[Ti] Battery Question

[Kynan Shook]

remodlr <remodlr at yahoo.com> writes:
> Hello all,
> I've just acquired a battery sold as "Brand New-Never
> Installed" via eBay. It was sold as Part# M8244G/B and
> the box says so as well as showing the Model#8511. The
> battery itself appears unused, however, it says Model
> No: A1012 14.4V. I was under the impression that the
> 8244G/B is a 16.6V. Also, the serial # on the box does
> not match the serial# on the battery. I just want to
> make sure I'm not getting hosed, here. I've searched
> the Apple database and can't find this model number.
> Can't find info on model # 8511, for that matter.

Yes, you've been hosed.  The part you got is M8244G/A; a 3.6 Amp-hour, 
14.4V battery, intended for the original (400/500) TiBook.  What you 
want (I assume) is the 16.6V, 3.9 Amp-hour M8244G/B used in the Gigabit 
Ethernet/DVI TiBook.

Full info from Apple is at:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=16168



Kynan Shook
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