DIY 9-cell battery for the MSI Wind

Posted by John Brownlee, August 1, 2008 4:58 AM | permalink

MSI's Wind quickly went from the darling of netbooks to the most loathed floozy this side of the Eee. The MSI Wind's initial specs were great, but then they cut the 6-cell battery to a 3, claiming industry-wide battery shortages. And when the 6 cell batteries were finally released? MSI jacked the price way up.

Unwilling to pay an absurd premium for what was promised to begin with, a plucky MSI Wind forums user crafted himself an amazing 9-cell, 7400mAh battery, capable of giving the Wind over 8 hours of juice. In the pictures, it looks a bit like ACME brand dynamite duct taped to the back of a netbook, but the homebrew battery's creator intends on creating a form-fitting fiberglass enclosure, and even sell them to fellow Wind owners.

Bigger battery? 7400mAh Battery with 8 hours of life! [MSI Wind via Engadget]

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#1 posted by Latente

, August 1, 2008 5:19 AM

TSA approved ;)

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#2 posted by Marley9 , August 1, 2008 5:30 AM

@latente...exactly. I would love to be in line right behind this person as they try to explain to the TSA why their Wind battery looks like Dynamite. Good luck with that one.

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#3 posted by Rajio , August 1, 2008 6:15 AM

I just got my 6 cell wind last night (even though it's not "out" yet in Canada)

Paid the original non-battery-shorage-pricejack cost too.

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#4 posted by markfrei , August 1, 2008 10:12 AM

Any Wind users care to comment on how happy you are/aren't with the product (beyond the obvious comment that the battery life is so bad you'll make your laptop look like cartoon dynamite to use it longer).

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#5 posted by zuzu

, August 1, 2008 10:33 AM