How to do a Power-Cycle / Reset of a Dual battery Lenovo Laptop (eg. T440 / T440s)
Is your dual-battery Lenovo laptop not powering on? Holding the power button for 30 seconds does fix some problems, but if that still doesn't work for you, try this method to get it going again - your laptop may just be in a short-circuit protection mode. All you need is a standard small screwdriver and a plastic pry tool (eg. plastic card or guitar pick). The model in the video is the T440, but the same concept should apply to most dual-battery Lenovo laptops, such as the Lenovo Thinkpad T440, T440s, T450, T450s, T450s, T460, T460s X240, X250, X260 and possibly others.
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I can't thank you enough ...you have just saved me from an emotional breakdown. My laptop is up and running
You are a star, Stephen. Thank you very much, as the second, slightly more involved step revived my T440s.
You saved my life on this fix. Amazing a tiny paperclip can fix a computer. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this. You help many people.
@alicergicwonderland
2 жыл бұрын
Did this preserve your data?
You're a life saver! I was panicking so hard that I'd have to send my laptop to repairs during a tight scheduled project! Also just want to say this worked on a T480
You are still helping in 2023. Thank you, Stephen!
Thanks a ton, pressing in the whole with a pin worked for my T480 laptop on my deadline day, I wish you live a long and happy life
Awesomeness! 100% fixed my problem. Thanks for putting this video out!
Thanks Stephen De Tomas for making this very useful video. I have tried to fix it by just pressing the that button for 25 seconds and It worked well .
I confirm after 4years it's still working you deserve one more subscriber👍
Thank you so much! I tried the pinhole at first to no avail, thanks for inspiration to take the battery out!
Brother you powerful. 2 weeks I suffered for that problem and now I saw your vedio and its working. Thank you so much. ❤❤
Thank you, it worked for my T440P perfect! Though the location was different for the circuit breaker, but managed to identify seeing your video, it with the 4 color wires going on the extreme right hand side just above the hard drive area. Thanks from Kolhapur, India!
life saver mate thanks a thousand. spent 30 quid on a new one for it to not detect it. Just followed this video and it's working fine now :)
Thank you so much for this video, it really helped me out. Have an older X240 that doesnt have the little reset button so you explaining how to do this by removing the internal battery helped revive the little laptop.
mate thank you so much. last time it happened i was charged £35 to fix it and he said that he just reset it and it happened again now and i googled it how to and found this vid and took me 15 seconds to reset from the back of my laptop without removing anything and it is working. thank you so much
THANK YOU! You fixed my laptop with a paperclip! Thank you so much for fixing this situation! You are absolutely brilliant.
@cucumber-pix
Жыл бұрын
what version is your laptop please!!?? im scared due to my laptop being new it might not work the same as other versions
Paper clip worked for T450s. Thank you!
This fixed my Thinkpad T440s that had a blinking power button and the F1, F4, and Function buttons blinking! Thank you!!
Wow...worked like a charm on my T1440s and saved me $100 on going to a Computer Technician here in Australia where I live👍♥️🙏
Thank you so much!!! Thankfully, the simple reset worked for me. Great video!!!
This happened to me a second time. Didnt panic. Just found this well explained video, completed the steps and I'm back making 🔥🔥🔥 music!! Good lookin out💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
@multiplegames9813
4 жыл бұрын
same comment bro
I love how you teach ! Thank you
Thanks for the info . This helped me a lot. I have removed the charger and press and hold the reset button
Thank you so much! It works also with T450 and helps when laptop boots normally but don't see 2nd battery. Now it works. Thanks again :)
Solved my problem (not charging internal battery) at first tip; using a clip to press button and reset battery 1. Thank you, bro !
Thanks for you contents. I fixed my T460 by this video.
Thank you Stephen you saved my life literally. You are the man!!!
It’s my first time to try something on KZread and it really works 🎉 thank you so much and please keep it up
Excellent video. Finally solved this issue by pushing the reset pin at the back and unplugging the internal connector. Before this video, I tried disconnecting the battery and uninstalling the battery driver, but none of that worked. The only feedback is that I was prompted for the windows activation key again, which fortunately was handy. The batteries are charging now! Thanks
@relaxitsgood6713
Жыл бұрын
brother same problem please tell me too
Paperclip worked. Thanks for posting this video!
Thank you so much! This was a great help.
Mate I tryed the paperclip trick and it worked I tryed everything mate your a legend saved me lots of money
Thanks, you have served me. I was about to burst in my thoughts 🙏🙏
I have same problem, and find a solution by this video. Thanks from Korea.
Thanks a lot dear for this video, it helps me out of many problems. I have a model of Lenovo X240 looking many videos for past one day but I resolve my problem once you teach how to remove the internal battery and plug in its working...Alahmdulillah 😀😊
broo you're king frrr, you saved my 440s by this thanks a lot
Muchísimas gracias ! Me sirvió, se me había caído mi lenovo t450 . Y no me encendía ya me había resignado a tener q llevarla a un técnico. Gracias♡
Thanks a lot for your video ! It helpeds me to unlock my Thinkpad x260 :-)
I follow your video and thanks to you ,my laptop lenovo t440 is start on . Thanks again for your video.
