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    Dell Media Bay Battery Question? (Latitude D8XX)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by RyanM, Feb 10, 2008.

  1. RyanM

    RyanM Notebook Enthusiast

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    As some of you know im sure, you can get a regular battery, and instead of a cd-drive you can swap in a media bay battery.

    My question here is, when using 2 batteries, which one gets used first? Or do they get used at the same time? is there a way to edit which one gets used first?

    Do you have a media bay battery, if so, what type of laptop and how long do you get on a charge off the media bay battery?

    Anything you have to say will help,

    Thanks!
     
    RyanM, Feb 10, 2008
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  2. pitz

    pitz Notebook Deity

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    The Media Bay battery gets drawn down first (hence, worn out first), before the primary battery.

    Mine adds close to 2 hours -- the primary battery gives a little over 3.5 hours, on my D830 (with its WUXGA power-hogging screen).

    I'd highly suggest you buy a brand new one, as opposed to used. Since the Media Bay battery is used first -- obviously it gets pushed much harder than the main battery.
     
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  3. RyanM

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    Ive seen things saying they last 200-300 cycles, is this true?
     
    RyanM, Feb 10, 2008
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