[kampf]

I got mine today (USPS). Showed up 93% charged. Fits better than the Dell battery does, no kidding. I have a bunch of pics taken that I will post for the sake of those interested. One or two interesting things to note from them, also.

Check this thread: http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/dell...h-battery.html

[Digitalfiend]

Originally Posted by doraemon

woah...

Sounds good to me... Hv u check the battery wear status on battery bar software?

It reads 0.0% of 82,140mWh.

I had a strange issue with the battery last night. I was watching a few episodes of a TV show in Media Player classic and before watching the last episode, I checked the battery level, which showed about 50%. At the end of the last episode, I remoted into my desktop downstairs and the netbook suddenly powered down with the red low-battery light flashing.

I plugged it in and when I woke up this morning the power and battery leds were alternating. I unplugged the battery and everything is back to normal, but now I'm concerned, mainly due to the battery suddenly just "dying" at 50% charge. The only thing I had done before this issue happened was that I had run the battery to 70-80% charge and then switched to AC power.

I still can't get the Dell battery utility to work with this battery under Windows 7, though I am on A04, so perhaps I need to upgrade to A05/06?

[holmes4]

I have one of these batteries - bought when they first came out - and use it with BIOS A06 under Win7. No problems seen so far.

[Digitalfiend]

Originally Posted by holmes4

I have one of these batteries - bought when they first came out - and use it with BIOS A06 under Win7. No problems seen so far.

Good to know. So you'd recommend A06 over A05? I haven't been hanging out here as much as I used to, but since I don't have a WWAN card, A06 should be fine for me, right?

[holmes4]

I know of no reason to choose one over the other. I went from A04 to A06.

[Digitalfiend]

Interesting. Upgraded to A06 and now the Win7 battery icon actually shows the time remaining, whereas under A04 it didn't.

[kampf]

I have a feeling that the A05 update was very battery-centric. I know it made it impossible to use most of the aftermarket units, but so far it seems to be the best version for this one.

I got the red LED at %10 on mine yesterday, plugged it in, and have it charged back up without any issues.

[holmes4]

A05 added reporting of discharge current, so it's not too surprising that it had issues with non-Dell batteries.

[eugene]

Hi, I looked at the spec. but didn't see the weight of it, would you tell me please?

[holmes4]

14.5 oz