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Tim Tyhurst wrote: > > > I have had a problem with not being able to reliably perform a > > non-disruptive battery swap on my 701cs since I bought it almost exactly > > one year ago. > > Here's a long shot: do you have a PCMCIA card installed when you're > trying to do the swap? I've heard that some PCMCIA cards do not get > turned off when the machine goes into suspend, and if they draw enough > power, they'll drain the backup lithium battery before you get a chance > to install the main replacement battery Thanks for the suggestion, but I eliminated that possibility a long time ago. It has a the problem whether or not a PCMCIA card is installed. I even went into the ThinkPad set-up screen and tried turning off the PCMCIA power. Thanks for the suggestion though. -Greg A.