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2006-05-04 18:43:11 |
Hello List,
I have a new (used) IBM Zhinkpad X24 which I installed a
FreeBSD 5 on
und updated it to the actual release. I worked all the
afternoon with
the laptop placed in the dockingstation.
During the whole day the AC power was plugged in because the
battery
was low coming from the dealer.
And up to now there has nothing changed; the battery is
still so low
that the machine only starts with the power plugged in. To
me it looks
like, the battery is dead.
Or - and that is why I ask here - is there a problem with
the X24 and
power management (AKA charging the battery)?
Thank you for your help. May be some questions come later,
CU
Photor
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2006-05-04 18:49:52 |
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:43:11PM +0200, Karsten Rothemund
wrote:
> Hello List,
>
Sorry. Forgot the subject
> I have a new (used) IBM Zhinkpad X24 which I installed
a FreeBSD 5 on
> und updated it to the actual release. I worked all the
afternoon with
> the laptop placed in the dockingstation.
>
> During the whole day the AC power was plugged in
because the battery
> was low coming from the dealer.
>
> And up to now there has nothing changed; the battery is
still so low
> that the machine only starts with the power plugged in.
To me it looks
> like, the battery is dead.
>
> Or - and that is why I ask here - is there a problem
with the X24 and
> power management (AKA charging the battery)?
>
> Thank you for your help. May be some questions come
later,
>
> CU
>
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2006-05-04 18:53:30 |
Hi there,
Karsten Rothemund wrote on 2006-05-04 at 20:43:11 CEST:
> And up to now there has nothing changed; the battery is
still so low
> that the machine only starts with the power plugged in.
To me it looks
> like, the battery is dead.
>
> Or - and that is why I ask here - is there a problem
with the X24 and
> power management (AKA charging the battery)?
>
> Thank you for your help. May be some questions come
later,
AFAIK there is no way controlling the battery charge
process, so i assume
that your idea about the dead battery seems correct.
If it doesn't sound reasonable enough, i suggest going into
the BIOS and
leave the notebook plugged for about an hour to see if it
loads the
battery then. Another idea would be to directly plug the
power into the
notebook, it could also be that the docking station is
b0rked.
You also can sysctl the status via hw.acpi.battery, which
should bring
something like that when plugged to power:
hw.acpi.battery.life: 94
hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 (it's always -1 when on AC)
hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 (1 when on batt, 2 when loading)
hw.acpi.battery.units: 1
Tìoraidh an-dràsda,
Frank Altpeter
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2006-05-04 19:03:05 |
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:53:30PM +0200, Frank Altpeter
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Karsten Rothemund wrote on 2006-05-04 at 20:43:11 CEST:
> > And up to now there has nothing changed; the
battery is still so low
> > that the machine only starts with the power
plugged in. To me it looks
> > like, the battery is dead.
> >
> > Or - and that is why I ask here - is there a
problem with the X24 and
> > power management (AKA charging the battery)?
> >
> > Thank you for your help. May be some questions
come later,
> AFAIK there is no way controlling the battery charge
process, so i assume
> that your idea about the dead battery seems correct.
> If it doesn't sound reasonable enough, i suggest going
into the BIOS and
> leave the notebook plugged for about an hour to see if
it loads the
> battery then. Another idea would be to directly plug
the power into the
> notebook, it could also be that the docking station is
b0rked.
That's what I do at the moment. Same idea 
> You also can sysctl the status via hw.acpi.battery,
which should bring
> something like that when plugged to power:
>
> hw.acpi.battery.life: 94
> hw.acpi.battery.time: -1 (it's always -1 when on AC)
> hw.acpi.battery.state: 2 (1 when on batt, 2 when
loading)
> hw.acpi.battery.units: 1
>
Yes and no. At the moment, disabled ACPI. But when I tried
out
FreeSBIE it ran using ACPI. But I got strange output from
that saying
nothing (a lot of "0" and "-1").
Especially the .life variable. :-/
That's why I thought I should try without ACPI.
CU,
Karsten
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2006-05-05 13:17:02 |
On Thu, 04 May 2006 21:03:05 +0200
Karsten Rothemund <karstenphotor.de> wrote:
> That's what I do at the moment. Same idea
And does the battery get charged when power is plugged
directly into
the Thinkpad?
Or is that not working either?
In ealrlier times, it was possible to find different power
bricks for
ThinkPads - ie. one that would work on one model, but not on
a
different model. I haven't seen this problem for the last
four years,
so perhaps it got fixed along the way.
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2006-05-05 13:57:41 |
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:17:02PM +0200, Torfinn Ingolfsen
wrote:
> On Thu, 04 May 2006 21:03:05 +0200
> Karsten Rothemund <karstenphotor.de> wrote:
>
> > That's what I do at the moment. Same idea
>
> And does the battery get charged when power is plugged
directly into
> the Thinkpad?
Same result.
> Or is that not working either?
> In ealrlier times, it was possible to find different
power bricks for
> ThinkPads - ie. one that would work on one model, but
not on a
> different model. I haven't seen this problem for the
last four years,
> so perhaps it got fixed along the way.
Maybe. The battery is now on the way back to the dealer. He
will
change it and send an "new" one. Let's see what
will happen then.
The laptop is now a small desktop so. But I can work with it
stationary :-/
Thanks for the help,
Karsten
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2006-05-07 20:49:01 |
On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:57:41PM +0200, Karsten Rothemund
wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 03:17:02PM +0200, Torfinn
Ingolfsen wrote:
> > On Thu, 04 May 2006 21:03:05 +0200
> The laptop is now a small desktop so. But I can work
with it
> stationary :-/
>
Im still testing the machine because I have 14 days: if the
laptop
does not fit into my needs I can give it back to the dealer:
another
strange thing I observed: sometimes (relative often) the
machine
freezes, when I change from console (F1-F8) to X (F9).
Someone here, with the same behaviour?
FreeBSD 6 cvsuped from 5 last friday. Modules acpi and
acpi_ibem are
loaded. Kernel config and additional infos if needed.
Ah. And memtest showed no errors.
Again thanks for the help,
Karsten
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