New T61 will not power on unless plugged into AC Power

Hello all,
I am a new owner of a T61 laptop and so far I love it.  Though, I have found something rather weird.  I cannot power on my laptop with just battery power.  I have to plug it in to power it on.  From that point on, I can run off of battery power.  I have a 9-cell battery.  Once the laptop is powered up, it reads as 100% battery power.  I would really appreciate any ideas or tips that anyone may have.
Thanks
Ryan

Sounds like a bad battery. We received a shipment of 30 T61's in which 17 of them had bad batteries straight out of the box. Exact same symptom as yours. You should contact your Lenovo or the store you bought your laptop from. Last year, Lenovo recalled defective batteries for T60s.

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