[davico_rosello]

Originally Posted by mgaffar

when the unit is off, and charging the white and amber light are constantly flashing.... I just realized i was doing the fn-b trick wrong so im going to try that when i get home. Hopefully that will help, if not then i just guess i have a defective battery.

when the mini is off, unplug the ac adapter, wait for both lights to turn off, then plug in the ac again.

if the flashing begins, we had a problem, but if only the white light turn on, the battery is charging now and then try to boot up the mini, once booted, see what happens, the flashing begins or just the white light is still on and the battery is charging.

[Komplex]

what does the 6-cell battery look like, is it the same shape or what?

[davico_rosello]

there's no 6 cell battery, all of them have 8 cells. all look the same

[misanthropic]

Does anyone have direct links to 8 cell batteries for sale, or at the very least some reputable sellers on eBay?

Don't want to end up ordering an 8 cell just to have used cells in there or doesn't fit/work.

TIA.

[davico_rosello]

http://cgi.ebay.com/77WH-Battery-Dell-M ... 7C294%3A50

cheaper and 100% trusted, i bought mine from this seller

[misanthropic]

Thanks a ton. You've helped me out and I'm sure others.

Just ordered one.

[Komplex]

but i've seen 6 cells up for sale on ebay, so how can't they exist.

I know none are here, but is it the same shape or what? just curious, if anyone has got one...

[davico_rosello]

i can't find a 6 cell battery on ebay (just a 6 cell bat for mini 12), but, do you mean this one?:

http://battery1inc.com/replacementdelll ... cells.aspx



6 cells in the title, 8 cells in the description, and the shape and form are the same

[Komplex]

no it was clearly a 64Wh this is the first one i found off ebay:-

64Wh 14.8V for Dell mini 9

[davico_rosello]

Originally Posted by Komplex

no it was clearly a 64Wh this is the first one i found off ebay:-

64Wh 14.8V for Dell mini 9

that's a 8 cell too.



and you can see the back of the battery.

but "64Wh" is just a "32Whx2" label, they will show 48Wh (or maybe 71) in the battery info tool, "77Wh" batteries shows 84.

the difference is that "64Wh" baterries uses 2200mah cells (readed as 3200 by the system), and "77Wh" uses 2800mah cells (reading 3800). that's the only difference, the battery case is the same in size and shape