Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, 10/25/07 14:19: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Peter Jordan wrote:>> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh, 10/25/07 13:41:>>> On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, Peter Jordan wrote:>>>> i have bought a new battery (9-Cells) for my Thinkpad R60. Now the>>>> temp5_input shows always 50° C.>>> Is it a Lenovo original part?>> Yes, it is.> > First, let's make sure it is the battery. With AC plugged in, remove the> battery and check if the sensor returns -128/128 or an ENXIO error. If it> does, then the sensor really does belong to the battery. Plug the battery> back, wait the usual 10s to 12s, and check again. The sensor should be> back, and should read the temperature of the battery. it is the battery. > > Assuming the sensor belongs to the battery, then you need to find out> whether it is broken or not. I'd suggest asking around for other R60 users> with batteries to see if they have the same problem (and updating to the> latest BIOS and EC *first*), and also asking Lenovo about it.> i will update my bios this evening. the battery was manufactured 2007-09-03 from Panasonic. > If it is not broken, it is possible that you *could* have a dangerous bomb> in your hands. Ask Lenovo about it.> > We query the EC for that temperature, there is basically *zero* chance of a> bug in thinkpad-acpi/ibm-acpi for this if the other sensors are working. It> is either a battery defect, a Lenovo EC firmware bug, or Lenovo changed the> way the firmware works for that particular sensor.> i'm currently charging the battery, and the temp5_input sensor haschanged from 50 to 51 to 52 and back but not under 50. PJ -------------------------------------------------------------------------This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc.Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop.Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser.Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/_______________________________________________ibm-acpi-devel mailing listibm-acpi-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ibm-acpi-devel
