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    External laptop batteries.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cApNhOwDy, Aug 6, 2007.

  1. cApNhOwDy

    cApNhOwDy Notebook Guru

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    I'm a battery life freak. I'm considering ordering the m1330 because apparently it has pretty good battery life and it's videocard can handle some older games. Someone recommended that I buy one of these to get even more battery life out of my laptop.

    http://www.epowerpad.com/

    Anyways, it's a cool idea and all, but I read some of the reviews for this product and apparently it has a very high failure rating and it only has a 6 month warranty. I was wondering whether or not anyone here knew of any more reliable alternatives that I could look into? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
     
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    Wiz33 Notebook Deity

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    I would not bother. They are just as heavy as carrying a couple extra batteries which will certainly cost less. They are only good if you need un-interupted operation for a extened period of time.
     
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    This brings up a question of mine, if you own an extra battery for your laptop, how do you change it out without shutting down the computer? does the lappy have a bit of buffer time to allow this, or do you have to shut down the computer?

    I know in my old laptop i had two main batterys and then one that fit in the CD drive bay, so i could run down the first main then put in the CD-drive battery, and use that while i put in the secondary main, all while my computer was running.
     
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    And moreover, laptop batteries have a 1 year warranty.
     
    wearetheborg, Aug 7, 2007
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    If you want to change the battery without shutting down the laptop you have to power the laptop through the power adaptor input either by connecting the charger or connecting an external battery like epowerpad.com to the power adaptor input while switching the built in battery.
    A laptop runs fine without a battery connected as long as it's powered through the power adaptor input.

    If there's two seperate battery packs in the laptop, then you might be able to switch one while the other is connected.
     
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    In the European Union they have to offer at least a two year warranty by law, on all products.

    http://www.cedarrapids.org/_includes/fileblob.asp?I=16&table=content&ext=pdf
     
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  7. cApNhOwDy

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    Alright, I appreciate the input. If anyone has any recommendations, I'd be glad to hear them. Otherwise I'll just deal without having one.
     
    cApNhOwDy, Aug 8, 2007
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