Question Need a new battery for my Dell ... what is best ,,, how can I tell it is "genuine" ?

[xtal_01]

Hello! I have a Dell 5567. The yellow light is blinking on the front ... it looses it's date when not plugged in. It will not boot unless plugged int and let to charge for a few minutes. I tried the battery test in Bios .. gave a battery communications error. It never charges more that 5 or 6 %

So, unless I am missing something, I need a new battery.

From Dell ... $110

I looked on Amazon ... Ebay ....Newegg ....

Lots of "generic" ones ... I don't know if any are better or worse than the original Dell.

On Newegg, Betechparts lists a couple .... and this is where I get comfused ... all say Genuine Dell ... but they are different prices .... and around $40

OK ... how do I choose a new battery? Is one brand better than another? Is there any way of telling one is genuine dell?

From what I can tell, the battery is a 42Wh WDXOR

Thanks so much ... Mike

 

[hang-the-9]

Genuine would have a Dell brand on it. Some of the generics are bad, some are OK, none are as good as the original ones.
This looks like your model, sold by a 3rd party through Newegg and a pretty good price. https://www.newegg.com/p/16J-001J-03X36?Item=9SIAH8WHFY6900&cm_sp=SP-_-1084985-_-Pers_ProductAlsoView+-_-4-_-9SIAH8WHFY6900-_-9SIAH8WBFA9770-_--_-1

 

[will6958]

If you didn’t buy from Dell, it’s impossible to know if you received a genuine Dell battery. A serial number doesn’t guarantee a product is genuine since a counterfeit manufacturer can just print real serial numbers onto their products. GoMedicare