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    Ultrabay Slim Battery Swapping

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by anarky321, Feb 18, 2008.

  1. anarky321

    anarky321 Notebook Deity

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    searched but couldnt find concrete answer on this

    if im using my x61 with the regular battery and ultrabase, can i put in the ultrabay slim battery once my main starts running down, then take out the main battery and replace it with another battery without the computer shutting down?

    thanks
     
    anarky321, Feb 18, 2008
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    chubbyfatazn Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't see why not.
     
    chubbyfatazn, Feb 18, 2008
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    uw748 Notebook Geek

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    How are you going to reach the latch for the main battery while the ultrabase is connected?

    Probably easier to hibernate the machine and swap batteries.
     
    uw748, Feb 19, 2008
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    wow they couldnt design the stupid ultrabase so you could swap batteries without removing it... good answer though so simple yet i didnt think of it

    if your going to design secondary batteries for a laptop how hard would it have been to implement a battery swap feature...makes the slim battery pretty useless imo
     
    anarky321, Feb 19, 2008
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