On 25 Jan 2007 13:07:42 -0800, "Steve" <Steve.ebay******.com> wrote:

>Hi guys,
>Bit of a strange one here.
>I will soon be getting a Compaq M300 with the MEU but I have been told
>the battery is on it's last legs. I have found a source for a battery
>that sits in the Multi-bay of the MEU (docking bay) but I wondered if
>such a battery will still power the laptop if the laptop battery itself
>is dead or not even in place.
>Obviously it will only work with the laptop connected to the MEU (I
>ain't that fick, lol)
>My thinking being that maybe the drive bay battery runs the laptop
>THROUGH the laptops own battery.
>Any clues?
>Cheers,
>Steve

Dunno about your Compaq, but my old Thinkpad T30 had a drive bay
battery and it would power the laptop while the main battery was
removed.
Charlie Hoffpauir
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/