Smart Bay & Batts for m15x

Does anyone knows how does the m15x looks like with a 9cell batt?
am i able to change the hdd in the smart bay casing?

 

You will probably be able to change the HDD in the smart bay. The 9 cell was only offered in Europe as far as I know of, so not many pictures (if any).

 

Actually I'm intending to get the m15x... but still deciding whether to get these 9cell batt and the smart bay hdd...
Was wondering how will the lappy looks like with the 9cell batt... and worried that I could not change hdd in the smart bay casing....

Anyway... thanks alot for the info.

 

the 9 cell will probably stick about 2-3cm out the back, as opposed to being flush with the back if its a 6 cell one.

In theory you could replace the HDD in the smartbay, but as far as i know noone else has done it, so there won't be any instructions on how to do it.

 

Alrite then. Thanks!

 

According to the email I got from AW the smart bay batteries are out of stock again and will be at least 3 weeks from now before they have them in stock (and this is for an order placed a month ago)

 

thats funny I ordered my battery on 2/21 and got it 2/26

 

wow taco, that's pretty bad considering a lot of people's orders were supposedly "delayed" because of the battery being on backorder lolololol! Aw is too funny

 

Does anybody know whether you could boot from the smart bay drive? Thanks.

 

I have a smartbay related question, too. How can I get a smartbay battery in europe? On the uk orderpage there is only listed a

and on the us only a

In a german forum, it has been said, that the 6-cell on the uk IS in fact the smartbay, but looking at the prices (£42 ~= $80), this can't be right?
Hope anyone can help?

 

That's from AW UK .

 

wow, that would suck. i'm sure they'll start offering SB Batteries when the supply increases to meet demand in the U.S.

It's really a supply thing, if there's no supply, why expand the coverage? so more people can wait longer for a product you can't get enough of? that's just silly.

I'd be fairly sure when demand in the U.S. is met and dies down, the U.K. will get it too, or you can wait till they pop up on Ebay... as for the 9 cell... no idea. 6 cell lasts 2.5hrs + with wifi around 2. which is not bad at all... i can surf the net while in lectures.

I'd imagine with the right amount of effort, the smartbay harddrive can be changed... the question is, would you void your warranty to do it? (on the smartbay attachment, not the laptop) 'cause if you're not worried about the hdd's warranty, you for sure can do it...

FYI, it's an IDE device in there... not PATA.

 

thanks 4 the info!
hmmm this really sucks... the sb bat was one of the reasons I ordered the m15x in the first place...

 

This is what alienware told me today:

 

Might be a bit risky but, could you format the OS and then install selecting the smart-bay drive instead of the primary drive. I'm thinkin ghtat something like Fdisk might be enough to allow you to make the primary HDD a useable partition and the smart-bay HDD the primary logical drive with 100% for the OS?

Just my 2p

OB

 

Hello, i was wandering if the situation in finding if the dell battery packs fit the alienware smart dock, if you can send pictures including the connection and the sticker on the upper surface, i can compare them on my end



these are the specs on my DELL smart battery,
type 4R084 - Dell battery module
li-polymer battery
rating: 11.1 volts - 4320 milli ampere hours - capacity: 48 what-hours
dell product number: 4X530 A00
there is a solid upper line, then a dashed lower line after the voltage.



if anyone has a m15x with the smart battery, or knows a lot about one, can you see if the specs match, or even better, a picture!

thanks,
Antony

 

I do it all the time. Check my sig. XP is on the SmartBay drive.