Lenovo ThinkPad E460 - Checking the Ac Power Adapter; Checking the Built-In Battery and Operational Charging

Ifyoususpectapowerproblem,seetheappropriateoneofthefollowingpowersupplycheckouts:
•“Checkingtheacpoweradapter”onpage27
•“Checkingthebuilt-inbatteryandoperationalcharging”onpage27
•“Checkingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage28
Checkingtheacpoweradapter
Youareherebecausethecomputerfailsonlywhentheacpoweradapterisused.
•Ifthepowerproblemoccursonlywhenthedockingstationortheportreplicatorisused,replacethe
dockingstationortheportreplicator.
•Ifthesystemstatusindficatordoesnotblinkthreetimeswhenanacpowersourceisconnected,check
thepowercordoftheacpoweradapterforcorrectcontinuityandinstallation.
•Ifthecomputerdoesnotchargeduringoperation,goto“Checkingthebuilt-inbatteryandoperational
charging”onpage27.
Tochecktheacpoweradapter,dothefollowing:
1.Unplugtheacpoweradaptercablefromthecomputer.
2.Measuretheoutputvoltageattheplugoftheacpoweradaptercable.Seethefollowingillustration:
Pin
Voltage(Vdc)
1+20
20
3
Ground
(20V)
1
3
2
Note:Outputvoltageofpin2oftheacpoweradaptermightdifferfromtheoneyouareservicing.
3.Ifthevoltageisnotcorrect,replacetheacpoweradapter.
4.Ifthevoltageisacceptable,replacethesystemboard.
Note:Noisefromtheacpoweradapterdoesnotalwaysindicateadefect.
Checkingthebuilt-inbatteryandoperationalcharging
Thiscomputersupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecificsystemandmanufacturedby
Lenovooranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesigned
forothersystems.Ifanunauthorizedbatteryorabatterydesignedforanothersystemsisinstalled,the
systemwillnotcharge.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
ThebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnotificationareadisplaysthepercentageoftheremainingbattery
power.
Moveyourpointertothebattery-statusiconintheWindowsnotificationareatocheckthebatterystatus.
Thebattery-statusicondisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremainingandhowlongyoucanuse
yourcomputerbeforeyoumustchargethebattery.
Tocheckwhetherthebatterychargesproperlyduringoperation,dothefollowing:
1.Dischargethebatteryuntiltheremainedbatterypowerislessthan50%.
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