On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:13:42 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 09:17:05 -0500, Joe Chisolm
wrote:

On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 08:54:01 -0700, Jim Thompson wrote:

Anyone lurking here have issues with Lenovo Laptop batteries?

...Jim Thompson

I'm using a Thinkpad X40. I've had it for 6, maybe 7 years now, cannot
remember exactly. I'm on my 2nd battery. First battery finally got to
the point where I had about 45 minutes run time. Got a new one on
Amazon. No major problems with either of them.

My Mac Book Pro battery, that's a horse of a different color...

My X61s is odd... very little battery use, keep it off charger pretty
much to avoid that killer-mode, yet original battery died just after
warranty ran out, second battery died abruptly at 2 years.

...Jim Thompson

My use is similar. In a docking station for weeks between customer
visits. When I go on the road I will usually make sure and run the
battery down before I plug in the charger. My setup is a docking
station under a monitor stand so I run the X40 with the lid closed
most of the time. Noticed it was running rather warm, almost hot.
I put a small fan to move some of the heat out.

Now I did have a Dell laptop that I was running on a charger without
a UPS. The battery died after a nasty thunder storm. Dont know if
the battery just hit it's life end or the lightening had something
to do with it. I now run any laptop on a UPS.


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Joe Chisolm
Marble Falls, Tx.