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    Not charging

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by redemtious, Oct 15, 2007.

  1. redemtious

    redemtious Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently I ran into a Lenovo/IBM Thinkpad T61 with windows vista and every time I connected the charger or I poped it in the docking station it stated "plugged in & not charging". Anyone know why this happens or how it can be corrected? I tried restarting and adjusting the power settings but I couldn't correct it.
     
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    Is the battery close to full? You can set charge thresholds so the system isn't constantly topping off (and frying) the battery. I think mine is set to 96% -- if the battery is not below 96%, it doesn't charge. If it drops below, it will charge all the way to 100%. You can set this in Power Manager on the last tab under the Battery Maintenance button.
     
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    Make sure all your drivers are uptodate and make sure the battery is in correctly
     
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    The battery was only at 15%, oddly enough if I turned the laptop off it charged the battery. I was recently told its probably a bios issue and that the latest update should take care of it.
     
    redemtious, Oct 15, 2007
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