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My 8 cell battery has just died on my X61. In power manager i clicked on the link for a new battery and was quoted the above price. Cycle count 279, made in 2006 by Sony.

What are my options, apart from paying full price from Lenova?

Do you know anyone who lives in the US? My experience with the Outlet batteries is that they are as good as new ...
http://outlet.lenovo.com/accessories/ba ... j0473.html

I have an uncle who lives in Baltimore.

I've never had a problem with the $35 Chinese ebay batteries. Funny too because my original IBM battery failed on me.

The battery code for the 8 cell is 40Y7003






I have an X61. The battery at the top is the same as mine, but i have seen a battery on ebay, part number 40Y7003, with the bottom image ??

I believe the bottom one is for the X60/61s. It has an extra piece of plastic attached using the two screw holes visible on the top battery. By removing that you can use the same battery with the X60/61.

jdrou wrote:I believe the bottom one is for the X60/61s. It has an extra piece of plastic attached using the two screw holes visible on the top battery. By removing that you can use the same battery with the X60/61.

Thanks, i kinda thought that might be the case, but now you have confirmed it.

I found a new, genuine Lenova 8 cell for £49, sealed and boxed. Ebay where else.