Bigger battery for A8Jm???

Are or will there be larger (8 or 9 cell) batteries for the A8Jm? I can't see how it would work given the physical layout and placement of the battery, but I have found several listings like this one advertising an 8-cell battery for the A8J, which I assume includes the A8Jm. The catch is that so far I haven't found anyone who has them in stock.

http://www.excaliberpc.com/ASUS_ASU_NB_AC_BATTERY_FOR_A8J/90-NF51B1000/partinfo-id-567194.html

 

Well, if they somehow manage to squeeze more cells into the same physical layout.....

That's an interesting find... prob in a couple weeks we'll know if that's real or not...

 

Oh, check out these 2:
http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productID=20749384
http://www.frontierpc.com/ProductDetail.aspx?productID=211NB-AS-90NF51B1000

They apparently have it in stock, I've emailed them to confirm whether it's 8 cell and why the price difference.

Oh, and I opened up my battery, it's 70-NF51B1000 .... and those are 90-NF51B1000 ... fingers crossed that it's actually a bigger battery

 

Definitely let me know what they say in response to your email. If it's true, I guess I'll have to wait until a U.S. shipping store gets them in stock before I can get one. I *CRAVE* more battery life!

 

Hey guys, can you take your battery out and at the sides somewhere, should be a sticker/label that says something like 70-NF51B1000 or 90-NF51B1000 . Danny from MilestonePC responded to my question, and he says normally batteries would be starting with 90-xxxxxx ... so I'm just curious as what other ppl have. I double and triple checked, and mine starts with 70-xxxxxxx ...

 

Mine is the 70-NF51B1000 so now we have 8 cell batteries...that means 4hrs of battery...can i say Asus is ***king AWESOME!!!!

 

Zydus: hate to break this to you, but Danny just emailed me again. He said the ASUS stock in Freemont is the one he currently has, and it's a 6 Cell. The Freemont stock says 8 cell, but it's wrong and all the resellers are just copying that hence getting our hopes up

Of course we can kindly ask Danny to borrow a battery with 90-xxxxx and see if it makes a difference in battery life just to make sure , but I tend to believe him when he says it's only 6 cell.

 

then why the different model numbers?

 

Dunno... but if you Google it... you'll find tons of results for 90-xxxx batteries, and none whatsoever for 70-xxxx. Do you live close to Milestone's Markham store by any chance ?

 

yes sort of...should take me like 20 - 30 min. What would you like me to do?

 

hahah... if you have time maybe drop by .. see Danny and compare the battery that he has to the ones we got and see how battery life goes with that one... I'll probably call the store tomorrow to ask them to read the label just to verify...

If only they had a store in Mississauga

 

Just ask for the voltage (V) and amp-hour (Ah) rating for the battery, they're on the label on all Asus batteries that I've seen. Capacity is all that matters, model numbers can change.

What are the voltage and amp-hour for the stock A8Jm battery anyways?

 

It's 11.1V and 4800 mAh

 

The newer 8-cell batteries like the ones on the W3J are 71Whr (14.8V and 4800mAh). Assuming the same capacity, an 8-cell battery for the A8Jm should be 11.1V and ~6400mAh.

 

ill have my car tomorrow so I can visit Milestonepc tmrw...if Danny needs an A8J to test the batteries with other model numbers. its a 20min drive from my work if i can avoid rush hour

 

ps. yeah good idea.. Danny said he'll be on a plane from Freemont back to Canada today.. so he won't be there right now..

 

so do we just wait for him to post those numbers for us like lazybum said?

 

I'll try give them a call to verify the numbers...

Dont wanna get hopes up, since it's just prob 6 cell ... man.. I was so hoping ASUS released an 8 cell one

 

just check excaliburPC they have udpated the page to show it is indeed a 6 cell battery

 

haha ya i was drooling over 4hrs + 3hrs of battery life enuff to watch two movies on a long flight/drive...

well actually on ExcalibrPC on one page it says 8 and on another it says 6 :S im confused

Checked some german sites:

http://www.heise.de/preisvergleich/a197475.html

Everyone lists it as 6 cells but then the last vendor says 8, I really think it is indeed a 6.

 

So any more news on this? I checked my battery and it is also 70-NF51B1000

 

I tried calling this morning, but nobody picked up the phone, then didn't have time to call again. So, will try again tomorrow, hopefully Danny is there. I think Zydus might be able to drop by at Milestone's Markham store tomorrow to verify some things...

Methinks they're all 6 cells, but I still can't understand why they have 90-xxxx instead of 70-xxxx ....

 

Who knows. Hopefully the 90-xxxx has a higher rated capacity. A man can dream, can't he?

Speaking of the A8Jm battery... it's definitely not the easiest to remove.

 

Yeah, there some sort of sticky part that prevents it from being removed too easily and fall out.

 

ya i almost chipped my nail of trying to take it out to take that picture. Is there any harm in removing the battery while the laptop is plugged into AC ? cos thats what i did :$

 

HI, Darrick,

Everything is the same as we communicated the other day through e-mail.

70-xxxxx is the part number for complete notebook, when you buy battery as accessory, it has different part number 90-xxxxxx, people who say 8-cell because:

1. They haven't seen or haven't paid enough attention to the actual battery, only copied and pasted from distributor's website;

2. I checked a few distributors website, all say 8-cell, the info must be from Asus which is wrong.

Here is the actual battery package picture I just took for your guys info, when Asus sells it seperately, gives you a packing with part number 90-xxxxxx, but when you open the box, the part number is the same with your battery: 70-xxxxxx.

A small thing brought a big discussion

 

Thank you Danny ... so we still have to continue hoping