[pitabu]

I bought a 6 cell battery for my 1011 off eBay- turns out it didn't work. Wasn't recognized at all by any operating system. After some haggling with the seller on shipping it to China (we agreed on California, the shipping location), they sent me a new one. And...it doesn't work at all.

At this point, I'm going to accept fate and eventually byy a dell battery. Has anyone else had this experience?>

I was thinking of diasssembling the chinese battery and using my rudimentary electronic skills to make sure everything was hooked up- or swap the cells to my 3 cell original battery. Any tips for take apart?

Any thoughts?

thanks
sean

[rrfranczak3]

save yourself the time, problems and aggrevation and just do what ya said.....buy a Dell battery..personally thats what I would have done in the 1st place....Good Luck to ya

[pitabu]

I would agree on the dell option but 135.99 is pretty steep- almost 1/2 way to new machine!

[rrfranczak3]

yeah, but 1st of all, IT WILL WORK, 2nd you get a warranty, and 3rd you dont have to deal with China or Japan...(India maybe?....lol) but I think its still a better decision....

PS. I paid $498 for my 1010 so whats another $135?......but luckily after 1 1/2yrs I am still getting over 6hrs on my battery

[Reece666]

i bought a cheap battery from hong gong after i took a knife to it it worked fine

[rrfranczak3]

Originally Posted by Reece666

i bought a cheap battery from hong gong after i took a knife to it it worked fine

I am sure that did wonders for your warranty

[eugene]

You can buy a decent used Mini for that. Taking a little bit of risk of course, but maybe you get a good battery plus all the extra spares.

[rrfranczak3]

pay cheap....get cheap......I have never been one to buy 2nd hand......if ya want it just spend the bucks and get it.....ya only go around once in this world....what the hell!!!!..after all its only money...doesnt do ya much good when you are gone

[MAZ62]

Had a couple of 6 cell batteries from ebay and had no problems whats so ever.

All i did was check the feedback for the same item and used that to prove they did at least have some stock that worked

[eugene]

Bear in mind that even if you buy a new one from Dell it could have been sat in their stock for a couple of years. I bought a superb second hand one two years ago when my Dell battery failed after just Twelve Months. The second hand hand one has been good for two years so far. Money, contrary to what some people here suggest, last time I looked, wasn't growing on trees....