where to buy battery for x31

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rbrt287 · #1 Post by **rbrt287** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:19 pm

where is the best place to get a good battery for thinkpad 31.
regards

j-dawg · #2 Post by **j-dawg** » Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:49 pm

I had a good experience buying a new battery for my X24 from eBay. I bought an OEM battery, which cost another few dollars but shipped from the USA and gave a little extra peace of mind.

makai · #3 Post by **makai** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:39 am

I just purchased an X31 battery from ebay... for experimental purposes. The battery I got was original IBM, used, with 64 charge cycles on it. It cost me $20 total. Actually, the battery is in pretty good shape metering out at about 4 hrs run time. I won't be taking this one apart for a while!

Right now, it seems the vendor has a few more X31 batts available, but his BIN price is quite a bit higher than what I just paid in an active bid.

eBay seller pcsurplusonline.com

Good luck.

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rbrt287 · #4 Post by **rbrt287** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:31 am

thanks
i know there are so may Hongkong battery on ebay, are they good?
or i should get an OEM battery?

obpsym · #5 Post by **obpsym** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 7:55 am

I bought one in HK today from www.batterycollection.com, they have a few retail shops as well as the online outlet.

I was going to buy from another online retailer but a friend recommended this company. I did pay a little more than the bucket shops but the warranty was only three months compared to a year.

Battery fits fine, price was OK. I'll post in a day or two after testing.

Part no NIB037 http://www.batterycollection.com/search ... &image.y=0

rbrt287 · #6 Post by **rbrt287** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:11 pm

i can't find any new OEM battery on ebay.
so i reckon there is only one option is to buy generic Hk battery.
How about refilled battery?
which one is better?

bobbarker · #7 Post by **bobbarker** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:10 pm

Go for a refill, you keep the proper circuitry to charge things.

rbrt287 · #8 Post by **rbrt287** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:39 am

is batteryrefill.com good?
where do you buy battery refill?
thank you

rbrt287 · #9 Post by **rbrt287** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:58 am

omg, 109$ to buy one refilled battery on batteryrefill.com

bobbarker · #10 Post by **bobbarker** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 9:36 am

Send them your dead battery so they refill it and it's ~$50.

rbrt287 · #11 Post by **rbrt287** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:47 pm

hi
how can you see your battery number?
is this the very long label number on your battery?
i found this on my battery xxxxxx08K8049xxxxxx
so can i use 08K8039, 08K8040 or 08K8048 battery for my laptop?
i can't find any 08K8049 on ebay.
thanks

BobA · #12 Post by **BobA** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:21 am

I've found X31 NEW batteries at www.mobiletechpower.com .. part number 92P1097 .. for $77. I bought 5 - they are IBM logoed (genuine) and work fine.

scout233 · #13 Post by **scout233** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 9:32 pm

Dumb question... How do you know how many cycles your battery has been used?... Is it some special software? Please let me know how I can check out my batteries.. I am very curious now!

thanks,

Dave

flypenfly · #14 Post by **flypenfly** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:08 pm

Bumping this question to ask. The software I use on the T61p that tells you battery info doesn't seem to work on the X31.

#15 Post by **rkawakami** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:55 pm

To answer scout233 even though it's been a couple of months... IBM's Battery MaxiMiser is the program which is normally supplied with your system that can tell you the number of charge cycles it has been through.

flypenfly: Is this the program/utility you are talking about on your X31?

uux · #16 Post by **uux** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:41 pm

rbrt287 wrote:where is the best place to get a good battery for thinkpad 31.
regards

I don't know if there is any interest in this topic anymore, but I purchased an OEM battery from batteriesplus.com. I've been quite happy with it. I get about 4 hours on a full charge.

mpcook · #17 Post by **mpcook** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:14 pm

uux wrote:
rbrt287 wrote:where is the best place to get a good battery for thinkpad 31.
regards
I don't know if there is any interest in this topic anymore, but I purchased an OEM battery from batteriesplus.com. I've been quite happy with it. I get about 4 hours on a full charge.

I got a T23 battery from them and it's working fine.

petri · #18 Post by **petri** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:00 pm

Hi there, I've found this theme about batteries to Thinkpad X31 and I would like to ask you is anybody who's tried to refill battery using technique of replacing cells inside of them?
Here's link to website with accurate manual how to make it:

http://www.summet.com/blog/2007/02/17/l ... ry-refill/

Please fell free to write about yours experience with this.

Regards,
Pete

proaudioguy · #19 Post by **proaudioguy** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:27 am

petri wrote:Hi there, I've found this theme about batteries to Thinkpad X31 and I would like to ask you is anybody who's tried to refill battery using technique of replacing cells inside of them?
Here's link to website with accurate manual how to make it:

http://www.summet.com/blog/2007/02/17/l ... ry-refill/

Please fell free to write about yours experience with this.

Regards,
Pete

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... NA:US:1123

There is an auction about to sell a genuine battery with 15 minutes of life if you want to use it for new cells. It's certainly cheap enough too, plus I believe the higher capacity cells are much cheaper now.

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