I'm eyeing up a particular t440p, but the seller describes a pretty iffy problem:
"battery will sometimes say plugged in not charging when its charged to less than 100%."
"The battery does charge Its just that some times it seems to stop charging when it gets within a few percent of 100. when you click on the battery icon it says plugged in not charging no idea why it stops short it will charge up to 100 just sometimes it doesn't."
Sounds pretty whack to me. Do you think the problem could be something easily fixable like the battery? Or something worse?
>>>/tpg/
Power Manager probably stops the charging before it's full, that's a basic feature of Lenovo's power manager software that comes enabled by default and stupid normalfags don't even know the shit they have installed.
>>61804797
It's designed that way.
If it started to charge every time it fell to 99% it would go through way too many charge cycles wearing the battery out very quickly.
I think it goes down to 95% before charging back to 100%
>>61804857
>>61804881
Perfect. I just may bit the bullet.
Notice the chip in the corner. Tp's are built like tanks, and the chip could have been cause be localized force vs unit-wide shock. But should I be worried about any possible latent internal damage?
>>61804960
Probably not, this rbt.asia/g/thread/61291592/#q61292833 happened to my T420 and the internal rollcage also cracked a bit but nothing more. Dunno about the T440p but it should be fine.
>>61804960
I wouldn't worry about the chip, but you could use it to negotiate a lower price (if it's not already very cheap because of it - don't be a Jew)
>>61805069
>drops from 3 stories high
>onto fucking concrete
>still runs
Jesus Christ that's unbelievable
>>61805175
It's already pretty cheap - ~$100USD less than other units. I figure it's a good deal, borne out of scary looking cosmetic damage that'll frighten away techlets.
I can just get a new palmrest if it bothered me anyway
>t440
I'm sorry.
>>61805711
>I'm sorry.
What?
>>61805788
He's autistically screeching because it has the new keyboard and shit touchpad which is easily solvable by replacing it with the t450 touchpad. While ignoring that everything else is an upgrade.
>>61805852
Ah, Right
Yes, it's all carefully considered. Will be ordering a t450pad asap afterwards