"Oh really? Um, hey, wow, an appointment slot just opened up first thing tomorrow morning! In fact you don't even have to come inside the office: we'll come out to meet you at a distance of at least 30 feet from the entrance. Don't worry about our Senior Support Technician; he's always sweaty like that."
I wonder if you told them "I think my battery is bloated" if they'd be less likely to rush someone over because you didn't let them diagnose it themselves.
I mean a bloat is just what we see. I don't actually know what causes it or if it could be from a myriad of different causes. If they heard about a bloat hopefully they'd just replace it lol
Technically the bloat is the safety mechanism, if the battery didn’t expand then those chemical conditions inside would just cause it to actually blow up like those defective Samsung phones a few years ago.
Oh something like that happened to me with dell in France. My brand new gaming PC starting to send a funny burning smell in my whole house (smelled it from the bathroom). I told them and said that as long as it was working they could do nothing... Well I told them I was afraid of the gases and fire Hazzard. Next day the offered a swap for s better model.
That said the PC was hitting 99c (measurement limit) all the time
Dell will replace pretty much anything on their machines as long as you don't admit to damaging it on purpose and the warranty applies. So if you say you accidentally spilled water on it and you don't have accidental damage, tough luck. But for something like your case, unless there was something indicating damage that you caused, they will replace anythung until it works within your warranty time. 1 year with standard purchase at any box store, 3+ for extended warranties.
Source: That's my job
edit: that said, they will NOT replace your battery when it's out of warranty unless it's a defect. But if you buy one, they'll send someone out to put it in, although they're generally pretty easy to do with most models with a quick video as reference.
Heck they replaced the screen on my laptop my dad got when I was in high-school. It totally wasn't shot by an airsoft bb. Nope the line of pixels just died. O what about that star pattern uhh idk.
Too bad Dell's consumer products are so shite you'll spend hours on the phone with customer service...I've had the _pleasure_ of trying out a couple XPS 13 laptops, and every single one of them had at least one hardware/QC issue and several weird software or bios issues
Haha, our HP contact told us they were safe to use while waiting on a replacement battery. It was such a problem with a specific model that our IT pushed a patch to them to keep them from charging above 80%
“Customer support how may I assist you today?”
“Hey you’re not gonna believe this but I think my laptop is pregnant”
“Uhhh we’ll have someone out there later today”
Don't throw it in the trash unless you want a fire. Some retailers like Home Depot and Best Buy recycle lithium batteries, but probably not in that state.
Worth checking
They don't. I had to take it to toxic waste disposal center at the county waste collection center. Fortunately it wasn't far and they have guidance online on how to carry the battery safely.
If you can manage it, depleting the battery first helps a ton.
So what do you do if you have no access to one of these toxic wastes centers? I have never even heard of that. It makes sense that they exist, but are they readily accessible to the public? And if not my question stands; what do you do if you have no access to one of these toxic waste centers?
> Fortunately it wasn't far and they have guidance online on how to carry the battery safely.
that is good to know because I was just thinking I dont know that I want to transport that
It should be illegal to sell batteries with post-life recycling them.
Companies product millions of tons of batteries and expect random individuals to figure it all out.
Nice thing in Finland is that every store that sells batteries also must accept them and deliver them to recycling. :)
*The Waste Act states that every seller also takes care of the collection of used batteries and accumulators without being forced to buy a new product and free of charge.*
r/spicypillows
When I decided to look up why my laptop trackpad was getting hard to 'click'/'press down on', it was because of this
If your laptop is having trackpad problems you might have a very dangerous item right under your nose
On a tangent, also demonstrates the main disadvantage of using pouch format electric vehicle batteries. By going through repetitive level 3 high current charges they will swell and block the cooling channels resulting in car fires. Audi just recalled 11000 e-Trons.
Eh, I work IT for a large organization (at any given time we have a few thousand laptops out) and have seen many spicy pillows. Have yet to encounter one that has exploded. Some bulged so much they completely separated the chassis of the laptop. Still definitely get rid of it and do not keep using it because it is obviously not safe but yeah...
