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Laptop Battery

Did you actually buy a battery from eBay?

There are sellers that warrant the batteries they sell.
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I have not purchased a battery yet but have heard stories about eBay batteries.
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Sounds like some quality FUD. For the prices you can get you could buy two, but chances are you won't need to. Just vet the seller a bit. Here's a story I bought a 9-cell from Hong Kong for my Acer and it has been perfect.

reply to MuDvAyNe
I have used both of these sites and never had any difficulties.

»www.batteriesplus.com/default.aspx

»www.batterymart.com/

Batteries Plus may have a local store where you can purchase one locally. I don't know how you have to handle Sales Tax in the Brooklyn, NY area but for that reason alone you may get a better price overall by purchasing online. Anyway both have been good for me.

Zach

Both sites are pricey! Over 125 dollars for the battery!
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$125 is a ripoff, no doubt about that. I can find a Dr. Battery replacement for $45. I've used Dr. Battery products before in various notebooks and they seem to do the job quite well. I've had a few DOA's from them, but they are excellent with warranty replacement.
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Dr. Battery is selling a replacement for $93.50.

I am thinking I may have to just scope around eBay. These batteries seem very pricey for a 5 year old laptop.
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I've been using Dr. Battery products in a few Toshiba's and HP's here at work. I've only had one dud so far. The others have been working good for the past couple of months.
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reply to PeteC2
I'm in the same boat. Thinking of replacing my 5 year-old PA3420U-1BRS battery, which Toshiba no longer sells. I see online prices ranging from $23 (via Amazon, not eBay) to $131. How do I know which ones are good? What price point is too cheap and results in an inferior product? How do I know it won't set my house on fire?

reply to MuDvAyNe
Well I went for one of the eBay ones and my god, it's pretty much DOA. The seller had great feedback, which is why I gave it a shot. I am hoping I can get an exchange. He made me look in BIOS for power settings and battery calibration but this old Windows XP laptop doesn't even have that.
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reply to Bobcat

I was going to create a histogram showing all the prices from $23 to $149 for the replacement battery, but there are just too many. Let's just say that you can pick any price point and there will be a battery for sale at that price.

So the question remains: What price point is too cheap and results in an inferior product?

reply to MuDvAyNe
Battery sent back. I really didn't want to spend much on a battery because I am looking to buy a netbook in the coming months. I just need something that will hold a charge for a few months!
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So I got the replacement today. It still won't charge! I mean all I have to do is plug it in correct! This is starting to get frustrating.
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You could possibly have a faulty motherboard in that notebook that's preventing the charge cycle from starting. Do you see a charge light on the notebook?
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Yes I do see the charge light on.

I actually have a dilemma now. I believe the battery has charged. I do not know if it has been to 100% but I have had it off the charger for close to a half hour now. It says battery is critical and that I should charge it before my data is lost. Once on charge it still sits at 0%. I was trying to drain the battery and see if it would charge up then.

edit : It basically died right after this post. I also forgot to mention that it would not boot up without the ac adapter plugged in.

edit 2 : Well I charged it for a while and took the plug off and the laptop shut off. The battery will not charge at all. I am at a loss. I feel like it would be very hard to get 2 DOA batteries but I do not understand why the battery won't charge.

I also notice in the battery section it still list the manufacturer of the battery as HP. It seems to not update there as well. Is my laptop just not capable of charging a battery anymore?

I have a friend with the same laptop, I am going to bring it to his house tomorrow and see if the battery will charge there.
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Check for BIOS updates. Some laptops have had charging issues that were fixed in the BIOS.

The BIOS is up to date.
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