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Re: Upgrades for the T60 Thinkpad

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Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> Yeah I've done it before, but the tricky part is getting the plastic
> case of the battery apart. They can be ultrasonic welded, glued, or
> clip-together. I've succeeded once in separating an ultrasonic
> welded one by hitting it sharply all around the join with an
> acrylic screwdriver handle to break the weld, then prying it apart
> with a screwdriver wedged in the join. I don't think I'd discovered
> that technique when I did the R31 battery, or it might have been
> glued, so I had to try to try and cut it open with a dremmel, but I
> couldn't get in far enough to some parts (also trying to avoid the
> batteries which could catch fire if cut into) and ended up wrecking
> it when I tried to pry it apart at one end enough to get to the
> stuck bits on the other side where the connector was. Clip-together
> ones usually need to be cut apart as well.
> 
> I've pulled apart more laptop batteries just to get the cells out,
> trying to practice doing it without wrecking the case, and the
> possibility of it all depends on how they're designed/assembled,
> which varies a lot. Some are fairly easy, many fight you all the
> way.
> 

Hmm, I'll definitely have to do quite a bit more research on it it 
seems. But it's a good thing to learn, it's entirely possible. I'll 
check what kind of seal it is on the X41 batteries, I've got quite good 
access to some tools so I could try quite a few methods for getting them 
open. If at least only one of them survives the probably brutal 
endeavour of trying to repair them without destroying it entirely then 
it'll be a success (though, I hope to end up with two working ones, as 
I'm planning to sell one of three of the laptops - the other one is pure 
scrap.

Thankfully as far as I know the battery cells themselves are universal? 
They're standard from what I remember, I saw advice on them being they 
should all have the same life on them - like maximum charge. Though if 
you're buying new ones that shouldn't be too much of an issue to find.

-- 
- Mokka

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

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