Sony/Matsui vs. Sanyo Batteries - Update

[admsteiner]

Nope, nothing like that happend to me. I called and told them the following 'I have the T42, brand new, working perfectly, it's a fabulous machine. I just have one issue. I noticed that the battery rattles a lot when I use it. As I spend a lot of time on the train and in buses, I can't afford the rattling and losing my work as the laptop powers off. I have the FRU numbers for the batteries that do not rattle, so I'd like to do an exchange...' poof. Worked perfectly.


--Adam

[JaimitoBond]

Hi all,

After all the talk of the wiggling Sanyo batteries on the T42, I decided to call IBM and see what could be done. They're sending me via next day delivery (due to the time I won't get it until Thursday) a Sony (FRU: 08K8195) 6 Cell battery which will replace my Sanyo (FRU: 08K8193).

However, when it comes to the 9 cell, the bad news is that the Sony ones are backordered. They won't be in for another three weeks. However, once they do come in, IBM will be sending one to me to replace my current (and 4 hour old) 9 cell Sanyo battery.

Just in case anyone else wanted to go ahead and do the same.
--Adam

Which wiggle are you refering to? In the horizontal direction, or the vertical? Both my Sony 9 cell and Sanyo 6 cell will wiggle in the vertical direction, and I applied small pieces of double sided foam on the chassis, and that fixed it completly. As for the horizontal direction, the 6 cell Sanyo will move a few mm (2-3), but the 9 cell Sony doesn't. I suspect that the 9 cell will not move much in the horizontal direction, either Sony or Sanyo, since the extra depth and the part that extends to the VGA port side will prevent much horizontal movement.

Can you tell me if your 9 cell Sanyo, and your new 6 cell Sony, does NOT move more than 2mm in the horizontal direction?

[Hangfire]

Still not clear on this issue, do the Sony batteries come with certain models or is it random batteries with random ThinkPads?