9-cell battery for T42 requires dock?

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tronic · #1 Post by **tronic** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:37 pm

It's not completely clear to me -- but thought I heard somewhere that the 9-cell battery requires a docking station? True? Or is it standalone and doesn't require any other hardware other than the T42?

(I'm a long-time user of various Thinkpad models including batteries and docking stations, but this one is new to me and I've got to decide if I need to buy one for a new T42 to take on the road next week where a dock would be useless.)

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 6:57 pm

No dock required, the 9 cell battery simply replaces the 6 cell.

Regards,

James

Cneil · #3 Post by **Cneil** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:00 pm

Also keep in mind that the 9-cell sticks out of the back of the T42, meaning you'll no longer have a nice flush service. Worth it though if you need 5 hours or more of battery life.

jawhitti · #4 Post by **jawhitti** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:16 pm

I have a T42 that's about 6 months old with the 9-cell battery (6.6AH FRU 08K8198). Even with the Wifi card turned off. battery maximizer set to "super power save" and the screen brightness set low I do well to get 3:30 out of it. Even new I never got close to 5 hours. Do you actually get 5+ hours?

Jason

Cneil · #5 Post by **Cneil** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:48 pm

Right now I have the 9 cell in, wi-fi on, the screen set to 50%, and 5 hours left at 96% battery remaining according to the battery wizard.

kernel32 · #6 Post by **kernel32** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:58 pm

would seem sort of silly to need a docking station in order to use a battery

tronic · #7 Post by **tronic** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 9:19 pm

Sure would be.

That's why I wondered... especially since the IBM websites heavily raves about that battery in relation to docking, and nothing else.

I got it, and have been happy with it. I only wish the seller had been a little more honest and open about this being an used unit -- he/she neglected to state that and mentioned terms like 'factory sealed' which I think was misleading.

Still, a battery at 85% of original factory capacity isn't too bad, and the price was about 65% of the brand new price, so I'm not complaining. Not buying from the seller in question again, though -- not trustworthy in my book.

#8 Post by **aamsel** » Sat Apr 23, 2005 11:12 pm

Was this an EBAY purchase?
If so...did it say refurbished or recertified anywhere in the auction.
If so...that is the standard MO for EBAY refurb sellers.
Basically, they bury the word refurbished somewhere in the body of the description, and focus on factory sealed.

Andrew
Austin, TX

tronic wrote:...I got it, and have been happy with it. I only wish the seller had been a little more honest and open about this being an used unit -- he/she neglected to state that and mentioned terms like 'factory sealed' which I think was misleading

tronic · #9 Post by **tronic** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 7:04 am

Ah, good point. I went back and looked more closely. The only indication (which I now see) is the 90 days remanufactured limited warranty. I'll watch out for that in the future. Thanks for the tip!

#10 Post by **aamsel** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 9:30 am

Yes, on EBAY, I think that the confusion is deliberately created.
Kind of like when you buy a cell phone, and the title has the word "NEW" and the description says "in original box", but also in the description it says something like "used very briefly".

Some EBAY sellers think that there are all kinds of iterations of "NEW", when, in reality, of course there is only new and not new.

Andrew
Austin, tX

9-cell battery for T42 requires dock?

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