T30 Battery drain when off?

[Merlyn3D]

I have a Thinkpad T30 92U and for some reason, when the laptop is off and the battery is in, it'll drain power from the battery. It takes about a day or two to completely drain it, but when it's off for a couple hours, it'll go from 100% to 90%. However, when I take the battery out, it won't drain at all. Has anyone else had this problem?

[kjarrett]

Wow, off as in shut down, and it loses 10% that quickly?

Do you have another battery to try?

FWIW when I called IBM and documented this problem they offered to send me a new battery, even tho it was out of warranty. Dunno why I declined (stoopid!) but anyway ... I'll know soon of my new system board solved the problem, and will post here.

-kj-

[kjarrett]

My system board replacement made no difference whatsoever.

My machine still loses almost 4% of its battery power in a 24 hour period when in hibernation mode.

Going to contact IBM and see what they recommend for a next step. One thing is certain, this behavior is not by design.

-kj-