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    possible business opertunity (maybe even money from OEM's)

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by funky monk, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. funky monk

    funky monk Notebook Deity

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    I posted in the accessories forum a while ago, it was my first post (I got repped on my first post :D ), basicly my idea was that it should be possible to relay power back into a computer from a SATA or ATA connection. This in theory would mean that if you had a 2.5 inch HD shaped battery you could use it as a scondary. When not in use it would charge from the power pins.

    Although it's a long shot I think OEM's like HP would really like to know about this since they have laptops with two hard drive bays (sometimes one of which is empty). The only problem is that to get money out of them we would forst have to patent the idea and then sell them on, otherwise I'd be kicking myself because they wouldn't give a damn about us so basicly I would have given my idea away for free.

    We could also sell it as a separate upgrade for nerds like ourselves who have a free HD bay.

    The first thing we have to know is whether this is actually possible to feed power back into the mobo, then we have to know about the benefeits in terms of battery life.

    I know I'm rushing in a bit but I'm excited because I forgot about it for like a year and now I have remembered it again
     
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  2. stefanp67

    stefanp67 Notebook Consultant

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    It's a good idea but it has been used before. My old Compaq Armada notebook i had about 10 years ago had a multibay. The multibay was normally occupied by a cd-rom but you could load it with an extra battery or even an extra hardrive.
     
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Dell Latitudes have had "multi-bays" since the C-Series. You can have a floppy drive, optical drive, hard drive or a battery for a C-Series or D-Series machine, but they've sadly decided not to have a battery in the E-Series lineup. Nonetheless, it's a been there done that...
     
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Don't multi bays do the same thing?
     
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    sirmetman Notebook Virtuoso

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    It would be kind of nice if you could just slap one in to a spare HDD bay without having a specialty bay though. I guess it isn't the idea but the form factor that would be different.
     
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    I know about multi bays but it's more relevant, it not like you can either have this or have an optical drive, it's that you have a free space so you may as well use it. As far as I know, no one has ever tried it with dedicated HD bays
     
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