my battery is a LOSER...

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corleone · #1 Post by **corleone** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:07 am

Recently, I've noticed that Im not getting nearly as much life out of a charge as I used to. I will have my t42 plugged into the dock over night, yet when i remove it and bring it in to school... open it up... I'm at or around 75-80% . What could explain this phenomenon?

thanks for nay input you can lend,

C.

#2 Post by **GomJabbar** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:11 am

My T42 is about a year and a half old, and my battery has about 2/3rds of the original capacity with a cycle count of 71. Single left click on the green battery icon in the Notification Area and choose Battery Information > Battery Health... There you can check the first use date, the cycle count, design capacity, and current full charge capacity. Choose Improve Battery Health > Recondition Battery Now if you want to try and improve it. AC adapter must be plugged in when you recondition the battery.

corleone · #3 Post by **corleone** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:36 am

When i left click the battery icon, it does not yield a BATTERY INFORMATION option... can i access this in another way?

corleone · #4 Post by **corleone** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:50 am

please disregard, i figured it out through ACCESS IBM.

o1001010 · #5 Post by **o1001010** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:24 pm

after a year that is about normal to loose 25% of capactiy.
when you close your lid remeber to turn off wifi and any automanic activities so the computer don't come out of standby

maxx · #6 Post by **maxx** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:32 am

My battery appears to show no loss of capacity whatsoever! After 13 month and about 200 cycles...

I don't quite trust this, but that's what the power manager says. Or could it be that it doesn't show up?

Thanks! Max

leegaard · #7 Post by **leegaard** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:53 am

Some of you guys might be lucky to start all over again:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... ATT-LENOVO

my battery is a LOSER...

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