replacement battery suggestions

[ratdude747]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

survived 2 cycles...

the capacity is now shown as 97.5%... so 2.5% wear...

looks good to me...

[thesloc]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to change the cells as opposed to buying an entire (and every expensive) battery unit? I've seen people do it, it's not that hard, but it could potentially be dangerous if your wiring is off...

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4224

You might as well open up your old battery and try to rebuild it.

[ratdude747]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

Wouldn't it be more beneficial to change the cells as opposed to buying an entire (and every expensive) battery unit? I've seen people do it, it's not that hard, but it could potentially be dangerous if your wiring is off...

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4224

You might as well open up your old battery and try to rebuild it.

ummm... I already bought the battery... besides, I wanted 9 cells, not 6 cells (the old battery was a 6 cell).

Besides, without special reflashing HW/SW, rebuilding is pointless; the battery controller has to be reset so it shows the battery levels correctly.

[ratdude747]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

Another brief update- after 4 cycles, the cpacity has risen to 98.7%, or 2.3% wear. I am getting run times around 4 hours per charge.

IDK about others, but I think I got a good deal...

[ratdude747]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

final update:

it has settled at 94.8% capacity, or 5.2% wear.

It gets about 4 hour run times under normal use... granted I do like to use a USB flexlight at night and durign the day I tend to be an LCD brightness hog when sun glare is an issue... but then again, when there is no wifi aces the BT and WLAN get turned off (I tether to my cell phone via usb instead).

[thesloc]

Re: replacement battery suggestions

lol