Cotty, that's a load of bollocks, a few vendors have tried it, but the aftermarket guys inevitably find a way around the chip. Most of the concern is from lack of proper protection circuit in the battery. For example: http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/5089.html Norm
Cotty wrote:
Cell phones are the
first to come to mind. They warn you that using third party batteries
is dangerous because they might be of inferior quality, leak, or
explode. What they don't tell you is that the phone cryptographically
queries the battery to find out if it is an official (from the same
phone company) battery, and if it isn't then the phone changes its power
consumption profile to specifically damage the battery.
