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thommango
08-05-2009, 03:39 PM
Has anyone else had this issue?: One day your battery just stops working entirely, without any deterioration in performance. The little charging light just flashes yellow and the computer loses all power the second it is unplugged.

This has happened to me and I'm not very happy about it. I'm awaiting a replacement battery, but it seems like the problem could happen again any time. The Lenovo battery is about $350CAN, which is a crazy amount to spend on a computer that is 2 years old. So, I'm buying it from a 3rd party.

While I've loved this machine's features and performance, and I appreciate the service Lenovo has provided, I'm not very happy that this is the fourth problem I've experienced with this computer in two years. (Other problems include: screen frame fractured, screen died, harddrive died.)

John Hill
08-06-2009, 10:41 AM
I haven't heard of anyone having that issue. Is it possible that there was some electrical surge? I don't know where in the country you are located but in the Northeast we have had multiple storms recently and power supplies, phone systems and computers have been damaged a lot because of that.