HEL80 owner...or not?

Hey y'all, I've been reading the forums for a while now and after the Compal forum was opened I was finally swayed into buying a HEL80. The problem is that I had never really looked closley at most photos of the machine untill I was browsing through the thread that had the tape under the keyboard mod when I realized my HEL80 looks nothing like the models shown!
This is the model I wanted (note - I did NOT purchase from that company)
http://store.agearnotebooks.com/compalhel80.html
and this is the model that looks like what I have:
http://store.agearnotebooks.com/compalhel81.html
As you can see I'm missing the media center buttons, the copper insert surrounding the keyboard and I believe I may also have a 6-cell battery (as it does not poke out the back). The box I received this in appears to be a box for both the HEL 80 and 81, but it appears the P/N is for a HEL80. I've contacted the retailer I purchased from but does anybody have any other ideas on what's going on here?

 

Hey SonDogg, you have the VBI version of the HEL80, I would contact the company you purchased it from and see if this is the only version they are selling.

 

Yep my friend, you have a VBI-HEL80
I have one too,and it's exactly like the 2nd picture, except there is a fingerprint reader between the two touchpad buttons.

 

To answer your title question--yes, you do have the HEL80. But it is the VBI (verified by Intel version) that you have. Here are the main differences between the two versions.

If this is not the system that you wanted, consider calling your reseller and see what can be done about it.