warning there have been reports of problems with this battery where the battery cause the computer to suddenly shutdown please see the following topic for details HERE

I have had chance to review one of the new nine cell batteries that have recently come out for the wind and I have to say that the battery preformed well even under a heavy load. You can get the battery here;

For the Black battery go here:
http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=1630
For the White battery go here:
http://www.lionbattery.com/description.php?noproduit=1631

There was a discount code which was “MSIWIND.NET”, which will give you a 10% discount. The price of the battery before the discount is $179.95 (US) and $161.95 (US) with the discount andthat includes free worldwide delivery.

The following is a review of the 9 cell, 7800 mHa replacement battery for the MSI Wind U100 Netbook and Advent 4211 provided by Lion Battery. The Normal usage tests were carried out in the following conditions;

Condition	Value
Temperature	18 Degrees Celcius
Operating System	Windows XP SP3 (fully updated)
Screen Brightness	100.00%
Bluetooth	ON but not in use
Wireless	DW1490 Powered ON and in use
BIOS	MSI 1.09 BIOS

Pictures

Please excuse my horrid coffee table.

Reported Capacity

Capacity, The capacity of the Stock battery is 2200 mAh whilst the capacity of the Lion Battery is 7800 mAh, this means that the Lion Battery has over three times the capacity of the Stock 3 cell battery.

Battery Running Time

The running time of the batteries was recorded, under conditions stated earlier, Typical usage is as follows; web browsing, Office Software, Image manipulation Software and anti virus software. All of these softwares were used during the tests. We didn’t run games as Netbooks are not intended as gaming machines. Times were recorded using a timer program on a desktop PC and were recorded from when the power button was pressed up until the compute refused to run, ie when windows forced it into hibernation mode. The results are as follows;

The Lion Battery lasted 6:10:51 and the stock battery 1:39:04.

Battery Eater Running Time

Battery Eater is a program for windows which disables all power saving features, enables all devices and increases output of all devices to 100%. It is unlikely that you will use your Wind in this mode but it is a good bench mark for batteries.

The results were as follows;

Stock Battery

Battery Info

Workdone During Test

Dis-Charge Graph

Lion Battery

Battery Info

Workdone During Test

Dis-Charge Graph

Packaging and Mechanical

The Battery came very well packaged and you would be very unlucky if it was damaged during transit. The mechanical side of the battery seems to have been done very well, the battery fits perfectly and is secured in an identical way to the stock battery. Unlike other third party batteries I have bought, the battery is not loose when installed, is not difficult to push into the slot and was exactly the same as installing the stock battery. The Netbook is still comfortable when used on your lap as the battery doesn’t stick out that much, full marks for this.

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