ThinkPad R52 Won't Recognize New Battery

[stricktoo]

Hey All,

I recently purchased a new battery (found here) for my ThinkPad R52. However, neither PCLinuxOS (2010 KDE) nor Windows (XP SP3 with Lenovo utilities) will recognize it. That is, both give me "battery not installed" messages. I don't think the battery is from Lenovo (it's not branded, at least), but as far as I can tell the contacts look almost exactly the same and it should, in theory, work perfectly. Any suggestions? 

[Hootiegibbon]

Hey All,

I recently purchased a new battery (found here) for my ThinkPad R52. However, neither PCLinuxOS (2010 KDE) nor Windows (XP SP3 with Lenovo utilities) will recognize it. That is, both give me "battery not installed" messages. I don't think the battery is from Lenovo (it's not branded, at least), but as far as I can tell the contacts look almost exactly the same and it should, in theory, work perfectly. Any suggestions?  

Stricktoo,

Check out the thinkwiki its the ultimate Linux Thinkpad site ( I have a  R61i and a 600, my wife has a T42 and that site is a valuable resource for a Linux using Thinkpad owners)

Jase  

[stricktoo]

Stricktoo,

Check out the thinkwiki its the ultimate Linux Thinkpad site ( I have a  R61i and a 600, my wife has a T42 and that site is a valuable resource for a Linux using Thinkpad owners)

Jase  

Thanks for the link. I'll definitely bookmark that for the future. However, the battery page just cycles back to the R52 page. Any suggestions for specific pages I should look at?