I was resurrecting my daughter's old Lenovo college laptop (G530 from circa 2010) for use when working on projects in my garage - I often need to search for parts or research problems/procedures.
I replaced the 3GB of RAM with a new matched pair of 2GB DIMMs for $35, and just for kicks swapped the HD for a small SSD. But the battery was pretty shot and only lasted about 10 minutes. So I went looking for a replacement. Reputable places like BatteriesPlus want $90 for a new replacement. But my searching eventually led me to aliexpress.com. If you've never been there you should check it out, it can be fun. I've bought things from there before. You generally just have to be aware that you're buying cheap Chinese products that may or may not come with English available, and in the case of things like tablets, webcams, etc. may not be upgradable and may contain backdoors. Most of the vendors are wholesalers, but will usually sell single quantities. Long story short, I bought a battery for $17.50, including shipping, from "YHR store" (https://www.aliexpress.com/store/2782025). Shipped from a warehouse in the US. So far it hasn't burst into flames. ;-) It identifies itself as a Sony battery, but I have no way of knowing if that's true. And it seems to be working fine. Chinese Li-Ion batteries don't have the best reputation. But I figured laptop batteries are old-tech and probably a pretty safe bet. Current cellphone and similar batteries have extremely tight tolerences, but old-school laptop batteries are generally just AA-sized cells in a package with some control circuitry that should be pretty much off-the-shelf these days. So we'll see how it goes. john- _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
