Re: [Thinkpad] [tp765L] Power questions

There is a LCD battery meter on that machine. If it does not show anything,
you can bet the battery is gone
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross@math.hawaii.edu>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 4:29 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] [tp765L] Power questions

> A colleague has a 765L which he hadn't used for a while. Now when he uses
> it it (a) won't boot from battery (works OK off AC), and (b) the battery
> charge light doesn't come on when he plugs the machine in (whether turned
on
> or not). The obvious suspect is a bad battery, but can the lack of charge
> light also mean something else, like a bad DC-DC board? Is there any way
to
> diagnose without either another machine or another battery? I don't know
the
> 76x series at all.
>
> Oh - unlike all my ThinkPads, this one has that strange square connector
on
> the power supply; what are the extra two pins for?
>
> - David R.
>
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