I only did it once for an old Gateway 2000 486 notebook, and only because I had no choice. The system was discontinued, Gateway didnt carry batteries anymore, and I couldn't find anyplace that sold new ones.
I ended up refilling it from 1-800-Batteries (which is iGo.com now) and was happy with it. I never had any problems in the 4 more years I used the system. -Gambit32/Rob Casinghino On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:44 PM, Sean O'Connor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Generally this type of thing strikes me as being similar to third-party > printer cartridge refills, a bad idea. They may work but at first but who > knows what type of problems being "refilled" by a third-party can > introduce > to a battery over time. > If you really need a less expensive replacement battery for a laptop I > think > you'd get much better/safer results by buying original manufacturer parts > off of ebay from sellers with good ratings. > > -- > ____________________________ > Sean O'Connor > http://seanoc.com > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing > Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way > May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using > Linux > Jun 4 - TBD > Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative) > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Mar 5 - Wearable Linux Computing Apr 2 - Building a Kernel the Debian / Ubuntu way May 7 - Setting up a platform-independent home/small office network using Linux Jun 4 - TBD Jul 2 - KVM (Tenative)
