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That laptop is no longer a laptop, it is a bomb.
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A photo of an extremely swollen HP laptop. The panels are kept on with clips. The caption says: "User calls about disc being stuck in another computer, mentions off hand about this laptop. They'd been using it like this for weeks...
An HP with a fucked up battery. Jaw dropping.
It’s like they go out of your way to give you fucked up defective batteries. Then they make their laptops nearly unserviceable, so when I get a replacement battery I tear the shit out of the case to get it open.
And it’s always hp. I’ve had other laptops for 10 years with functioning batteries. These HPs fail in like a year or two. I have one now covered in stickers from all the damage I had to do to open it and replace the battery.
oh yah ive seen this before. there’s an air pocket inside the battery. if you see this, poke it with a fork! it will let out the air 🙂
just in case someone may not know
but for real do NOT poke a swollen battery. i think it’s obvious to most people here but just in case: do NOT poke a swollen battery.
No poke, just bite. Got it.
A poke is dangerous! It needs to be a diagonal slice of at least 1 cm.
"What do you mean I'm not allowed on the airplane?"
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Seeing "spicy pillows" always makes me extremely anxious because of how horribly it can go for anyone near one. This community would be extremely bad for my mental health... ~I joined it...~
It is a bit train wreck-y! I’ve never had one do that, but I sure had the fear of it put in me.
that's too long to hold a fart
Seriously. Just prick the swollen part with a sharp needle, it will let out a toot and be good as new.
Good ol' flame toots.
It’s not a bomb. Batteries expand when the electrolyte degrades. Once the swelling stops, it’s homeostatic. Totally discharge the battery, open it up, carefully remove or replace the battery. You can most likely use the computer plugged in with the battery removed if you don’t want to buy a new one.
Discharging the battery is the most important step in that process. A discharged battery is very unlikely to combust.
I think the most important step is PPE honestly -- especially when the floor chances for maim or injury is "unlikely".
Here is a guide.
Great point! I always had that available to me at work, so I overlooked it as a step. You’re absolutely correct. Never skimp on safety.
The chance of a discharged battery hurting anyone is 0%. No juice, no fire. I'm in IT and have thrown a few in the fire and shot several. Worst I've seen is one get very hot and burn around the bullet hole, and those had some juice left in them.
Sure, that's probably true (we could quibble over "0%" and the nuances of hyperbole), but my confidence that the clearly damaged battery in front of me is completely discharged and won't cause harm is far less than my confidence in PPE saving my eyesight. When giving information to strangers on the internet, I like to play it conservative.
I dunno, i once discharged a battery and then threw it at my brother. He seemed pretty hurt.
How would one safely discharge a swollen battery? Just letting the computer run?
Yup. Run it until it shuts down, then power it up into BIOS/EFI until there’s no more sign of life. Turing up screen brightness and streaming video over WiFi will speed things up if you’re in a hurry.
Just lance the pillow and I’m sure it’ll be fine.
Sorry, we don't work with pufferfish. Let me walk you to the door.
Looks fine to me
This had me in stitches. I love these kinds of photos. I'm sure people with cars have way worse "solutions".
