Will battery replacements with more power hurt the system?

[Ian Stephen]

On Thu, 2006-06-08 at 19:55, bof wrote:
> My laptop came with a six cell battery rated at 11.1 V, 4800 mAh with a 
> 3.0 hour life. When I went to buy a replacement from the manufacturer, 
> all I could find was an eight cell battery rated 14.4 V, 4800 mAh with a 
> 4.5 hour life.
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> So which is it? Will the additional power of the larger-celled batteries 
> hurt anything or not?

Definitely maybe.  The machine certainly could be built to handle either
voltage.  Whether it is or not is a question for the manufacturer. 
Unfortunate that they don't seem to know for sure.

Good luck.
IanS