daspazz Posted September 27, 2013 Share Posted September 27, 2013 I was stumbling around eBay and found this little addition to my E6520. It's a genuine Dell External Battery. It is compatible with a lot of Dell units. It is kinda cool in that it elevates my E6520 up off of surfaces so it should help with cooling it better. It only snap/plugs into the expansion slot and the two holes adjacent to the slot. It has a small handle on it that you can pull to release the battery from its mating position. I believe the two holes in the upper left corner of the picture are first, charge indicator and then a charging port so you could possibly charge the external battery by its self. They range anywhere from 60 to 140 dollars depending on new or refurbished condition. I also noticed that my battery indicator in the status bar seems to be working now. I can even see the current percentage of charge. Im happier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted September 27, 2013 Moderators Share Posted September 27, 2013 I was stumbling around eBay and found this little addition to my E6520. It's a genuine Dell External Battery. It is compatible with a lot of Dell units. It is kinda cool in that it elevates my E6520 up off of surfaces so it should help with cooling it better. It only snap/plugs into the expansion slot and the two holes adjacent to the slot. It has a small handle on it that you can pull to release the battery from its mating position. I believe the two holes in the upper left corner of the picture are first, charge indicator and then a charging port so you could possibly charge the external battery by its self. They range anywhere from 60 to 140 dollars depending on new or refurbished condition. I also noticed that my battery indicator in the status bar seems to be working now. I can even see the current percentage of charge. Im happier. I recently gotten a hold of one of these too, heavy to carry around, but nice to have since we're unable to get sleep to work on E6520. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daspazz Posted October 24, 2013 Author Share Posted October 24, 2013 Since you are a very smart guy about things, how is your battery indication? Working or no? Are you running Mavericks? Should have asked you that in my E6520 thread.... Yeah it is a bit heavier, but I like the extended battery usage as well. T.I.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted October 24, 2013 Moderators Share Posted October 24, 2013 I'm running both ML10.8.5 and Mavericks GM. Battery indicator works everytime if you have the -f switch during boot. I'm using AppleSmartBatteryManager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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