On Jan 25, 4:07 pm, "Steve" <Steve.e...******.com> wrote:

> 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

It will work fine. In fact, the M300 does not run off both batteries at
once anyway; it drains one first, then the other. I think it pulls from
the bay battery first, then switches to the main battery once the bay
runs out of juice.

However the M300 is significantly ugly and heavy with the MEU attached.
There are plenty of sources for third-party normal batteries; grab one!

(The MEU battery does, however, last longer).