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I understand a night in the freezer while fully charged can regenerate a battery.. James Mckenzie wrote: > a. Your battery is dying. You can try to "deep cycle" the battery using the > fuel program and discharging and recharging the battery a couple of times. I > recommend one discharge/recharge cycle then discharging the battery through use, > then a second cycle. If this does not bring the battery back, be prepared to buy > a new one. > > James > > Steve Dew wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've had my TP 365XD DSTN for about 18 months now, mostly running Linux. > > Originally, I couldn't get more than about 1h of battery life even > > with light duty (no floppy, CD access, PC cards) and APM enabled. Now, after > > about 1 month of disuse, I only get 30 min. which is not acceptable. > > Charging time seems a bit fast - maybe 20 minutes. > > > > Does this sound like > > a) bad battery (NiMH) > > b) bad charger > > c) bad sensor > > ? > > > > If b) or c), does anyone have any idea what IBM is likely to charge to > > fix it? If a new battery is the answer, am I likely to beat $110 US > > ($154 Can.) by much? (That price for an official IBM one.) > > > > Thanks! > > Steve > > > > (sdew@ee.ualberta.ca) -- Bill Morrow http://thinkpads.com bill@nospam@thinkpads.com