XPS 15 9550 Battery Swap

I've seen many users here also looking to trade their 86Whr for the smaller 56Whr for dual storage options and vice versa.

I created this form and this excel table to help organize trading here.
Please take note that there are scammers on the internet and there is always a chance you may get scammed. You must take your own precautions!

Registration Link
http://goo.gl/forms/mFcjLrzlxu

Available Offers
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cXxDAPcmTuCvdIWoftVWQcWAL4ZQyslRpYa3JIhvnVU/edit?usp=sharing​

 

Chris, thanks for the info. Good to know about losing a storage option with the 86Whr. I was looking for a teardown of the laptop to see where everything goes. Good luck in finding a swap!

 

hanime,

The service manual ( http://www.dell.com/support/manuals...ps-15-9550-laptop/xps-15-9550-laptop-v1/en-us) does a good job with a tear down. Page 15 clearly shows why the extra drive cage had to go with the bigger battery.

 

Hi Chris, just noticed you are in Vancouver. Here is hoping we both get our XPS soon. Second day of production status.

 

Mine shipped yesterday! I complained many times over the phone and even over facebook chat to their reps. Were you also interested in trading batteries?

 

Figure I'll throw my name on the list even though my XPS isn't set to ship for a couple of days. Anyone in Colorado with an 84Whr batter looking for a 56Whr + hdd cage + sata cable send me a PM.

Thanks for doing this OP. If I find someone I'll be forced to buy a 950 Pro, oh darn...

 

Just came across this as well. I am in southern california. I will trade my 56whr+cage+sata cable(on order from dell) and a small ssd.
PM me if interested

 

I'm also looking for the smaller battery, hard drive cage (including the rubber spacers that fit on the hard drive) and the interposer (SATA connector cable) I live in Sarasota Florida area but if we could exchange enough information about each other I wouldn't be adverse to a mail transaction. Please PM me if interested.

 

I would be interested in buying someone's SATA interposer cable. PM if interested.

 

I'm in Chicago and am willing to trade my small battery and tray, and cables, etc for the larger battery. PM me! Thanks
Jeff

 

i'm seriously considering buying this laptop, but the model i can afford has the 56whr battery. Would anyone with the larger battery be interested in a trade if I bought it? (if someone says yes I'll probably pull the trigger lol)

 

i will be placing an order tomorrow on the 84whr battery to swap it out. Read a few posts where a few people have ordered the higher battery but its back ordered.

 

would you be willing to swap with me if I get the smaller battery?

Do you mean the battery itself is back ordered, or the computer model with the larger battery is back ordered? Either way, I don't mind waiting. PM me if you want to, and I would put my order in for the computer soon!

 

Well, I just today received my 56Whr battery from dell. It was ordered in early November. So I now have an 84Whr battery and 56W battery. What i DON'T have is the Hard Drive cage, the rubber spacers or the SATA interposer cable. You can have my 84Whr battery and keep your 54Whr battery. I just want the cage, spacers and cable. Let me know.

 

I'm interested... you need 4 more posts before I can PM you. post a couple more and PM me. Thanks

 

Thanks, will do.

 

I got the part numbers for the cable, hard dive caddy and rubber isolators from Dell. They said there was no stock and I could not order them. 3fdy3 was the caddy. 3xyt5 was the rubber isolators and Xdygx was the cable. So I guess I'll keep trying to get them. Dell told me the 9550 was coming to the end of life and they were not making parts for it any more. Anyone else have any luck getting these parts? Trade it is I guess.

 

"End of Life" for 9550? - whoever was talking with you either didn't choose the right English words or they were totally misinformed. didn't the earliest 9550's start shipping in October-November and now January is toward "end of life"?? That is a pretty short run The parts are just backordered - if you look on here people waiting on batteries, the Interposer cable etc. are starting to get shipments. The rubber isolators are just minor - you can order 7mm hard drive inserts for other models and modify them to fit. I was told by "spare parts" area of Dell that in another month the parts would be more readily available.

