X201 new battery causing laptop to reboot?

I have 14 X201 tablet laptops that I have replaced batteries in for my end users. Instead of buying from Lenovo I bought a generic battery that should work just fine same model number and everything, we did this to save on cost because it a 100 dollars more to by a battery from Lenovo and that is no bueno at my small rural hospital I work at. After installation my computer will turn off randomly throughout the day even if they are plugged into a charger. I tried to update the bios from 1.34 to 1.40 and that has had no affect. To top it all off my end users are doctors and nurses so until I can resolve the issue I wont here the end of it! Is there anthing that I can do to fix this random shutdown problem or is replaceing the batteries the only remedy?

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I have 14 X201 tablet laptops that I have replaced batteries in for my end users. Instead of buying from Lenovo I bought a generic battery that should work just fine same model number and everything, we did this to save on cost because it a 100 dollars more to by a battery from Lenovo and that is no bueno at my small rural hospital I work at. After installation my computer will turn off randomly throughout the day even if they are plugged into a charger. I tried to update the bios from 1.34 to 1.40 and that has had no affect. To top it all off my end users are doctors and nurses so until I can resolve the issue I wont here the end of it! Is there anthing that I can do to fix this random shutdown problem or is replaceing the batteries the only remedy?
Welcome to the forum!
I'd say that you've pretty much answered your own question in the last sentence. Generic batteries can be unpredictable and dangerous on several different levels.
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