About Battery Status Icon Missing on IBM Laptop

The battery status icon on an ibm-thinkpad-r60-battery is one of the most useful icons on the desktop. By having this utility installed on your computer, it is easy to tell at a glance how muchlenovo battery power is left and how soon you need to change batteries or recharge. Most ThinkPad’s come with the battery status utility and icon already installed, but on a used computer, this may not be the case, and you will need to install the utility yourself.

Significance

Depending on the model, the battery status icon, either at a glance or by a mouse click, will tell you exactly how much battery life is left. This is useful when using the laptop away from an alternative power source so that you can save your work and close down before the battery is completely depleted.

Features

Since many IBM laptop models allow for the use of two batteries, the battery status icon can track the charge usage in both lenovo batteries. The battery status utility will recognize both batteries on the startup of the machine, the icon will alert the user when battery power is low and then again when the power is at a critical level.

Considerations

Clicking on the icon will allow the user to change the way the computer operates when running completely on battery in order to save power. This will allow the user to turn off devices that will not be used while on battery power, such as DVD players or modems, or tell the system when to go into standby or hibernation mode if the computer is idle.

Benefits

By enabling the ibm-thinkpad-x40-battery status icon on the desktop, the user is always aware of the approximate amount of computing time that remains before the battery is depleted. This allows the time needed to save the work being done or attach the machine to an alternative power source such as a car adapter or regular electric current.

Prevention/Solution

If the battery status icon is missing from the IBM laptop, the first step is to discover if the machine has the configuration utility program installed. If the program is there, it is a simple matter to run the program and enable the icon on the desktop. If the ThinkPad is missing the configuration utility, make a note of the model and serial numbers of the machine and go online to the Lenovo website (see Resources below). Type the model number into the search box and the returning results should display the ibm-thinkpad-r32-battery status utility. Download the program and install it on the ThinkPad.

Potential

The battery status utility available for some models of the ibm-thinkpad-600-battery will also allow the user to check on battery health. This will give statistics on how many times the battery has been recharged and how much remaining life is left in the battery. This program is useful in determining when a new battery needs to be purchased.