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    HP dv6000(z) 'higher capacity' compatible battery?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by manu08, Dec 11, 2007.

  1. manu08

    manu08 Notebook Geek

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    I've got the HP Pavilion dv6405ca notebook. It's got an AMD Athlon X2 processor with the NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150 video card and is running Windows Vista Home Premium. Currently I have the 6-cell battery that was given with the notebook (I bought it very recently-end August) which gives me hardly enough usage time on it, I could squeeze about 2 hours but on general it'll give about 90 - 100 minutes which for me isn't enough. I don't want to buy the 12-cell battery from HP cause firstly it will make the notebook ridiculously heavy, secondly cause it's quite expensive, if I could get a lighter solution elsewhere offering almost as much increase in usage time then I'd rather spend my $$ there or even if the 3rd party battery offers a decent increase in usage time (depends on the increase) then I'd rather spend my $$ there, and thirdly cause it raises the notebook beyond a level I would like it to be raised by. Are there any 3rd party manufacturers that offer HP Pavilion dv6000(z) compatible batteries, maybe 'higher capacity' batteries?
     
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    i wouldn't recommend third party batteries
     
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    Hmm, out of curiosity, why not?
     
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    Envision Notebook Deity

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    Look up the model number of the battery for your laptop on HP's website, then do a search on ebay for them. I've noticed new HP batteries for their laptops on ebay for close to half the price HP will sell them for directly. Give it a shot, you should find a good deal on the battery.
     
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