Re: [TP600E] Ultraslimbay Battery Priority

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From: letoured_at_together.net
Date: Sat Nov 03 2001 - 08:24:03 EST


In <000a01c16442$0fd59800$0200a8c0_at_woshiagni>, on 11/03/01
   at 08:22 AM, "Jeddy Lin" <jeddylin_at_uclink.berkeley.edu> said:

>Hi all,

>Have another question for you expert Thinkpadders:
>I'm too broke (or cheap) to buy a main battery for my Thinkpad 600E -
>I'm looking at around $110 for one from IBM, and not much less than
>that for a used one off eBay. However, I see brand new sealed
>Ultraslimbay batteries going for around $40 on eBay, which is
>definitely more affordable for me.

>My question is this (for the moment, please ignore the possibility
>that I might get a dud off eBay or a have a bad experience - thanks,
>but I know about that already, and I've had a pretty good experience
>so far =P): If I just have an Ultraslimbay battery in my Thinkpad,
>will it work by itself? Or does it require a main battery pack? I
>remember reading a while back that the 600E discharges both
>simultaneously when both are in...

The ultrabay battery works alone -- but they have less capacity then
regular batteries.

>Comments would be helpful and much appreciated. Thanks!

>- Jeddy

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