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    WTH Is my battery gonna be dead?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by propeller10, Jul 30, 2011.

  1. propeller10

    propeller10 Notebook Guru

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    I have only had my thinkpad E420s for 2 weeks.

    On the day I bought it, The thinkvantage toolbox showed 95% of original capacity is available.

    Today It shows up as 92%.

    Is it gonna be dead in few months?
     
    propeller10, Jul 30, 2011
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  2. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    sounds like it needs resetting. run the reset function in thinkvantage power manager
     
    afhstingray, Jul 31, 2011
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  3. propeller10

    propeller10 Notebook Guru

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    looks like reset takes a long time :(.
     
    propeller10, Jul 31, 2011
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  4. thomasw333

    thomasw333 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have owned mine for 5 weeks, my battery is down to 96 percent.
     
    thomasw333, Aug 6, 2011
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  5. Colonel O'Neill

    Colonel O'Neill Notebook Deity

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    My T400 with a Panasonic 6-cell has 52.60/56.16 Wh (93.6%). It has 209 cycles and a first use date of October 2009.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Aug 7, 2011
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  6. thomasw333

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    I have 50 cycles after 5 weeks or so.
     
    thomasw333, Aug 7, 2011
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