Re: T470s, suddenly battery/ies died...
Stefan Monnier <[email protected]> Mon, 08 Jan 2024 23:37:14 -0500
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> I'm a proud user of an T470s, 6yr old but still wonderful.
[...]
> But in these Christmas days, battery get suddenly dead... clearly
> batteries ws not as new, but 2-3 hr still was doable.
6 years is not old for such a laptop, so you should definitely be able
to keep using it for many more years.
But 6 years is a very respectable age for laptop batteries, so the most
likely explanation is that they're just dying/dead of old age.
> There's something i can do to (try to) reset battery capacity?
Replace them.
Lenovo is annoying enough to have a section "Chargers, Batteries &
Charging Carts" which doesn't contain any battery, so you're probably going
to have to buy off-brand ones.
[ They do have instructions for how to remove/replace the batteries,
tho, which is arguably better than some other manufacturers:
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/pd104689-removal-steps-for-built-in-batteries-thinkpad-t470s ]
iFixit only sells one of the two (I've had good experiences so far with
iFixit). Many other companies sell that one and the other one as well,
but I can't vouch for their quality.
Stefan
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