ThinkPad E550 - Checking the Battery Pack; Checking the Coin-Cell Battery

4.Checkthebatterystatusiconagain.Ifthesameerrorstillexists,replacethesystemboard.Otherwise,
checktheoriginalbatterypack.See“Checkingthebatterypack”onpage34
.
Checkingthebatterypack
ThissystemsupportsonlybatteriesspeciallydesignedforthisspecificsystemandmanufacturedbyLenovo
oranauthorizedbuilder.Thesystemdoesnotsupportunauthorizedbatteriesorbatteriesdesignedforother
systems.Ifanunauthorizedbatterypackorabatterypackdesignedforanothersystemsisinstalled,the
systemwillnotcharge.
Attention:Lenovohasnoresponsibilityfortheperformanceorsafetyofunauthorizedbatteries,and
providesnowarrantiesforfailuresordamagearisingoutoftheiruse.
ThebatterystatusiconintheWindowsnotificationareadisplaysthepercentageofbatterypowerremaining.
Tocheckfordetailedbatterystatusinformation,dothefollowing:
•ForWindows7:OpenthePowerManagerprogramandclicktheBatterytab.
•ForWindows8.1:OpentheLenovoSettingsprogramandclickPower.
Note:Ifthebatterypackbecomeshot,itmaynotbeabletocharge.Removeitfromthecomputerandleave
itatroomtemperatureforawhile.Afteritcoolsdown,reinstallandrechargeit.
Tocheckthebatterypack,dothefollowing:
1.Poweroffthecomputer.
2.Removethebatterypackandmeasurethevoltagebetweenbatteryterminals1(+)and7(-).Seethe
followingfigure:
Terminal
Voltage(Vdc)
1,2+0to+12.6
6,7
Ground(-)
1(+)
2(+)
3
4
5
6(-)
7(-)
3.Ifthevoltageislessthan+11.0Vdc,thebatterypackhasbeendischarged.
Ifthevoltageisstilllessthan+11.0Vdcafterrecharging,replacethebatterypack.
4.Ifthevoltageismorethan+11.0Vdc,measuretheresistancebetweenbatteryterminals5and7.
Theresistancemustbe4to30KΩ.Iftheresistanceisnotcorrect,replacethebatterypack.Ifthe
resistanceiscorrect,replacethesystemboard.
Checkingthecoin-cellbattery
Dothefollowing:
1.Poweroffthecomputer,andunplugtheacpoweradapterfromit.
2.Turnthecomputerupsidedown.
3.Removethebatterypack(see“1020Batterypack”onpage66).
4.Removethecoin-cellbattery(see“1090Coin-cellbattery”onpage73).
5.Measurethevoltageofthebattery.Seethefollowingfigure.
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