On 14 Jan 2006, at 6:53, JT Moree wrote: > The only adapters that people found last time we looked were the ones > sold from compaq/hp. > > On a sorta related note I had to rePLACE the original 8-cell battery > after 1.5 years of barely being used bc it died. > > I got a battery from Batteries Plus for $150 that is supposed to be > new and not an HP brand. It reports HP to the acpi subsystem but the > box and paperwork don't say HP on them. Fedco or something. > > HP wants $190 for a new battery and $150 for an overstock (read old > and probably diminished capacity) one.
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 keep all three charged. When I need to go to the university (the only place I normally use the laptop away from home), I take the computer with one of them inside and the other two as well. The original 8-cell battery sits on a shelf, never used. I don't ordinarily carry the adapter with me. The two extra 12-cell batteries weigh less than the adapter. Each gives me about 2.5 hours, so the three in total give me over seven hours of usage. That's enough for all day. On the rare occasions when I might need more than seven hours, I take the adapter instead of two extra batteries. _______________________________________________ LinuxR3000 mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pcxperience.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxr3000 Wiki at http://prinsig.se/weekee/
