Thinkpad x220 wasn't able to charge the battery

Feb. 1, 2022, 10:20 p.m.

Hi guys, I have a question for you: yesterday I got this 9 cell GreenCell battery for my thinkpad x220, perfectly working out of the box. The battery arrived at a good 20% left, then i shut the pc off. This morning the pc wasn't able to charge the battery and without AC power it's not able to power on. When the pc is on I can see a 100% of charge left, the battery is fully charged, but if i unplug the power cable it immediately shuts down. I'm using Linux Mint and Lubuntu. What do you all suggest to solve this mess?

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pluckySalt7

Feb. 1, 2022, 9:32 p.m.

You got a BrownCell.

innocentCake4

Feb. 1, 2022, 11:07 a.m.

hardware that i pay the highest price for :
- harddrive/ssd
- battery
hardware that i pay the lowest price for :
- proc
- ram
- GC
- MB
- screen

artisticLlama7

Feb. 1, 2022, 9:32 p.m.

i have horrible luck with 3rd party batteries. most of them are junk. very little QA.

offendedTuna9

Feb. 1, 2022, 9:32 p.m.

Check the battery with a multimeter. I never had a problem with spare batteries. Moreover, running linux, you can use tlp which runs best with a ThinkPad