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.zone
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    2 days 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.

    • irelephant [he/him]OPM
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      1 day ago

      I read somewhere that some people discharged the battery, and then carefully poked the layer full of gas, and had the battery albeit with only 50% of its previous capacity.

      Still a terrible idea.

    • andybytes
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      1 day ago

      Thank you for the disclaimer hahaha yah never know… The real danger is when it’s getting charged.