laptop newbie

[slightlyhuman]

bought a thinkpad with a dead battery so i won this one on ebay

how long should it last from a full 100% charge, also will it work better after i do the battery cycle like I read off of IBM's website?


please LMK how long it should last because I got it yesterday and it drains very quickly im testing it right now to get the exact time it takes to die from full charge.


LMK thx

 

[slightlyhuman]

anyone??

 

[Busithoth]

my thinkpad 600's main battery would hold a charge for 90 minutes (battery it came with, not new by any means)

I put that same battery in my 600E and watched it drain in under 40 minutes.
I found out later that the 600E (p2 366Mhz version) had common problems with draining batteries.