IBM ThinkPad I Series battery problem

[aldavis]

This is my first post. I hope somebody can help me.
I have a IBM thinkpad 1300. It has a Li-ion battery. I tried to refresh the battery so that I could recharge it completely. Now I can't get the system to boot with the batery in it. When I turn the systme on with the ac plugged in and the battery in, the green battery light just flashes and the fan comes and it clicks, all in a cycle as if its still trying to come on. The system boots fine with no battery (just the ac), but the minute I put the battery in, I get the problem. There is no way to use or charge the battery. I also bought a new battery, but it wouldn't charge properly either and eventually just drained. I am running WIN2K and WINXP (dual boot). However it never gets to the operating system. BTW, there is no power managment feature in the BIOS. HELP!

[aldtech]

It sounds like the system board is going/gone. If you can power it up by using the power supply then that may be the only way you are going to be able to use it.

The following is a link to IBM's website specific for your model, through the dropdown menus you may be able to determine if it really is a system board issue or not.

http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site...&validate=true

The fact that the system is not booting to the OS is also suspect of a hardware issue besides the battery. Try downloading the diagnostics and running them. If you can't even do that then you know you have a system board issue.

AL