My supervisor has a ThinkPad X41 tablet PC. He got a message on his screen
that alerted him to poor battery management policies saying how "fully
charged" his battery only had 66% of the life it had "new". It gave him
several tips that he forgot to copy down.

I have not been able to find these tips anywhere. The only thing I have
found is that on his "Access IBM" software it notes that by default when you
use the AC adapter and/or the docking station it will start charging once the
battery is below 96% of capacity, and you can change this setting so that the
laptop will "charge smartly" in a manner that will prolong battery life if
you tend to use the AC adapter or the dock more often than you do running the
tablet on batteries.

Any thoughts on this or know where to look? He is kicking himself that he
didn't write this down and now we can't find it anywhere, thanks!

"hairymon" <hairymon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A34A6944-DA13-4279-80C3-31C52A4EEF5D@microsoft.com...
> My supervisor has a ThinkPad X41 tablet PC. He got a message on his
> screen
> that alerted him to poor battery management policies saying how "fully
> charged" his battery only had 66% of the life it had "new". It gave him
> several tips that he forgot to copy down.
>


It sounds like the battery is on a one-way trip down, and any tips will be
an exercise in frustration at best, at least from experience.

The good news is that there is a chance that the x41 battery, if a
replacement, is affected by the battery recall and the problem would then be
an easy fix - a new battery from IBM. Check here for details, if not
already:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...id=BATT-LENOVO

In the case of a battery that is over-discharged (such as a thinkpad x-41
not used for an extended period of time, use of the external quick charger
might help. This is a quote from the IBM website:


Battery cannot be fully charged in standard charge time when powered
off
The battery might be over-discharged. Do the following:
1.. Turn off the computer.

2.. Make sure that the over-discharged battery is in the computer.

3.. Connect the AC adapter to the computer and let it charge.
If the battery cannot be fully charged in 24 hours, use a new battery. If
the optional Quick Charger is available, use it to charge the
over-discharged battery.



Link for above:

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/si...38#cnntbefulch