 

Yeah, I told em that end of life for the 9550 did NOT seem accurate in any way. I plan on trying again from Dell as well as trying to trade. It was a huge 3 1/2 month hassle getting the 54w battery from them. As for the rubber isolators, I'll take that advice. I just thoight I'd share some more info I got today. My ram upgrade came today so I'm excited to finally tear into this machine, I just wont have my second hard drive ready to go in.

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Hi guys,

I am in the UK and have the laptop with the smaller 56Whr battery. So now I am looking for a swap with the 84Whr battery.

Please let me know if someone is interested.

Cheers.

 

So I traded my larger battery on this thread successfully. Then yesterday fed ex dropped off a package, here it was another 56w smaller battery. No idea how I ended up with two. I called customer service numerous times since I ordered it in November but I didn't order two. So instead of sending it back, anyone wants to trade their 84w for a 56w just let me know. Don't need any other parts, just the larger battery. Thanks.

 

56Wh, cage, and cable available for a trade here.

 

Greeting from Germany!
I have a 56Wh Battery, HD Case and the 1TB HDD and would trade for a 84Wh Battery.

 

I have (will have by the 29th) a 84Wh Battery to trade for the smaller battery,cage and cable. Am located in Boston and can ship.

 

Hi RP3,

i have what you want and vice versa - only problem is the ocean between us
How much would shipping cost you to germany?

Best Regards

 

USPS quotes $35-45for priority mail (using 2lbs). With the setup including the hard drive, I would gladly do the trade. This computer is to replace my wife's XPS 9333 (which still works fine). email me (username here) at alum.mit.edu

 

Hey I found this forum while searching where to get the larger battery. So I created an account to give this a shot. I have the 56wh battery with cage and cable. I am located in Arizona. Shoot me an email or message me on here to set up a trade

 

RP3, I'm also in Boston, just ordered my xps 15 with small battery, looking for a swap to larger one. Still got it and are you interested in doing something locally?

Chuck

 

Is there no way to buy the 6-cell battery as a spare part?

 

To tag along this question.

Anybody know the part number for the 6 cell, is dell selling them separate?
I assume connectors for the battery are the same, should be a direct swap once you remove the caddy, cable and spacers?

 

I did the trade already.

 

I'm glad this thread is finally being used

 

As a matter of fact - I do!!!!
Only took me about 6 hours and 6 different sales and support reps to find someone who admitted the owners manual specifically states battery is user replaceable!

Dell xps 15 9550:
84whr Battery 6 cell
MFR/Model: ??? 3 cell is Samsung SDI
Part# IP6KD
Cost $ $104.99

Now, I was given this info approx. 2-3 weeks ago and rep informed me they were, in fact, on back order...
Call to see if available yet, and if not - if they have an updated time-frame estimation.

YAY - After a hundred questions and being helped by community members, I finally get to contribute sumfin' LoL
Good Luck -

If anyone calls and gets a concrete answer on availability, please keep us updated as well

 

Hi,

still looking for anyone who is willing to trade their 84Wh Battery for my 56Wh + Cage

 

Hi Kasuma,
I'm interested in swapping my 84Whr with you. Are you still interested? I'm specifically requiring the cage+sata connector+56Whr battery....
-JT

 

Hi Everyone,
I'm interested in swapping a brand new 84Whr for a 56Whr + cage + sata connector.

Please reply or PM if interested! Thanks,
-JT

 

Bump... Still looking to swap my 84Whr (for 56Whr+Cage+Cable)

 

I'd like to give everyone a heads up, I ended up just buying the 84Whr battery for $104.99 then using the cashback i got from buying the laptop. Spent about $50, but sold my 9550 56Whr for about 100$ on eBay.

I was averaging about 4.5 hours tops with light surfing on the 56Whr battery. Its almost 6.5-7 hours on the 84Whr.

