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My T42 died a horrible death, most likely from it's being in my backpack while I rode my mountain bike to and from campus. Tilting the screen, or tapping the notebook's underside cause graphical artifacts, and then an eventual crash.

I purchased an ultrabay battery for this T42. Though my new T60 which I'll be receiving today comes with a 9cell battery, I would like to have as much time as possible away from the umbilical cord...plus I usually have no need for the DVD/CD drive and I cannot count the number of times I've accidentally hit the eject button

FRU P/N: 08K8191
10.8V 2.2 AH

I don't want to just throw it in my T60 even though I have a feeling that it would work...I also have a main battery from the T42 which I suppose I could throw in my backpack to gain even MORE time which would be nice:

FRU P/N: 08K8193
10.8V 4.4 AH

Thanks guys!
Rob

Sadly, they're different batteries and aren't compatible. If you look closely at the ultrabay connector inside the T60 you'll see it's keyed differently. The CD/DVD from the T40 series WILL work, but the batteries will not.

Different batteries...but but but
After 3 years my HP starting having the same problem your T42 has. I finally narrowed it down to whenever the area around the ram got flexed it would crash after causing graphical artifacts. I fixed it by stiffening it with scrap metal that I bonded to it. You could try the same.