Is this ultrabay battery hot-swappable? I already have a ultrabay hard drive and wonder if I can swap to a battery with the system running?
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I do it and have never had a problem. There is a command that you can probably Google that makes it safer, but I have never had a problem as I sometimes pull the battery to insert the CD drive and forget to do the command.
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Absolutely it is hot swappable, it is a secondary battery to the main/primary battery which itself is hot swappable when but only according to the manual when it is plugged it to AC power, the ultrabay battery can be hot swapped as long as the main/primary battery is installed and without a AC power supply.
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I installed the 500 G into my 2008 MacBook Pro on 3/28/12. It's quiet, fast, and has been excellent. Zero problems. I use the MBP every day running the battery (replaced once) down to 6-15% watching a movie in the evening. AC during the day for full recharge. Does the HD run all the time? I really don't know. I can't hear it. I have four 500 G externals that are used for backups (but not often enough :-( ). They are WD devices and I've have no problems with them either. I like the 500 size over any T sizes for reasons of redundancy. I double info onto the 500s, i.e. two 500s for the same back-up, thus if one goes down, I have a dupe. More than you wanted to know.
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This question can't be answered because it is too generic. In other words, it all comes down to what type of case or hot swap system you are using as there are different ways and methods of sliding and locking it the drives depending upon the manufacturer. You will just have to roll up your sleeps and do the research for yourself.
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Thomas - not sure; from the instructions to remove the optical drive, the optical drive seems different from the ones the ultrabay battery would replace. You might want to call Lenovo Tech Support.
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Hi Todd, a fixed battery is replaceable. If you feel comfortable enough doing it yourself you may; however, I suggest contacting the manufacturing company first. Sometimes fixed hardware can be difficult to replace yourself especially if the case is closed. In regards to the hard-drive question, both hard-drives are replaceable. Sincerely, Mike Holtzapfel Owner: Rockwell Computers
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I don't know if you can change the battery or not, but it is a horrible pad. The only reason I have it is that a backup external hard drive I had from Toshiba blew up, they offered me a credit and I bought it (because I am never again buying a Toshiba hard drive). The quality is mediocre and the whole thing is overpriced. It is also not reliable. So I bought a Samsung one for the business and it is much better.
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Hello Mohamad, I am not a computer expert so I believe the battery size is going to be the problem. It is my understanding that the batteries used inside sealed laptops are very small, compact, but powerful devices that cannot be matched by the specific batteries you are asking about. You may achieve the same VOLTS, but you won't come close to the storage capacity of the laptop battery. I think you are better served replacing the battery with one matched by the computer manufacturer. I hope this helps.
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Honest opinion as much as this may suck to hear, take the hot swap out. Mine was faulty and from reviews I've seen I'm far from the only one it happened too. A hot swap would a been nice but I had error after error on my raid and soon as I took it out no more errors.
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It offers both and hot spares. Yes, you can add HD's; I'm not sure about hot swap, I shut mine down before swapping one.
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Wow, that's a new one! I have purchased and installed half a dozen non-OEM batteries over the past 5 years, and never had a problem with rejection by the hardware. Call the computer manufacturer, and if they admit to this foolishness, please post it here, because I NEVER want to own that brand!
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Look at the third bay from the top... Anything in there? Look at the Amazon pictures #2 and 5... the last one now deleted by amazon. Did you search google? Every review says the USM, and UPS battery is a great feature. I think I figured this is ASUS trying to set their product aside with a graet invention... And then pulling the plug to trim cost. If you don't know what a USM is, or have no idea what the battery thing is... Go back to sleep and enjoy your computer.
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Yes it is, but is not too simple. You need to remove some screws, lift the base cover and unplug cables, I did this procedure in order to change the hard drive with a SSD. Here is the guide: http://blog.parts-people.com/2012/07/26/dell-xps-14-l421x-ultrabook-battery-removal-and-installation/
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Sorry, have no experience with that. All I know is that I installed it and it is still working. For the price paid I think it is probably worth the risk, considering that one battery in the store costs as much as the multi pack you get thru this site.
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I haven't tried swapping batteries. No need at the moment since the battery lasts for hours.
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I've been using it for its original purpose, as a FS240BX battery. It's been fine for that. But I don't know about using in place of a different battery.
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Sorry for the late response. it's supposed to be, but it would not charge. I returned it and got the Lenmar brand instead. Apparently, according to Lenmar, you have to update the bios. Which I did. Battery works perfectly.
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I kept a pdf of the original ad stating 2gb max. and would notify them you were misled that it was upgradeable. False advertising and marketing with most retail sites also had the memory chip being offered as a bundle for extra dough and usually advertised on same page.I had pre-ordered the u120 but after found out no memory upgrades possible, canceled before it shipped. I went with the u100-641(black) sata for future upgrading hd. Upgraded memory to 2gb and purchased a 9cell battery from hongkong, still came out cheaper than the 6cell wind.