I originally intended had a 1TB platter as spare storage but realized i wont be using that much. I have more then enough storage on the 950Pro 512. And i mainly travel and game on this laptop.

 

Thanks for posting this pubbypaws,
I'm looking for a 3-cell battery. May I ask you a couple questions about your battery purchase?

1. Where did you purchase your new battery?
2. Do you know the Dell part number for the 3-cell 56Whr that you sold?
3. By chance do you know the part number for the rubber drive covers or where I could acquire them?

Many thanks, -JT

 

How did you buy the new battery using the cash back? I would like to do the same. Did you have to do it thru a rep? What was the part number?

 

Hi Fant, I just sent you a PM about doing a swap...JLMK, -JT [For others reading this, the Dell part number for the 84 Whr battery is 1P6KD - Dell does not have either of the 9550 batteries in stock for purchase]

 

1. Where did you purchase your new battery?

Directly from dell 1P6KD. $104.99. In order to place an order, you need to call sale support rep, give them the product number for 84Whr. Tell them you have Dell advantage rewards during payment process. It uses it as a coupon. There's also usually a 10% off coupon on accessories which stacks.

1. Do you know the Dell part number for the 3-cell 56Whr that you sold?

I didnt bother looking, i'm sure you can look it up or call dell order support.

1. By chance do you know the part number for the rubber drive covers or where I could acquire them.

You can also order this through dell, i believe it comes as a package with the interposer cable, last i checked someone here paid Dell somewhat close to $20 for both the cable + rubber covers. I dont know the part number.

 

Thx pubbpawsy,
Unfortunately, Dell has neither the batteries in stock nor the stata cable+HDD cage in stock. My search continues. Hopefully someone will want to swap on this thread! -JT

 

Good morning from Munich, Germany.

I have the 56wh and looking for the 84wh. Only looking for someone local - I use this laptop every day!

On a side note, I've found some websites online that may sell it, but I'm not sure if they can be trusted. I couldn't find anything on amazon or ebay unfortunately...
http://www.storebattery.co.uk/dell-...er-battery-in-uk-united-kingdom-p-193050.html

The website seems a bit interesting... and reviews aren't fantastic. Also they don't specifically say that it is authentic Dell battery :/

 

Hello,

I have a brand new 84wh Li-on polymer battery from a 5510 (touch version of 9550) received last week.

Looking to swap it for a 56wh battery, hdd cage & screws and the hdd cable. I am in South East US and would prefer someone close with the 56wh battery in new or almost new condition (min recharges).


Thanks


Edit:
I have mine done. After working with someone for the swap, the swapped battery would not hold charge for more than an hour. Verified all drivers, firmware etc and eventually dell support indicated that the battery is most likely the culprit.

I undid the swap, purchased only the hard disk cable and a new smaller battery and all is good now. I did not use the hard disk caddy but instead used the hard disk shield/ tape from a portable drive that I had lying around.

 

Hi,

i did a battery swap here in Germany. But thanks for the offers!

BR
Kasuma

 

Sent you an email.

 

Hi I have entirely new 56w battery from Dell xps 15 9550 1080p.
I would like to swap it for the 6-cell battery 86w ASAP ( I will cover your postage costs).

I am located in Arizona will ship the same day,
520 248 6108

 

Update:
Battery swap initiated and in progress with a board member.

Update (05/12):
Completed mine y'day and all is well.

For those who are trying to add a secondary hard disk:

1. you don't need the ultra slim 7mm one. Just use the regular 7.5mm 1TB one and it fits ok under the cage.
   
2. You will also need the ORIGINAL HDD cable from the 5510/9559. The ones from older precision models don't work. I had three cables from previous precisions and none worked (not sure how the guy a couple of posts above did it), got the correct one (part# XDYGX) from DELL and the setup is working now.

 

I have a 56w battery, hdd cage and sata cable and look for a 86w battery. Bought the computer 3 weeks ago, used it mostly plugged in.
I'm located in Providence, RI and would prefer a personal meeting for swapping.