My laptop's battery is on it's way out, and the battery I have for it
only uses a fraction of the space available in it's bay.  I can build a more
efficient battery pack, including the protection and charging circuit,
but I need a way to "talk" to the computer.

So, I need only one of these questions answered:

Where can I buy one or more used or new Sony Laptop PCGA-BP2NX (or
compatible) battery packs for as little as possible?  I *do not care*
if it doesn't hold a charge, and I *do not care* if it's case is
damaged.

Or:

What is the pin-out and protocol information for the 9-slot, 8-pin
connector on the end of the Sony Laptop PCGA-BP2NX battery pack?

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 24 Jan 2005 04:19 PST

I assume you are willing to buy on the Internet, but I'm coming from
coming from another angle, --in what city are you located?

~~Cynthia

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Clarification of Question by purpleprogrammer-ga on 24 Jan 2005 17:24 PST

Excellent angle-- I'm in Largo, FL (near Tampa).  Acquiring locally
could save shipping costs.

I hope google is watching again...I want to be official researcher.

Your question was easy....

froogle.google.com


http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=PCGA-BP2NX

Printer shop...


http://yellowpages.superpages.com/profile~SRC_google~T_Annapolis~S_MD~PP_N~CID_493176~LID_Wm0+VJ3H%2Fo5Kd6Wn1gEg1g%3D%3D.htm

Hardly easy.  Ebay has sold several of this type of battery for less
than 30 dollars.  Froogle.google.com has them for more like $100. 
Those are new besides; I'm looking for a junk battery so I can use its
parts for scrap.

A printer shop, however, might be more likely to have a bunch of
discarded laptops with bad batteries.  Thanks for the suggestion.

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=PCGA-BP2NX&scoring=p&pid=4719895541901689792


$65....if you want new battery for less you gotta be crazy

Okay, nice answer, but it's not relevant to the question.  I requote:

"I *do not care* if it doesn't hold a charge, and I *do not care* if
it's case is damaged."

I never said it had to be new.  New would be nice, but they're usually
more expensive than used.  If you want to be a researcher, you need to
pay more attention to the question.

There has got to be some place out there that has acquired a bunch of
dead company laptops and accessories that would love to get rid of the
batteries that don't work, and I'll even pay for it!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31564&item=6737308325&rd=1

ends in 3 hrs, and its Monday at 4:17pm so that would be Monday at 7:17p EST

best of luck,
Mother911-ga

p.s. and its a functioning battery, although I realize you only need the casing.

Ending sooner, 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=31518&item=6738242013&rd=1

$21.50 ends at about 6:20pm EST


Mother911-ga

You must have misunderstood that part of the question too: I was
asking for the best price, not how to search Ebay.

What I said was I want the least expensive battery.  Nobody else
seemed to have trouble understanding that.  Mother911 pointed out some
pretty good prices, and seemed to understand what it is that I'm
really after.

I think what you're trying to say is the best price I'm going to get
is ~$30+shipping or so on Ebay, which isn't bad.  Good luck with
becoming a researcher.

Thanks for the help, I don't like this question anymore.  Bye!