Replace Lithium Cells in a T60 battery

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shahidt · #1 Post by **shahidt** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 3:42 am

Has anyone tried opening up the Lenovo T60 battery (I have the 9 cell extended one), to replace the lithium cells within? Mine now gives less than an hour of battery life. Was wondering whether it'd be better to buy a compatible battery online or have the cells within replaced.

What compatible parts can I buy to replace the cells?

#2 Post by **600X** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 4:15 am

Why not buy an original one? Now would be a good time, as 2015 is the last year that T60 batteries will be produced by lenovo. (since the last T500's shipped in 2010 if I'm not mistaken)

brchan · #3 Post by **brchan** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 8:00 am

You can still find new genuine t500/w500 9 cell batteries that will work with t60 models. You can find them on eBay or ask here on the marketplace.

Don't bother opening up the battery. The plastic tabs that hold the case together break very easily, and you are very likely to trigger a switch or fuse that would disable the battery entirely.

hhmcsv · #4 Post by **hhmcsv** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:53 pm

Do not even try - I did

First the plastics are very difficult to disassemble neatly, but worse is, that the battery holds its own memory etc. If you succeed to connect new cells, the battery will not work. Maybe if one can ensure that the circuitry stays connected to voltage while the exchange takes place it could work, but its definitely not practical.

shahidt · #5 Post by **shahidt** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 12:36 pm

I didn't realise that T500 batteries were compatible with T60, will definitely consider that. Is the same true for the 6-cell ones that don't protrude? I don't use my laptop on the road much and it will fit in my small laptop bag much easily without the protruding part.

theterminator93 · #6 Post by **theterminator93** » Wed Jul 29, 2015 1:02 pm

Correct, on the T60 the 6 cell does not protrude. Only the 9 cell does.

shahidt · #7 Post by **shahidt** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:31 am

Can someone please recommend an eBay seller. I already bought once from a Chinese source. Couple of months later, the battery randomly drains and barely holds an hour of charge which is still less that my old original but defunct battery.

Shahid

Hans Gruber · #8 Post by **Hans Gruber** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:42 am

600X wrote:Why not buy an original one? Now would be a good time, as 2015 is the last year that T60 batteries will be produced by lenovo. (since the last T500's shipped in 2010 if I'm not mistaken)

I have a T500 that was manufactured in September 2010. I looked at the date and was a bit shocked because the T410/T510 series was in full swing by that date.

shahidt · #9 Post by **shahidt** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:32 am

I live in India, would any of you recommend me to buy from one of the following links?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-9Cell-Origi ... 25a5f3b644

http://www.ebay.com/itm/85Wh-100-Genuin ... 1ea18dcbec

The second seller has almost twice as many ratings as the first and is from Hong Kong, not China. Is that worth the extra $17!! Hmm...

Hans Gruber · #10 Post by **Hans Gruber** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:54 am

shahidt wrote:I live in India, would any of you recommend me to buy from one of the following links?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-9Cell-Origi ... 25a5f3b644

http://www.ebay.com/itm/85Wh-100-Genuin ... 1ea18dcbec

The second seller has almost twice as many ratings as the first and is from Hong Kong, not China. Is that worth the extra $17!! Hmm...

Those look good to me. If you buy one make sure you have the Lenovo battery app so you can check the status of the battery and cycle count when you get it.

hhhd1 · #11 Post by **hhhd1** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:01 am

try to contact the ebay sellers to find out how old are those batteries ? try to find the manufacturing date.

The newer the better.

shahidt · #12 Post by **shahidt** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:51 am

Got reply from one... 2014. When did they stop manufacturing these?

Also, I can get someone to buy a battery for me from the US, and found this listing...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-IBM-T60-Len ... 2ee37a11f3

Not sure whether it is the original one or compatible. Those sellers with more than 17000 ratings don't let you ask a question.

josh5k · #13 Post by **josh5k** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 12:12 pm

shahidt wrote:Got reply from one... 2014. When did they stop manufacturing these?

Also, I can get someone to buy a battery for me from the US, and found this listing...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-IBM-T60-Len ... 2ee37a11f3

Not sure whether it is the original one or compatible. Those sellers with more than 17000 ratings don't let you ask a question.

If you have any friends in Delhi, just have someone grab it from Nehru Place or buy one of the local eBay. They have some decent chinese batteries and should give a couple of hours of backup at the least.

shahidt · #14 Post by **shahidt** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:04 am

So I managed to find an authorized Lenovo seller who had a 6 cell from 2014. Considering I am not as mobile with my laptop as I used to be, I bought one.

Can you folks now give me tips on making this battery last as long as possible. What can I do other than perhaps calibrate the battery once a month.

Hans Gruber · #15 Post by **Hans Gruber** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 8:02 am

Go into power manager 6 (Lenovo Power Manager) and go into advanced settings. It's set to basic as a default so switch it to advanced. Click on the battery tab and click battery maintenance. Change charge threshold to optimized for battery lifespan.

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