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| Thread ID: 118330 | 2011-05-30 22:19:00 | IBM A22m laptop | victor (16396) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1205780 | 2011-05-31 11:35:00 | Interesting... but the real question - was it the problem? | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1205781 | 2011-05-31 11:45:00 | Interesting... but the real question - was it the problem?Won't know till I get another battery - but I'm not optimistic. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1205782 | 2011-05-31 11:56:00 | Whoops! Try This link (www-307.ibm.com) for the instructions how to remove the battery. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1205783 | 2011-05-31 12:09:00 | Actually reading that reminded me that my 380ED displayed a battery error when its battery failed... perhaps yours is not the problem... at least mine was easier to replace, just a standard CR1220 and no attached leads. I guess that laptop does have some kind of BIOS reset button on it like mine? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1205784 | 2011-05-31 13:19:00 | I'd say it's probably the motherboard. :pf1mobmini: |
jareemon (5207) | ||
| 1205785 | 2011-05-31 13:57:00 | I'd say it's probably the motherboard. :pf1mobmini: +1. |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1205786 | 2011-05-31 19:53:00 | If you are talking about me rather than the OP, I wouldn't be surprised at anything. The beast dates from about 1998, so it has been a constant wonder that it has kept going at all. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1205787 | 2011-05-31 22:32:00 | no the cmos battery is OK. what else can be causing it not to start up, it has not been started for a while but it was going OK then,If i remove the battery and try to start on power only it still not boot up. | victor (16396) | ||
| 1205788 | 2011-05-31 22:53:00 | OK, before it died completely and I read this thread I was of the opinion that the battery was stuffed. Certainly it was showing symptoms, like from fully charged it would only run about 30 mins on battery only. However it would run on mains power. Once it stopped working, I too tried removing the battery and trying it just on mains power, with no success. When I press the power button, the power light flashes, but nothing else happens. Question - is it possible that the laptop (a) won't work without a battery present (b) has to have a working battery installed even though it is plugged into the mains? It certainly is starting to look like it is not the CMOS battery. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1205789 | 2011-05-31 22:54:00 | you can swap the motherboard, the A22 is not a recently laptop so you might get it for like $50 or $80US off eBay. I have a X20 and a X61 laptop (Lenovo IBM Thinkpad) they all ran without the battery. I also had a 380ED and a 600E prior. |
Nomad (952) | ||
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