[TriLUG] Local source for Thinkpad battery?

[Jim Ray]

i just spent $200 on a battery for the a31 only to find out my video 
circuit is hosed.  if it will fit in the a21e, you are welcome to try 
it.  i have some WD40 and a hammer so we can pound it in place if it 
won't fit quite right.

regards,

jim

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Rick DeNatale wrote:
> I woke up this morning to find my laptop had shut itself down, and it
> won't power up.  The lights come on briefly but it turns right off.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the battery has reached the end of it's life, it
> hasn't been holding charge for quite a while, so I always run it on
> AC.  I hope that it's that it just won't run without the battery and
> the basic laptop are OK.
> 
> The laptop in question is a Thinkpad A21e.
> 
> Now I'm pretty desparately trying to find a replacement battery ASAP.
> The batteries plus guy tells me that it's a hard to get item new, and
> he can't even order it until Monday.  He does say that they should
> have them in the warehouse in both LiON and NiMH.
> 
> So a short term and some longer term questions.
> 
> 1) The guy at batteries plus told me that I might try to find a used
> computer dealer who just might have a used but working battery.
> Anyone know of any local sources to try?
> 
> 2) Any pointers to other retailers which might be a source for a new
> replacement? I'm striking out on the websites of the usual big-box
> retailer sites.
> 
> 3) Is the 40% difference in price worth it to get an LiON instead of a
> NiMH for an older laptop like this?
> 
> I'm in a bit of a pickle since I've pretty much dependent on the
> laptop during my recuperation.  This computer is up stairs which I'm
> not supposed to be climbing.  I did manage to grab a copy of the
> OOCalc spreadsheet where I've been keeping track of the stuff my
> doctors want.  I'd thought that I was saving it on a network drive,
> but in my perhaps drug-induced haze I'd only been saving it on the
> laptop.
> 
> +10 for Backuppc!
>