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m17x R1 Battery Failure
Still running my Alienware M17x from 2009, mostly good. However my battery has been terrible for some time now, and my computer gives me a prompt at boot up that I've had a critical power failure and need to replace the battery. That's fine, batteries die and its been a few years, however, as the battery type is F310J W075J and dell hasn't carried it for some time, I'm struggling to find a source for a new battery, especially one that will fit my laptop. A number of sources claim that c0c5m batteries are compatible, as well as BTYV01 batteries, but I'm quite skeptical.
Any one have experience on the matter? Shed some light on a replacement battery for my aging yet still capable M17x? I'd prefer not to have a battery explode or have it trapped as a desktop for the rest of its days.
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June 15th, 2016 08:00
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June 15th, 2016 08:00
Hello,
This are the 2 part numbers for the batteries that we used on the M17X R1: W075J and C852J. Because of the age of the computer, as you said, we don’t have stock for that unit any more. You can look through third party or online stores and see if they have any available.
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June 15th, 2016 13:00
I wouldn’t be able to guarantee that they would work, or which part numbers to use because it’s not something that we’ve tried before. You could be able to try batteries from the R2 and R3 series, or maybe even from the M15X R1, but again I’m not sure it they would work. You could also try posting this on the Notebook Review and Alienware Arena forums for further information on it.
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June 16th, 2016 13:00
Thanks, I'll browse and post there and see if I can gain any additional direction. Any recommendations on legit third-party battery companies? There seems to be a lot of scammy garbage out there in the battery world, tough to tell what's real and what's not.
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June 16th, 2016 15:00
Exactly.
Try these guys. I bought a Dell M65 Mobile Workstation (laptop) battery from Denaq years ago and it still works great.
http://www.denaq.com/
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June 16th, 2016 15:00
We don't have any recommended companies. Just check online, that's the easiest way to find them.
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June 17th, 2016 08:00
The only place we recommend is the Dell website.