Remember the Eee 901 "
hammerhead edition," the extra-wide monstrosity that offered 10 cells of goodness in one less than aesthetic package? Welcome to that accessory's homebrew cousin, the creation of a modder by the name of TenaciousDre who stole eight batteries from an old laptop and wired them up to the existing four-cell battery, creating a 12-cell shrink-wrapped bulge to protrude less than majestically from the back of his Eee. The good news is 12 to 15 hours of life with the laptop set on its most frugal settings; the bad news is a 12 hour re-charge time and a useless battery gauge that reads zero percent despite eight hours of juice remaining. We have seen
uglier examples of excess in the computing world before, but would probably rather carry around a second (and third) battery than have to explain this tumor to every passer-by at Starbucks.
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posted Feb 2nd 2009 9:19AM
Ok didn't we all just read an article about an exploding battery in China? You've gone and wiped up something homemade, good luck with that.
Yes, he is in danger!! I think. :)
ASUS EeePCs already come with 5 to 7 hrs of battery which is enough while travelling. And if you're on the bed, you can use the AC adapter....
I don't find the need to *over-load* the netbook with tons of batteries!!
He's definitely in danger if he's messing with Li-Ion batteries without knowing what he's doing. Li-Ions need controlled charging and contain custom-made chips integrated into the package. That's the reason you can't buy AA shaped Li-Ions - you can't have a universal charger and someone is sure to plug it into something and cause it to explode. Hell, even people who know (or should know) what they're doing like guys who are actually making them (e.g. Sony) have failed to make them foolproof in controlled conditions on multiple occasions. I'd not mess with Li-Ions.
Ni-Mh is another story, stack'em up as you want.
What's with the bolts on the back of the screen?
I think he's going for the Frankenstein look.
That's hot.
They're not bolts.
It looks like two BNC terminals, no doubt for sticking on a pair of external aerials to improve the WiFi connection (there are a few threads about that mod on the Eee forum that this is from). I can't say that I think it's particularly elegant but it gets the job done and relatively cheaply (look through the forum for what may be described as better versions)
Uggh
Now that's what you call an ass! But I guess it would be more realistic if the notebook was black. ;P
my hump, my hump, my cool computer hump
Why can't manufacturers make a huge-ass battery that will spread over the whole bottom of the laptop? That could give really great battery life.
once upon a time, when LiPo batteries were first talked about as being conformable to almost any surface, there was talk of this. I'm guessing it's a cost + engineering issue in that you have to design something that dissipates heat properly, doesn't block airflow, etc.
forever and a year ago, people like IBM, Sony, and Compaq were doing the next closest thing: making slim docking stations that could slot in an extra battery. Witness the Armada m300:
https://www.pcsurplusonline.com/viewprod.cfm?ID=14321
They do, they're called 'slice batteries'. As far as I know, both Toshiba and Dell offer slice batteries for their tablets.
Electrovaya "PowerPad", they've been around for at least 5 years... but I don't think they make one as *small* as the EEE footprint :-)
I have one of the hammerhed batteries on my 1000h. It's fantastic. I get about eight hours of surfing time, about 7 if I'm playing movies. This battery is fugly, and even though the hammerhead is less than attractive, having more battery cap is a good thing. I agree with points made about making slimmer batteries.
Are those run times with or without wifi on?
Next thing you know, someone is going to be actually wearing a gas powered generator on their back so they can just use an AC adapter...
It's not a hump. It's just retaining water.
The Eee pc has cancer; it's growing a huge tumor!!!!!!!!
why didn't he take some of the fuglyness off the battery, and widen the battery to the sides so you don't have so much length, are there any ports on the back
The "Battery Meter" problem should be fixed with a few charge discharge cycles, the chip in the charge controller needs to relearn the capacity. As for being dangerous, it should be fine if he doesn't damage it, and the extra batteries aren't made by Sony. He is no doubt using the charge controller cicuitry from an original battery, which aside from being meant for less cells (long recharge time) should work without any problems.