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M-6850FX Blu-Ray/battery upgrade

post #1 of 5
11/26/09 at 4:48pm
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Im looking to upgrade my M-6850FX laptop. My battery life is horrible and I was wanting to know what the longest lasting battery I could get.

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My optical drive is not working and I need to replace that as well. I was wanting to possibly put in a blu-ray drive and was wondering what I need to look for and what will work with my model.
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post #2 of 5
11/26/09 at 7:36pm
We have some stickies in this section about upgrading and swapping out optical (blu-ray) drive. Take a look at them.

Not quite sure about the battery itself.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 5
11/27/09 at 8:03am
You might want to check the type of battery you have in there now. If it came like that from manufacturer, it is undoubtedly a 6 cell. Look into a 9 cell for that model if they are available
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post #4 of 5
11/27/09 at 9:56pm
for the battery, you can get a 9 cell. It uses the same battery as the 17 inch P series laptops.

for the blueray, you can use the BC-5500A drive and swap over your existing bezel if you have a tray loading drive.

for blueray software, you would need to get the retail versions to play it. The HD2600 video will help accelerate Bluray decoding.
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post #5 of 5
11/28/09 at 1:40am
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thank you very much michelleg great information.
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