Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 5B11B79217 15.48V Replacement Battery
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Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 5B11B79217 15.48V Replacement Battery - is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
Voltage
15.48V
Amp
5650mAh
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 / X1 Extreme Gen 5 — 15.48V Li-Polymer Replacement Battery (5B11B79217)
This is a 15.48V, 5650mAh (87.46Wh) Li-Polymer battery for the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 and ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 mobile workstation series. It replaces OEM part numbers including 5B11B79217, L20D4P75, L20M4P75, and SB11B79216. The battery slots into the same bay as the original and connects to the same BMS interface on the motherboard.
- ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 and X1 Extreme Gen 5 compatibility: Both platforms share the same 15.48V four-cell Li-Polymer architecture, identical connector pinout, and the same Lenovo BMS handshake protocol — which is why a single cell part covers both lines.
- Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell on a ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 motherboard and confirmed the BMS authenticated correctly, charge current ramped as expected, and no fault codes were thrown in Lenovo Vantage.
- Post-install calibration on ThinkPad P1 Gen 4: After fitting this cell, run one full discharge to hibernate cutoff, then charge uninterrupted to 100%. This forces the BIOS battery learn cycle to reset against the new cell data and clears the inaccurate health warning that appears after every cell swap.
BIOS reporting battery health as poor immediately after replacement
The ThinkPad BIOS stores battery health data in EEPROM on the motherboard, not on the cell itself. When a new cell goes in, the BIOS compares live readings against the degraded baseline it built for the old cell, which makes the new battery look worse than it is. Running the battery learn cycle — full discharge to hibernate cutoff, then a single uninterrupted charge to 100% — forces the BIOS to rewrite that baseline against the new cell's actual voltage curve. After one or two cycles, Lenovo Vantage and the BIOS health screen should read normal.
Laptop shuts down at 20–30% shown on the fuel gauge
This happens when the fuel gauge IC hasn't yet mapped the new cell's voltage-to-capacity curve. Under full CPU plus discrete GPU load, the cell hits a voltage cliff that the uncalibrated gauge hasn't accounted for, so the system cuts out while the display still shows charge remaining. It is not a faulty cell — it is the fuel gauge IC working from stale data. Run two to three full discharge-and-charge cycles without interruption. By the third cycle the gauge IC will have recalibrated and the reported percentage will track actual cell voltage accurately down to the low single digits.
Compatible Models
Replaces Part Numbers
Technical Specifications
Product Highlights
- Brand: Lenovo
- Manufacturer: CS
- Series: Standard
- Color: Black
- Product Type: Li-Polymer
- Battery Type: Li-Polymer
- Warranty: 12 Months
- Bulk Orders: sales@batteryweb.com
Frequently Asked Questions
My ThinkPad P1 Gen 4 shows the new battery as "Unknown" or 0% in Lenovo Vantage right after fitting it — is the cell faulty?
This is an EEPROM mismatch, not a dead cell. The ThinkPad BIOS reads identity data written to the old cell's EEPROM and flags anything that doesn't match as unknown. Power the laptop on, let it boot fully into Windows, then run a complete discharge to hibernate cutoff followed by an uninterrupted charge to 100%. One full learn cycle is usually enough for Vantage to recognise and correctly report the new cell.
Windows is showing this battery as 87Wh but my original cell showed a different Wh rating — did I receive the wrong part?
The Wh figure shown in Windows is read from the cell's EEPROM, and the value stored there reflects the rated chemistry spec, not the exact measured capacity of your specific unit. A difference of a few watt-hours between the replacement cell's EEPROM value and what your old cell reported is normal — it does not mean the wrong part was shipped. Confirm the voltage reads 15.48V in Device Manager or Lenovo Vantage; if that matches, the cell is correct.
Charge stops at 80% and won't go higher — the laptop acts like it's fully charged at that point.
This is a BIOS-controlled charge threshold, not a battery fault. Lenovo ships many ThinkPad P1 and X1 Extreme units with Conservation Mode enabled by default in Lenovo Vantage, which deliberately caps charging at 80% to reduce cell stress during long periods on AC power. Open Lenovo Vantage, go to Power → Battery, and switch the charge mode from Conservation to Normal. The battery will then charge to 100%.
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