From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 21:09:50 EDT
This is not a mystery. That is normal behavior for a dead battery
----- Original Message -----
From: "sci_00f1" <sci_00f1_at_mtsu.edu>
To: "Denis Hall" <denhall_at_ismi.net>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 6:07 PM
Subject: RE: TP560X
> The charge light comes on and stays on for maybe 15 seconds with one of
the
> batteries then goes to blinking. And after several hours, I always have
the
> unit plugged in with battery in...the charge meter still reads 0%. Thank
you
> for your help.
>
> Greg, TN
>
> >===== Original Message From "Denis Hall" <denhall_at_ismi.net> =====
> >it's almost certainly the battery.
> >I specialize in the 560's... have hundreds of units here, and a bunch of
> >batteries too....
> >
> >If the charge light tries to come on ( or does come on ), the DC/DC card
is
> >probably good, and the battery is bad. If the DC card is bad, the light
> >will not come on.
> >
> >-Denis Hall, Michigan
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "sci_00f1" <sci_00f1_at_mtsu.edu>
> >To: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>; <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
> >Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 4:41 PM
> >Subject: RE: TP560X
> >
> >
> >> I expected the batteries to be good as well...or partially good.
Anyone
> >know
> >> how to test the DC/DC board to see if the batteries are good but the
> >system
> >> simply not recognizing a charged battery? Any other suggestions?
Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >> >===== Original Message From "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu> =====
> >> >> The other battery I bought at Impact Computers and Electronics
> >> >> claiming it was new and I don't believe it is new. THe battery has
> >scuff
> >> >> marks on the back from where it rests on the bottom of the unit.
Hard
> >to
> >> >> believe this was a new battery.
> >> >
> >> >Interesting place - I see they are selling two different TP560
batteries
> >for
> >> >two different prices.
> >> >Either should work in any 560-series machine, of course.
> >> >
> >> >I'm a little suspicious that neither the battery that originally came
> >with
> >> >your machine, nor this new one,
> >> >will charge - despite what I wrote in my previous message, even
refurbed
> >> >computers usually come with a
> >> >battery with *some* life left.
> >> >
> >> >- David R.
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
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