T2x for $53, but this offer obviously is not avalable anymore. Here is a battery for a T30:

http://www.simplemicro.com/ProductDetai ... G&ca=pgppc

-Orevin-

xnjselfdestructx · #7 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:17 pm

When i hit battery health it says battery needs to be replaced in red.

LtTPfan · #8 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:57 pm

xnjselfdestructx wrote:When i hit battery health it says battery needs to be replaced in red.

Mine was only yellow when I received it recently but came back into green after reconditioning. It was at 29 Wh when I started and after deep cycling 3 times it was up to 45.4; factory is 47.5.

Did you click on and read "Battery Tips" when you had the "Battery Health" window open?

xnjselfdestructx · #9 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:12 pm

Nah battery tips isnt an option for me. Im trying to recondition the battery now. Its bee on 0% for the past 5 minutes haha. So after this finally runs out of juice what do i do plug the AC adaptor in and just let it charge or do i just get it up and running then pull the plug?

NTL1991 · #10 Post by **NTL1991** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:15 pm

You let it charge for 12 hours or so until the max and then just use it normally...

Nick

xnjselfdestructx · #11 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:16 pm

And then once it is fully charged i let it run down again?

LtTPfan · #12 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:16 pm

Mine stayed on 6% for an hour! Then, it stayed on 0% for several minutes. If you don't have battery tips as an option you might want toi see if you have the newest version of Battery Maximized installed.

xnjselfdestructx · #13 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:17 pm

where can i find the newest?

LtTPfan · #14 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:18 pm

xnjselfdestructx wrote:And then once it is fully charged i let it run down again?

Yup, 3 times, but IBM recommends charging overnight while turned off.

LtTPfan · #15 Post by **LtTPfan** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 11:27 pm

Download the Software Installer. It makes life much easier. It will automatically download and install all the latest drivers and software for your machine. Or, you can manually download what you want HERE.

xnjselfdestructx · #16 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:51 pm

Thanks alot guys. Im new to the whole laptop thing so im sure ill have more questions. I wanna try to learn as much as possible. Thanks again.

xnjselfdestructx · #17 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:12 pm

What should i do now im trying to clikc on battery maximiser to install it but it wont let me

Since you cant see the error box it says You must uninstall the present version of "Thinkpad Configuration" Return to software installers first screen and select the uninstall option. Someone please walk me through

dsvochak · #18 Post by **dsvochak** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:26 pm

A lot of the IBM utilities have prerequisites that must be installed before they will work. The batterymaximizer is one of them.

Go here: http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/ , choose "detect my system" and then "drivers and downloads". You'll be taken to a page listing everything available. Read the installation instructions on those pages carefully and make a list of the things you'll need to install each package.

xnjselfdestructx · #19 Post by **xnjselfdestructx** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:58 pm

Perfect.

PrincipalValiant · #20 Post by **PrincipalValiant** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:02 pm

Don't want to brag, but I just snagged a brand new in box IBM brand T30 battery manufactured in September 04 for $60 Canadian

LtTPfan · #21 Post by **LtTPfan** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:23 pm

PrincipalValiant wrote:Don't want to brag, but I just snagged a brand new in box IBM brand T30 battery manufactured in September 04 for $60 Canadian

Isn't that like a buck-ninety-five in real money?

(Sorry. couldn't contain myself.)

T23 battery (Updated with new problem)

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