On 15 Jan 2006, at 11:09, Vadim Garber wrote: > >I have an R3240. I bought three 12-cell batteries for it. I got two > >on eBay and one from someplace on the web. I did not pay more than > >$100 for any of them, including shipping. Two were genuine HP and the > >third was some other label. No problems with any of them so far.
> I can't find the 12 cell batteries cheaper than 88.50USD on the web. > It's the same laptop as your; if you could point me in the right > direction of cheap 12 cell batteries, that would be great. I think $88 or so is about what I paid for each of them. I said "not more than $100," but maybe I should have said "almost $100." If you can get them for $88.50, I'd go for it. Be sure to check eBay, because I think I got the two genuine HP ones there. The third is made in China and I think I got it from another web site. It works fine, but I notice it doesn't snap in quite perfectly. It's just about a millimeter or two off, though. Not worth worrying about. Also, the instructions that came with them said to charge them fully, then use them until almost drained before recharging, and to do it that way for the first half dozen recharges. Evidently that "sets" the memory in the battery and makes it last longer or work better or just be extra super or something. I'm just a linguistics major. What do I know about batteries? _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
