"Battery not installed" error

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hodad · #1 Post by **hodad** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:35 pm

My T60 has suddenly developed a periodic habit of showing that my battery is not installed while I am running off it. The battery icon in the system tray shows an x or 3 dashes and then will flash back to its old green self with the % showing.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

#2 Post by **ryengineer** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:14 pm

Make sure your battery wasn't the part of Battery Recall.

hodad · #3 Post by **hodad** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:54 pm

Unfortunately, it was the battery I got from Lenovo as part of the battery recall. Do you think it's likey to be the battery or my machine?

#4 Post by **ryengineer** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:29 pm

Could be software or registry related issue. You can try reinstalling Power Manager again:

Power Manager driver for Windows XP

Power Manager for Windows Vista

You can also refer to:

Troubleshooting battery issues - ThinkPad

Something from Microsoft:

Incorrect battery information is displayed after you change the batteries on a portable computer that is in hibernation or in a suspended state in Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, or Windows 2000.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889816/

hodad · #5 Post by **hodad** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:37 pm

Thanks for your response. I'll try it.

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