Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

Komisch · 2018-07-23 19:16:54

Greetings Community,

It seems like I have Hardware Problems with my T560 (~9 month old). It has two batteries and the nearly never used internal battery is on -0% on my arch. So when I start it with both batterys attached, even if it is also attached to the charging cable it immediately shuts down. With only the not working internal battery and attached to the charging cable it starts but the WIFI seems not to work (already creates some errors while booting).
Additionally to this it says "zsh: corrupt history file /home/baxbear/.histfile" ...

Worked just fine before, came home from my university. Connected it to the charging cable with still nearly full charged batteries and after I returned again from sport it was off.

Forcing the Battery to charge with

> sudo tlp fullcharge

doesn't do anything.

(Can't be more unlucky to have these problem in exam phase...)

Appreciate all your help!

Last edited by Komisch (2018-07-23 19:38:41)

Komisch · 2018-07-23 19:25:46

Because the Notebook is able to start with removed external batterie and (attached, because it can't be removed) internal battery I am still able to start it. At the beginning I had the problem with the wifi, it now worked after like 20 min. Not sure if it will when I reboot again. The battery is still on -0%...

jasonwryan · 2018-07-23 19:29:33

"seems not to work", "some error while booting" are not helpful. Please read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way and provide actual error messages, details of debugging. Also, remove TLP.

Moving to NC...

Komisch · 2018-07-23 19:38:00

I thought you will just tell me in which log I have to look to find the error..

Rebooted to get the error I get permanent events of

iwlwifi 0000:04:00.0: No beacon head and the time event is over already

and several start jobs for Network Manager and sys-subsystem-net-devices-eth0.device (no lan cable attached)

The reboot now seems to also make the notebook shutdown with the second battery removed and charging cable attached.

(removed tlp before rebooting)

UPDATE:
just noticed in a blink of a second the battery value jumps from -0% to a bigger negative value and the notebook shuts down in like a second.

Last edited by Komisch (2018-07-23 19:48:01)

Trilby · 2018-07-23 21:16:29

Can you boot with the removable battery unattached and without the power cord attached?

Thinkpads seem prone to report the wrong battery information (at least under linux) and this is frequently remedied simply by letting the battery go through a full power cycle (full discharge, then full recharge). Of course, if you can't even start up with just that problematic internal battery connected, there's no real way to fully discharge it.

Komisch · 2018-07-23 21:41:40

I can start with power cord attached und removable battery unattached and !sometimes! I have 5-10 minutes until the notebook shuts down. Normally the notebook loads also if it is off. But without power cord and second battery it won't even turn on.

ewaller · 2018-07-23 21:47:28

Komisch wrote:

Can't be more unlucky to have these problem in exam phase...

Wouldn't be funny otherwise....

Do you still have the OS the machine came with installed? If so, does it handle things better?

Arch Linux

#1 2018-07-23 19:16:54

Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

#2 2018-07-23 19:25:46

Re: Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

#3 2018-07-23 19:29:33

Re: Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

#4 2018-07-23 19:38:00

Re: Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

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Re: Lenovo T560 Internal Battery on -0%

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