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…

  • Chloé 🥕@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    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.

  • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    Whenever I see a puffed up battery, I want to take it to a small range and pop it with a 10J air rifle, seems fun

  • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • Luccus@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      It must be some sort of hobby. Especially with the Elitebook series.

      The G1 had a bad charging curve and tended to produce spicy pillows. HP fixed it with a firmware update, and since the G2 had mostly the same design, they were fine.

      Then the G3 came out, again with an incorrect charging curve. HP fixed the problem. The G4 were fine.

      G5? Bad charging curve… wanna guess if the G6 was affected?

      • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, see maybe that’s their plan. The battery opens the case for you. Brilliant.

  • Mikina@programming.dev
    0·
    3 months ago

    I’m on mobile and youtube hates my VPN lately, so I can’t link it, but I highly recommend for everyone to go watch how does an exploding/penetrated battery looks like.

    I kind of knew they are a fire hazard, but seeing one actually explode was way way worse than I thought. Exploding batteries are no joke, and everyone should see it at least once.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    0·
    3 months ago

    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.

    • techt@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 months ago

      I think the most important step is PPE honestly – especially when the floor chances for maim or injury is “unlikely”.

      Here is a guide.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        3 months ago

        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.

    • andybytes@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      This is accurate information. I just used an old computer and took the battery out of it and used it as a server. Sure, the power goes out and it might corrupt, but you know, it’s just for dumb shit.