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==Status==
 
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*Raph Levien has collected comprehensive information about this phenomena and possible solutions in 2002 on this page: http://www.levien.com/tp600-battery.html
Raph Levien has collected comprehensive information about this phenomena and possible solutions in 2002 on this page:
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*Another possible solution is to buy an external battery pack.
http://www.levien.com/tp600-battery.html
 
  
 
==Solutions==
 
==Solutions==

Revision as of 03:03, 3 December 2004

Information about the problem of early dying batteries on Thinkpads of the 600 series.

Problem description

The charge indicator falls from some still quite high (between 50% and 95%) charge state to 5%. This happens only on batteries which have gone through some recharging cycles already.

Affected Models

  • Thinkpad 600, 600E, 600X

Affected Operating Systems

  • all

Status

  • Raph Levien has collected comprehensive information about this phenomena and possible solutions in 2002 on this page: http://www.levien.com/tp600-battery.html
  • Another possible solution is to buy an external battery pack.

Solutions

See this page: http://www.levien.com/tp600-battery.html