Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42

Troubleshooting Charts

 

An

Indicator

Problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem

 

 

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

battery

status

 

The

over-current protection device inside the battery pack

has been

indicator

does

not

go Waiton

several

hours

and try

again. If

the indicator still

does not go

even

though

a

batterythe

battery

pack

or have

the computer

serviced.

 

pack is installed in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery Problems

Problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The

battery

pack

cannotThe

battery

pack

might

be

over-discharged. Do

the

following:

 

 

be

fully

charged

in

3.5

 

off

the computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hours

by

the

 

 

 

1. Turn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

power-off

 

sure

that

the

over-discharged

battery

pack

is in

the compute

charging

method.

 

 

2. Make

 

 

3. Connect the AC

Adapter to the computer and

let

it

charge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If

the

battery

pack

cannot

be

fully

charged

in

24

hours,

use

a ne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your

computer

shuts

Repeat

discharging

and

charging

the battery pack

at

least

three

time

down

before

the

battery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

status

indicator shows

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

empty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

–or–

Your computer operates after the battery status indicator shows empty.

The computer does not The over-current protective function in the battery pack might be acti operate with a fully off the computer for 1 minute to reset this function; then turn it b charged battery pack.

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IBM C79EGMST manual Battery Problems, Indicator