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    N00b question about Battery.

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Sakura123, Feb 10, 2006.

  1. Sakura123

    Sakura123 Newbie

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    I have a i9400 with a 6 cell battery 53Whr and I was wondering if having this battery instead of the 9 cell one affects the performance of the laptop.
     
    Sakura123, Feb 10, 2006
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  2. Jenson

    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    The only thing the bigger 9-cell battery gives you is more battery life.

    Matt
     
    Jenson, Feb 10, 2006
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    Scratchy413 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Having a bigger battery will not harm your performance. It might harm your back though :D
     
    Scratchy413, Feb 10, 2006
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  4. Sakura123

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    Thanks for the replies guys. I don't want to create another topic so I will post it here.

    Does reformatting my lappy voids the warranty?
     
    Sakura123, Feb 10, 2006
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  5. drumfu

    drumfu super modfu

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    no. neither will replacing/upgrading your ram or hard drive.
     
    drumfu, Feb 10, 2006
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    Jenson Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    right and in case you were wondering, a CPU upgrade would void your warranty ;)
     
    Jenson, Feb 10, 2006
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    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    That totally doesn't make sense to me. Stupid manufacturers like Dell voiding warranties because people upgraded their cpus????

    How would that affect the rest of the laptop?? If the CPU burns out because they didn't install it correctly wouldn't warrant Dell responsible, but the user would just contact Intel or AMD because they have a 3 year warranty with them.

    Stewwwwwwwwwpid manufacturers.

    Cheers,
    Mike
     
    Shampoo, Feb 12, 2006
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  8. dr_st

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    Upgrading the CPU requires you to disassemble and reassemble a large portion of the notebook. There could be a significant risk of screwing up something more than just the CPU. Manufacturers don't want to be responsible. I can understand that.
     
    dr_st, Feb 15, 2006
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