power managment problems

[Xavier Gonzalez]

I bought the computer (a brand new ThinkPad T42) last week. I had
initiallyinstalled FC1, then moved to FC2, which produced a lot of
suffering for me, and then finally came back to FC1.
This is a new problem that I had not had with the two previous
installations. It seems that apm is running, but I do not know if it's
running correctly. This is what I did: last night the battery was low,
and I just closed the lid sending it to hibernate.

Today, I open the lid and got the computer running again. NO problems
at all. Then I noticed that apm was not registering any recharging of
the battery at all. It tells me that the computer was @ 12% but it did
not indicate any recharging of the battery. The funny thing is that
indicates that it has a high level of charge: i.e. 12% (high).

What is really confusing is that the light on the  built-in screen
panel in my T42 tells me that is doing OK.

what do you think?

xavier


On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 17:15:45 -0400, Scot L. Harris <webid at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 16:53, Xavier Gonzalez wrote:
> > I am running FC1, after varios glitches with FC2 in my T42. Recently,
> > everything has been running smoothly except for the fact that my
> > computer does not seem to be charging the battery.
> >
> > When running apm, it tells me that it is running from AC power, but it
> > just does not seem to be recharging (it remains @ 12%). Does anybody
> > know what is the deal with that?
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > -xavier
> 
> I doubt this has anything to do with the operating system.  How old is
> the battery?  If it is several years old then it is probably time for a
> new battery.
> 
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