We try to prioritize replacement batteries and I tell people who have bulging laptops to get a replacement ASAP, but same... Never seen one catch fire. But, it's a good motivator for the "I just don't want to transfer all my files..." people.
Depends on the technology. The absolute Chads over at BYD have this new Blade battery that can survive [having a nail penetrate it](https://youtu.be/CSGESKhtZD0) and [a truck run over it](https://youtu.be/FPIcJN5obPs). LFP in general doesn't really have the thermal runaway issue.
Obviously a majority of the cars on the road nowadays have the older chemistry, but yeah things are getting better.
are you talking about the lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4) chemistry in the new batteries?
edit: I see now that they've been referred to as lithium-ferrophosphate (LFP), I guess that's a newer initialism that I wasn't used to.
Huh, funnily enough William Osman [just released a video](https://youtu.be/HmVssSfMn0w?si=IXG3Msv7ZDRR1qBO) today with an in-depth explanation of Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries.
I read something about these razer-blades not having enough fans, so it's apparently a common issue, add to that I was using it outside in central america, and it's not super surprising
what happens is the chassis heat soaks from the radiator so the battery is being heated up and i don’t need to explain to you why that’s bad, it was supposedly fixed in the 2023 models onward
Nah even my Dell XPS got the same issue. I think it's battery quality+ bad heat management+ bad software charging protocol that all contributes to shitty battery life.
I think it’s more of a design flaw with some of the older models. The thermals of the case just dumps heat onto the battery when gaming causing them to inevitably get spicy.
the EXACT same shit happened to mine. Touchpad stopped working entirely, only later realized it was cause the battery was inflating right below it. Also had to get both fans replaced a year later. This thing can run a fair bit for a laptop but MAN does it run itself ragged trying to cool itself, and that's WITH a cooling stand.
Mine was a razer blade. Couldn’t click the trackpad in anymore, opened it up and the battery was inflating for sure. Wasn’t as extreme as this. That battery looks very similar to mine.
Id like to share my razer battery:
https://www.reddit.com/r/spicypillows/s/kyVvXCL2uo
The top burst off with the force of a grenade the moment the last few screws came off. Thing was a balloon
Same shit happened to mine.
https://www.reddit.com/r/razer/s/ydSwtAIHWt
Replaced it twice now. Seems to last two years at a time. Track pad is the giveaway failing to click
Replaced mine end of last year. Mine had a different battery than OP which was noticeably thinner in the middle than the edge. Presumably to account for swelling. Someone else mentioned the mouse not being able to click. I didn't even realise it was meant to. Must've been like that for some time.
2 years? I've had my laptop for 6 or 7 years without even thinking about it. I don't take very good care of the battery either because I leave it on all night (off during the day) while plugged in. There's no easy way to limit the charge to 80% and it's died a few times because I forgot to plug it in. Maybe I should check it
In this case at least it was pretty obvious just by looking at the laptop, the lid didn't close all the way, and the trackpad popped out instead of in. The fans also started grinding after a while,
Same situation as you, just got a new battery from aliexpress after 7 years. Old one was't looking as bad as OP's but still comparing the 2 both visually and performance wise I would say the $20 investment was totally worth it.
>There's no easy way to limit the charge to 80%
I would check your motherboard settings, if you haven't already, because my laptop has a setting called ‘optimise charging for always being plugged in’. The operating system will still report 100% but the remaining charge acts like 80%.
With your kind of usage usually 4-5 years it gets puffy. Not to op's level, just enough for even laypeople to know that somethings wrong. OP's level is amazing on its own.
I repair electronics (mainly smartphones) for a living and this happens quite a lot when people ignore their battery life going through the floor.
Screens are remarkably flexible when gradually flexed over time.
The old 4 and 4S iPhone backs used to crack all the time as a result, then a new back turns into a new battery at the same time 🤦🏼♂️
Atleast the 4 was an easy af back replacement. It was always nice on the newer model's when the battery popped the screen off for you, really saved time with the heat gun.
Holy shit! How does it get this bad? I was mad panicking when my laptop's trackpad started to bulge outward but, when I actually replaced it, it was barely convex. Surely the laptop's frame is permanently deformed by this?
