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    first charge question

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by jor, Aug 4, 2007.

  1. jor

    jor Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought a battery for my X60s.

    I put it in and plug the AC on. it's been a while and the LED is blinking (yellow), but the power manager still shows 0% after a while. it says, the battery was complete discharged and needs to be recharged. this may take 10 or more hours.

    is this normal?
     
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  2. paradoxer

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    I have seen this once on a T43 and on Lenovo 3000 series, both Panasonic and Sony cells.

    We had to replace the batteries.
     
    paradoxer, Aug 4, 2007
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    Sounds like a faulty battery.

    A new Li-Ion battery should never come fully discharged. [Was this a used battery?]
     
    KelchM, Aug 4, 2007
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    by any chance did you try performing a battery gauge reset?
     
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  5. jor

    jor Notebook Evangelist

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    not yet.

    I have it plugged in for 10 hours. The thing started charging but stopped at 98% then dropped to 97%...

    I bought it new.
     
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    thats normal, unplug it and run it down to about 15 percent and then recharge it again.
     
    panteedropper, Aug 4, 2007
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    cool. I will try that.

    Thanks a lot.
     
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    Can you let us how it went? Is your battery ok now?
     
    paradoxer, Aug 5, 2007
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    Like I said, a new Li-Ion battery really should never show a 0% charge. Theres a good chance its capacity may have been slightly damaged.
     
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    Hi,

    I think it stops charging at 99%. thanks....


     
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    You might be right. it stops charging at 99%.


     
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    it finally arrived at 100%
     
    jor, Aug 5, 2007
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