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11-09-2010, 07:32 PM
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Ebay Laptop Batteries
Hi, I'm looking to replace an old battery on an old Toshiba A100 laptop. Are these Ebay batteries any good?
It originally came with a 6 cell battery that was good for about 2.5hours when it was brand new. Now its about 10 minutes.
Here are its original specs.
Battery Type: Removable, Rechargeable 6-cell Lithium Ion (Li-ion) 10.8V x 6000mAh capacity
Dimensions: (WxHxD) 207 x 24 x 74 mm
Battery Life: up to 3 hours
If I buy one of these ebay batteries,
http://cgi.ebay.com/9CELL-Battery-To...ht_2960wt_1135
Will I see better performance, or are these non-OEM batteries complete shit?
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11-09-2010, 08:17 PM
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11-09-2010, 08:38 PM
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pretty sure i got my Vaio's replacement battery from that intelligentbatteries ebay store, they tried to screw me around on taxes etc but i still ended up getting the best deal from them
only thing was, the battery that came was a deeper cycle battery than OEM, so it didnt look OEM it has this stupid looking cylinder that props up the back of the laptop now, dont really care but the avertised battery looked OEM while this has this whole row of series batteries which sticks out the back
performance is probably a little better than the original though, get around 4.5 hours on a full charge
word of advice, when u buy a replacement, when your laptop is plugged in pull out the battery and store it at around 95% of the charge
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11-09-2010, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
pretty sure i got my Vaio's replacement battery from that intelligentbatteries ebay store, they tried to screw me around on taxes etc but i still ended up getting the best deal from them
only thing was, the battery that came was a deeper cycle battery than OEM, so it didnt look OEM it has this stupid looking cylinder that props up the back of the laptop now, dont really care but the avertised battery looked OEM while this has this whole row of series batteries which sticks out the back
performance is probably a little better than the original though, get around 4.5 hours on a full charge
word of advice, when u buy a replacement, when your laptop is plugged in pull out the battery and store it at around 95% of the charge
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They get the higher mAh by cramming more cells into the battery itself. That's why it sticks out. If you want one that doesn't stick out, then get the lesser number of cells. You'll have to trade off size and weight for battery life. The OEM extended life battery probably looks the same - it's just the one you had previously wasn't an extended life battery and hence didn't have the bump on it.
As for the OP - I've bought batteries off eBay and for the most part, I haven't really had any problems with them. (I've bought one for my Lenovo S10 netbook and a Dell Inspiron 4100 from years ago)
If you want to see the condition of your battery, I'd suggest using a battery monitoring app like Passmark BatteryMon. The app can show the design capacity as well as the current "full" capacity (which will differ to the design capacity as the battery wears down), the manufacturer, etc.
The battery you linked to on eBay is an extended life battery (9 cell vs the OEM 6 cell battery you have) so it too may have a bump or extend out of the chassis. However it will give you 30% more battery life. To be honest, what I would do is see if there's any forums dedicated to Toshiba laptops and see what others have been buying. (and what to avoid)
There are some shady places on eBay and it's hard to tell just by looking at the ad. The last thing you want is a poorly designed battery that will explode and worse, set something on fire.
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11-09-2010, 11:32 PM
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http://www.drbattery.com/default.aspx
local
you can also order Dr battery at Memory Express in Richmond
price is usually lower than drbattery website prices
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11-10-2010, 08:28 AM
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I'm aware that the added cells obviously add to the volume but they advertise the added capacity as looking the same as OEM
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