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    Restore Battery

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Buntz, Jul 10, 2006.

  1. Buntz

    Buntz Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a IBM T-22 with a old battery. I read somewhere about diffent tricks to restore some of the life back into the battery. Anybody know any of these tricks. Try to do a search but when you put battery in search you get all kind of results.
     
    Buntz, Jul 10, 2006
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    Here's a useful link for you:
    http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Maintenance
    Read the "reviving batteries" section, it gives you a link to bootable CD image with IBM's diagnostic program. If you don't have the CD drive in your laptop, here's a floppy version:
    http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=ibm&lndocid=MIGR-4YZM3F
     
    randomness, Jul 11, 2006
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  3. Buntz

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    Thanks I read it when I get home from work.
     
    Buntz, Jul 11, 2006
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    Buntz Notebook Enthusiast

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    The rundown test did not do me any good. Anybody else have any ideals to help battery life in a old battery. Still getting around 1.5 hour per charge surfing the web.
     
    Buntz, Jul 11, 2006
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    I also have a T22 that gets about 30 minutes of battery life surfing the web. This would be very helpful for me also.
     
    nub, Jul 11, 2006
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    I know ,seen your t-22 thread. How did you make out with your harddrive replacement. I left a post on it telling you where to go on Lenovo.com
     
    Buntz, Jul 11, 2006
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    Can anybody help?
     
    Buntz, Jul 12, 2006
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