IBM Battery: Good Place to purchase

[shebang]

I have an OLD IBM ThinkPad 1400I 2611-411 Model and the battery is dead on it.. has been dead as long as I know it. Here is the battery model:

IBM BATTERY LI-ION THINKPAD 1400I - 02K6577

Search on Google didn't show me anything.

Any suggestions as to where to search or buy would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Shebang

[cloverm]

http://www.ibm.com/shop/us/maintenanceparts

Search for 02K6577. $245.00

[trickster]

http://www.voltdepot.com/product_inf...oducts_id/5112
Google for the part number: 02K6577

[shebang]

[quote author=cloverm link=board=3;threadid=9115;start=0#msg82470 date=1083181593]
http://www.ibm.com/shop/us/maintenanceparts

Search for 02K6577. $245.00
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Thanks! I guess I will not be buying the battery any time soon. :'(

Thanks, Trickster! I was hoping to spend somewhere between 50 - 100 $$.

Anyways, thanks! I appreciate your help.

[The_Whizzard]

A search on eBay has a few for about $65. Most of these are refurbished. Some are new. Don't even bother with the ones for $9.99. They're bad.

[gorn]

You can also rebuild battery packs, it still costs a bit though. I have yet to do this but want to. You take an old pack, open it up, see what kind of cells it uses and order those. The tricky bit is soldering them together and to the board, because heat and batteries aren't really friends.

[countach44]

Battery acid burns.

[Tyr_7BE]

[quote author=countach44 link=board=3;threadid=9115;start=0#msg82494 date=1083205561]
Battery acid burns.
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And tastes awful >

[Compunuts]

I have ThinkPad 365X with dead battery. If I plug into AC it works. If not, it won't even post. So it takes away the mobility.

[shebang]

That's how I am actually using it now but I was hoping that maybe I could buy a battery with my wireless so that I have true mobility and everything. Also, the AC cable is weak and you touch it, I lose power on the laptop. It has crashed several times because of that. A

Anyways, I really appreciate you guys helping me. Thanks!