God bless you. You just saved my job! ¡Thanks a million!
have a thinkpad edge E535, will have to look for that connector. thanks for the great video
Thank you so much for the video,this helped me a great deal🤗🤗🤗
it also worked on the X270. Thank you !
This works. Thank you so much. 😊
Thank you! The first step fixed my issue 🤲🏼
Thank you.. the paper clip worked fine for me on a t450s.
Thank you.This helped soo much. Keep doing what your doing.
15 seconds that saved my mental stability
Worked for me. Thank you.
Thank you very much guy you save my life!
Recently i have same problems, but thanks for you i can fix it!
Thank you sooooooo much. Worked on T480.
You are a life saver. Thank you so much
Thank u soooo soooo soooo much! This was awesome!
thanks man just saved me buying a whole new charger
Hi great video. My T440s won't charge but the lights (on the power button and at the back) are flashing meaning the charger is working... Do I need to get a new motherboard?
The paper clip trick worked. Thankfully I didn’t have to get the office involved. Don’t want to end up back there!
Thanks a lot. It is wonderful and 100% working tutorial
Tanks very much u really saved me 🙏🏻🙏🏻 I use t470
it worked .. thanks a lot ... very valuable piece of info
Cheers saved me a wasted trip back to the office.
oh man you are awsome ! you did it ........i got back my laptop through this thank you
Cool the 15 sec push had worked for me !!
Thank you. It worked!!
You just saved my job!
great video. helped me a lot.
Good Man! You’re a life saver!
@zygmuntwilk9709
Жыл бұрын
My rdzA
Unique idea.❤ cover opening with card
If you had this issue in 2020 please say thanks Steph 🙌
This works, but it is not the definitive solution. updating the bios, would end the problem?
Thanks so much :)))) this saved a visiting's friend!
thank you so much i had same model same problem , watched upto 0:53
@foofoo7293
3 жыл бұрын
problem solved 👍❤️
hi Stephen. i've had this problem once before. the laptop worked normally but when i plugged in the power supply, nothing would happen and it won't charge. then the next day i tried it again and it charged normally. now after a week or so i have the same problem again. all of a sudden it doesn't recognize that it is plugged in. i've tried both methods that you have shown and it still won't charge.
I had this issue few times on my T450s. I rarely used this laptop. So each time I fixed it opening the laptop by unplugging and plugging back the internal battery. However now even this is not working. what do you suggest? I am thinking maybe the motherboard is gone after few times of opening and closing?
will his help with issues of the internal battery supposedly not being connected?
Thank you @Stephen, I opened it before it worked
Hi! I have a different problem... I tried your procedure, either to press the reset button and either to disconnect the internal battery, in order to do a reset but doesn't fixed my problem. I bought a second hand Lenovo Thinkpad T440s with Win10 operating system and with the following problem: when the PC is NOT connected to the power supply, the battery panel indicates that battery 2 (external) is in use, but in reality the system uses the battery 1 (internal). For this reason, when battery 1 runs out, the PC switches off without warning and without switching to battery 2 ... Do you have any other suggestions? I'm going crazy! :-( Thanks a lot!
Bro you are a genius i love you
this keeps happening to me, when the battery drains completely I have the same issue and sometimes just restart while I am working on it any suggestion as what need to replace
I have a Lenovo thinkpad x220 laptop adapter that does not work correctly, when I connect it from AC current it gives current to my pc, then after a few minutes it cuts, I disconnected it from AC, leave it for a few minutes, then after I still connected it to AC and in my pc too, it gives current, after a few more minutes the current cuts in my pc. Is it that it gives current intermittently? What's the piece that can cut the power like that?
Thanks alot buddy am enjoying now
Thx for making such a awsome video thx bro
@Stephen, I have T580 and Battery will start discharging even though it is connected to power outlet. It goes to zero and i need to restart the Laptop then it will start charging again. It keep happens on every day. Any inputs ?
Thanks bro!
Thank you very much !!! You are a best👌
Thanks, this worked🙏
fixed thank you friend 🙏🏼
Muchas gracias!!! Resolvió mi problema.
@rafacult70
Жыл бұрын
el mio sale low batterry error 190
I have a z50-70 I want to update the bios but it dont work because my battery is to low and it dont charge now . so i want to update the bios maby that wil help . im not sure if the battry is dead do you know a other way to update the bios
Hey Thank s for yur tips. I have got a P50S which is not powering on, the green light blinks three times,then nothing;I have already tried to disconnect both batteries but with no result... any idea ? Thanks again
Thank u man 😢 you saved me
Thank you so much
god bless you sir you are my savior
It helped with safety pin 🧷 👌👌
I have the lenovo thinkpad L470 and theres no little button at all should i just do the 2nd method by unscrewing it all?
Hey! Stephen! For me, when I put my charger in to my laptop, it just blinks/flashes a couple times then everything goes black. Would you know to to fix that issue?
Is this reset button has effect for bios settings or windows ???? I have a business laptop (I don't have any access for bios and windows), and the internal battery is not charging 0%.
Good its work...thanks info sharing...
thank you for this video but i want you to assist me on how to fix the same issue when it is usually repeating. because sometimes i move without a screw driver.
Hi Steph, This keeps happening often, Is there not a permenant solution for this issue, everytime removing the case is so annoying. Appreciate your suggestion. Thanks