T61 battery not charging

T60/T61 series specific matters only
Post Reply
Message
Author
agarza
ThinkPadder
ThinkPadder
Posts: 1492
Joined: Fri Aug 11, 2006 10:31 am
Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco MEXICO

T61 battery not charging

#1 Post by agarza » Sun Jun 19, 2011 7:56 am

Hello, yesterday my T61 started acting weird. My batt is set to charge up to 42%, weird thing is that when I shut down the machine, unplugged the AC adapter the battery led would not power off.
Then I powered it again and removed the AC cord again but the battery led would still be flashing green as if it were charging.
I let it discharge completely and then left it overnight to charge fully.
This morning the battery LED is blinking yellow and Power Manager reports Remaining battery is 0%, here's a screenshot

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4648/t61error.jpg

The battery hardly has 14 cycles

What can I do?
Current
T440p:
Core i7-4710MQ|8GB RAM|Intel SSD S3700 200GB | 14.1" IPS FHD | Windows 7 Pro, T450 Trackpad, Backlit keyboard, 2nd Caddy
Past: T420 HD+, X61s XGA, T61 14" SXGA+, T42p 14.1 SXGA+, T30, A22e

goraman
Freshman Member
Posts: 53
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:36 pm
Location: Roseville Ca. U.S.

Re: T61 battery not charging

#2 Post by goraman » Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:27 pm

agarza wrote:Hello, yesterday my T61 started acting weird. My batt is set to charge up to 42%, weird thing is that when I shut down the machine, unplugged the AC adapter the battery led would not power off.
Then I powered it again and removed the AC cord again but the battery led would still be flashing green as if it were charging.
I let it discharge completely and then left it overnight to charge fully.
This morning the battery LED is blinking yellow and Power Manager reports Remaining battery is 0%, here's a screenshot

http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4648/t61error.jpg

The battery hardly has 14 cycles

What can I do?

Do you have any warranty? As it could be a bad system management board.

RecTech
Posts: 12
Joined: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:55 am
Location: Huddersfield, UK

Re: T61 battery not charging

#3 Post by RecTech » Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:50 am

In the power manager advanced setting, you can use the battery maintenance utility to recalibrate the battery - this may be worth trying
http://www.rectech.co.uk
Specialist in refurbished laptops

Post Reply
  • Similar Topics
    Replies
    Views
    Last post

Return to “ThinkPad T6x Series”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: dr_st and 30 guests