From: "Jon" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2345145 for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:37:23 -0400 Received-SPF: none (secmgr-ny.randr: 207.228.42.15 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of seadog.reno.nv.us) client-ip=207.228.42.15; envelope-from=jharrison@seadog.reno.nv.us; helo=pop1.greatbasin.net; Received: from pop1.greatbasin.net ([207.228.42.15]) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nyt2v-0002CO-Af for ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 05 Apr 2010 16:37:22 -0400 Received: from DP6550.seadog.reno.nv.us (seadog.reno.nv.us [216.82.144.188]) (authenticated bits=0) by pop1.greatbasin.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o35KbBmR001559 for ; Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:37:12 -0700 Received: from tyan@seadog.reno.nv.us (TYAN [192.168.1.35]) by DP6550.seadog.reno.nv.us (Weasel v1.78) for ; 05 Apr 2010 13:37:10 -0700 Message-ID: <000.d8be0400f549ba4b.018@seadog.reno.nv.us> To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:37:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Priority: Normal User-Agent: PMMail/3.07 (os/2; U; Warp 4.5; en-US; i386; ver 3.07.12.1509) X-Mailer: (Demonstration) PMMail (Alpha 2) 3.07.12.1509 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: T61 dead battery Pardon me for the off topic post, I hope someone here can help me out. My T61 has a 9 cell battery, 2 yrs old. One day it's good for 3+ hrs, the next day it is dead, as in won't charge= and is good for 0 minutes. It's a lithium ion and after doing some research I find that this type of= battery should not be allowed to run down. This weekend I ran it to about 5% on the meter and = then shut down. I didn't charge it because it doesn't take that long to charge and I didn't want t= o leave it charging all night. This was probably a fatal mistake. When I plugged it in I got a = rapid flashing battery light. By booting into XP I find that it is detected as a dead battery. I also = discovered that there is a power option app that allows the user to perform maintenance tasks on the= battery to help it maintain a longer life. Oh well, I guess I have to pay now for not using= Windows! I find that shop.lenovo has a 9 day lead time on replacements @ $179!! A= bit rich in my opinion. Does anyone have any suggestions for an alternative to Lenovo=3F There i= s a lot of alternatives on the web but I have heard of bad deals on batteries and some of the prices= are so low as to be suspicious. Some sites offer Lenovo batteries but don't specifically say= they are new (or used). Perhaps someone knows of a trusted vendor=3F Thanks, Jon