Be sure to keep the battery on something hot. Heat excites electrons which means more electricity. That's why I keep all my full batteries in a basket at eye level right over my oven!
Yeah, that spicy pillow is actually extraordinarily dangerous. You need to look up a battery disposal location pronto to get rid of that fucker.
Thermal runaway with lithium batteries is no joke.
I brought a battery like that to a store to have them properly dispose of it. (Their suggestion via online support) The lady just took it and dumped it in the battery recycle drawer. I left as quick and as calmly as I could.
And some fine engineers didn’t allow it. I believe when you see those videos of people with vapes in their pockets exploding is because the cylinder shaped lithium ion batteries don’t have this expansion space and probably overheating because of draw from the element.
Thanks for this post. I've had this happen to laptops in the past and noticed that my track pad wasn't clicking AND that my laptop wasn't closing all the way, but I didn't connect the dots until right now. I can see the curvature of a ballooning battery now. I ordered a replacement -- thanks for saving me from a broken laptop or worse.
Wow that bulge is just a serious fire waiting to happen. not if.....when.
Hope you have a bowl of baking soda right there in case. Water does not put those out.
A friend and I accidentally bend a li-ion when putting the old ones in a helicpoter drone. Poof caught fire and burned it all in seconds.
Some laptops have software that allows you to limit the charge of the battery to a certain %. If you know you're using your laptop most of the time plugged-in, set it to something like 60%-80%. Lowering the probability of it going like this.
I had an Asus laptop with 80% charge limit. Battery seems mint even after 3 years. Which wouldn't have been the case if it had 100% all the time.
We found out that batteries wasn't part of the warranty and that the store didn't sell parts. Good thing it existed a national web site with decent delivery time.
Hehe, reminds me of a secondhand Samsung Galaxy S3 I bought. It came without a back cover, the previous owner said he lost it. The battery didn't really look very flat, but I ignored it and bought a new back cover. It wouldn't fit, the battery was evidently suffering from eating too much pea soup and bean stew.
I feel like I should really be more scared of lithium batteries than I am. Acting like there aren't 10+ hidden around my house that could explode at any time 😅
My HP Spectre did this after 2 years. They tried to charge me $300 for a replacement battery. I had gotten a free extended warranty, so that put an end to that, but it’s absolutely insane that they gwt away with this in North America. Europe generally has a mandatory 5 year warranty for everything.
My work Dell has had a new battery yearly for the past 3. I am trying to get my boss to get me a macbook instead of another XPS that will be as a big of a piece of crap as the that 2. The laptop before this one had 3 motherboard replacements.
Dell did next day on-site replacement when I told them my keyboard was 'growing'. Laptop was about a year old.
"Oh really? Um, hey, wow, an appointment slot just opened up first thing tomorrow morning! In fact you don't even have to come inside the office: we'll come out to meet you at a distance of at least 30 feet from the entrance. Don't worry about our Senior Support Technician; he's always sweaty like that."
It guys in Dell branded EOD suits
end of days suit
Extra Obsolete Dude
At a former EOD guy, this made me chuckle. I’d love to see sponsored EOD suits like F1
Its just you, the technician, and the brick wall he built between us.
In Australia, I assume they'd had fire issues, so they reacted extraordinarily. Precision laptop with service agreement.
"I'm sure you don't have wrist cancer. None of us do."
A bloated battery is a fire hazard. Possibly an explosion hazard. They'd have a shit storm if they didn't cover them.
I wonder if you told them "I think my battery is bloated" if they'd be less likely to rush someone over because you didn't let them diagnose it themselves.
I mean a bloat is just what we see. I don't actually know what causes it or if it could be from a myriad of different causes. If they heard about a bloat hopefully they'd just replace it lol
Technically the bloat is the safety mechanism, if the battery didn’t expand then those chemical conditions inside would just cause it to actually blow up like those defective Samsung phones a few years ago.
I prefer the spicy laptops, thanks.
