Battery.... OEM or third party?

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TarzanBoy · #1 Post by **TarzanBoy** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:38 pm

I did searches but didn't find a repository summing up people's experiences with batteries (maybe cuz the forums got split up?)

Anyways... I have a T40 that seems to only run ~1.5-2 hours, so I am considering a battery replacement/upgrade.

Should I go to the batteries plus location by me or look elsewhere online? Where do you guys get your batteries and what kind of life should I except from a T40 (even my T22 gets 2 hours of life)

ronbo613 · #2 Post by **ronbo613** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:32 pm

My T30 battery only gets about sixty minutes, so I assume it's a little "tired".
I think I'm going to get this IBM battery. Pretty good price for an IBM unit, I checked the vendor out at resellerratings.com, they look good. There's a T40 battery on the same page.
For my video cameras, I have always found the factory batteries work better than the aftermarket ones, so I'm going to stick with that approach with my Thinkpad.

TarzanBoy · #3 Post by **TarzanBoy** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:29 am

Try bumping the brightness settings on the lcd down to the lowest.

That doubles the battery life in my T40... I just have to remember to do it EVERY TIME i turn the laptop on

dsigma6 · #4 Post by **dsigma6** » Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:49 am

TarzanBoy wrote:I just have to remember to do it EVERY TIME i turn the laptop on

why not set a profile in battery maximizer or power manager?

Battery.... OEM or third party?

Battery.... OEM or third party?

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