Re: [Thinkpad] Dead Thinkpad (Power Problem)

That sounds like the power port was bad, another common ThinkPad problem,
especially in the 600 series, on later models they made it replaceable
----- Original Message -----
From: "Felix E. Klee" <felix.klee@inka.de>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>; <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Dead Thinkpad (Power Problem)

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:19:51 -0500, "Bruce Markowitz"
> <scosgt@worldnet.att.net> said:
> > So in other words you had a bad battery. Common problem
>
> Nope - read my original message again. The machine worked with a
> battery only. It didn't work with the power cord plugged in (no matter
> if there was a battery in or not). To solve the problem, I decided to
> attach a power supply to the battery port.
>
> Felix

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