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    Fix battery wobble in a second...

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by philosopherdog, Nov 18, 2008.

  1. philosopherdog

    philosopherdog Notebook Consultant

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    It's a long standing issue that gets under the skin of perfectionists everywhere. There's something about the horizontalish battery style that makes it tough (probably) to engineer exactly right. Luckily it's totally simple to fix. So, if it drives you crazy here's what I did to put an end to it forever. Get some of that very thin packing foam, tear a very small piece off and put it around the bulbus part of the battery where the yellow sticker is and carefully slide it in without forcing anything. Presto. Here's a couple of images to give you the idea:

    Here's a picture of the foam I mean
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    Wrap it around like so
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    And then put it back together
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    This is on a T400 :)
     
    philosopherdog, Nov 18, 2008
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  2. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    Be sure to let us know when the heat from the battery melts your foam…
     
    BinkNR, Nov 18, 2008
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  3. philosopherdog

    philosopherdog Notebook Consultant

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    Funny. I don't have any heat there. Mine is totally cool. Use a piece of an index card if you're worried. My battery is totally cool. They've gone all out to keep this box running cool. I appreciate it even if the battery doesn't quite fit.
     
    philosopherdog, Nov 18, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Guys,

    Stay on topic and respect eachother's opinions. Some posts have been deleted.
     
    Kdawgca, Nov 18, 2008
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  5. BinkNR

    BinkNR Knock off all that evil

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    I’ll have to see how hot mine gets (I really don’t know), but don’t want to risk it for a tiny little wobble.
     
    BinkNR, Nov 18, 2008
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  6. louisssss

    louisssss Notebook Consultant

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    why delete the posts? i dont think here was any "opinion" given in the OP. he posted a simple tutorial. it was up to us readers to decide if we want to follow or not.
    other posts may be helpful to the readers of the thread, even if it was against the OP's idea of using foam to fix the battery wobble...

    i will be testing this idea out once i get some foam, and monitor my battery temps with the power manager
     
    louisssss, Nov 18, 2008
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  7. drjohn

    drjohn Notebook Consultant

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    Sheesh! If these responses raised your hackles, then don't come over to some of my car forums... they make this stuff seem like puppies, warm milk and cookies. And are entertaining in part because of that.

    Summary: Some disagreement and a bit of attitude is fine with me, prob'ly with a lot of the others too.
     
    drjohn, Nov 18, 2008
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  8. 000111

    000111 Atari Master

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    notebook review is getting too pc! hehe. no pun intended?

    i will give this a try. my battery wobble is totally out of control.

    edit: used a folded up piece of paper. worked pretty well. wobble is
    practically gone and my T400 feels a lot more... solid now. woot!

    + rep to the OP.
     
    000111, Nov 19, 2008
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