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The capacity of this battery is 1.5Ah or 2.2Ah. For comparison, in the ThinkPad T40 series, the 6-cell system battery has a capacity of 4.8Ah and the 9-cell system battery holds 7.2Ah. Thus, the UltraBay battery provides only a small improvement in total charge capacity.  
 
The capacity of this battery is 1.5Ah or 2.2Ah. For comparison, in the ThinkPad T40 series, the 6-cell system battery has a capacity of 4.8Ah and the 9-cell system battery holds 7.2Ah. Thus, the UltraBay battery provides only a small improvement in total charge capacity.  
  
=== Using the UltraBay Slim battery for hot-swapping the system battery ===
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=== Charging and discharging ===
  
When the UltraBay Slim battery is inserted and charged, the system battery can be hot-swapped (i.e., replaced without the need to reboot, hibernate or use an external power adapter). However, the laptop will completely deplete the UltraBay battery before using its system battery, so to make hot-swapping useful you'll need to keep the Ultrabay Slim battery ''outside'' the Ultrabay during normal battery-powered usage. The complete depletion of the Ultrabay battery also reduces its lifetime.
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See [[Using an Ultrabay battery]].
 
 
{{HELP|It may be possible to control which battery is discharged using the [[SMAPI_support_for_Linux#Using_the_tp_smapi_module|tp_smapi]] module. If you have an Ultrabay battery, please test the dual-battery operation of [[SMAPI_support_for_Linux#Using_the_tp_smapi_module|tp_smapi]] and report your results to its author or on the [[Talk:SMAPI_support_for_Linux|discussion page]].}}
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:57, 10 January 2006

Ultrabay Slim Battery

This is a battery that slides into a supported Ultrabay Slim

Features

  • 10.8V Lithium-Polymer
  • Capacity: 1.5Ah or 2.2Ah
  • Weight: 280g (0.48 lbs)
  • Charge time: 2.8 to 4.0 h
  • Battery life: "up to 2 hours without recharge", "up to 8 hours of battery life on select systems in combination with main battery"

UltraBay Slim Battery

IBM Partnumbers

  • Order PN: 08K8190
  • FRU PN: 08K8191

Linux Support

Second battery is correctly detected by either the APM or ACPI subsystem. Battery charging control and extended status are provided by the tp_smapi module.

Supported with

NOT supported with

A note on capacity

The capacity of this battery is 1.5Ah or 2.2Ah. For comparison, in the ThinkPad T40 series, the 6-cell system battery has a capacity of 4.8Ah and the 9-cell system battery holds 7.2Ah. Thus, the UltraBay battery provides only a small improvement in total charge capacity.

Charging and discharging

See Using an Ultrabay battery.