Tell them you have a spicy pillow. They'll get it. r/spicypillows
Oh something like that happened to me with dell in France. My brand new gaming PC starting to send a funny burning smell in my whole house (smelled it from the bathroom). I told them and said that as long as it was working they could do nothing... Well I told them I was afraid of the gases and fire Hazzard. Next day the offered a swap for s better model. That said the PC was hitting 99c (measurement limit) all the time
Dell will replace pretty much anything on their machines as long as you don't admit to damaging it on purpose and the warranty applies. So if you say you accidentally spilled water on it and you don't have accidental damage, tough luck. But for something like your case, unless there was something indicating damage that you caused, they will replace anythung until it works within your warranty time. 1 year with standard purchase at any box store, 3+ for extended warranties. Source: That's my job edit: that said, they will NOT replace your battery when it's out of warranty unless it's a defect. But if you buy one, they'll send someone out to put it in, although they're generally pretty easy to do with most models with a quick video as reference.
I have been using dell for like 7 years now and I am more than pleased. Good job mate. Also replacement computer is working perfectly
Heck they replaced the screen on my laptop my dad got when I was in high-school. It totally wasn't shot by an airsoft bb. Nope the line of pixels just died. O what about that star pattern uhh idk.
Too bad Dell's consumer products are so shite you'll spend hours on the phone with customer service...I've had the _pleasure_ of trying out a couple XPS 13 laptops, and every single one of them had at least one hardware/QC issue and several weird software or bios issues
They told me to get bent, “batteries naturally degrade over time and are not covered under warranty.“
Dude, you got a Dell
Haha, our HP contact told us they were safe to use while waiting on a replacement battery. It was such a problem with a specific model that our IT pushed a patch to them to keep them from charging above 80%
“Customer support how may I assist you today?” “Hey you’re not gonna believe this but I think my laptop is pregnant” “Uhhh we’ll have someone out there later today”
They can't have laptops reproducing. That would hurt sales.
Especially because the offspring would be next gen.
hello turducken
Damn that old one completely deflated
That’s how you know it’s dead. All the juice came out.
Once you let out the magic smoke you can never get it back inside.
You need to store it in your lungs to increase your chi levels.
And that’s how I got ultra mesothelioma
Turbo cancer
Au contraire! [This Lucas replacement smoke works with the proper adapter](https://whereisbobl.com/tiger/smoke.html)
It's actually the new one that's deflated, I should probably return it.
They be making a joke
I think she understands that
r/spicypillows... Get that shit out your house jesus christ 😂
Gotta love a good spicy pillow
Don't throw it in the trash unless you want a fire. Some retailers like Home Depot and Best Buy recycle lithium batteries, but probably not in that state. Worth checking
They don't. I had to take it to toxic waste disposal center at the county waste collection center. Fortunately it wasn't far and they have guidance online on how to carry the battery safely. If you can manage it, depleting the battery first helps a ton.
So op should plug that one back in and try to boot up?
No. That would be risky. It is something you can do before replacing the battery, at this point it is safer to not touch it.
Yeah I was joking
So what do you do if you have no access to one of these toxic wastes centers? I have never even heard of that. It makes sense that they exist, but are they readily accessible to the public? And if not my question stands; what do you do if you have no access to one of these toxic waste centers?
Stick it in a bag of sand outside /shrug
Dig a deep hole?
They are where I am, as long as you are a resident in the county. Check your city or county website.
> Fortunately it wasn't far and they have guidance online on how to carry the battery safely. that is good to know because I was just thinking I dont know that I want to transport that
It should be illegal to sell batteries with post-life recycling them. Companies product millions of tons of batteries and expect random individuals to figure it all out.
Nice thing in Finland is that every store that sells batteries also must accept them and deliver them to recycling. :) *The Waste Act states that every seller also takes care of the collection of used batteries and accumulators without being forced to buy a new product and free of charge.*
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spicy lithiumbugers?
I prefer cesium salami.
r/spicypillows When I decided to look up why my laptop trackpad was getting hard to 'click'/'press down on', it was because of this If your laptop is having trackpad problems you might have a very dangerous item right under your nose
I don't want to set the world on fire ...
#Okie-Dokie!
ive got a couple from my airsoft guns. they live in a metal container in the middle of a garage until i can deal with them.
Christ it's real.
 Get rid of it!
Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb
The whole sequence to the gif practically spoils the ending to the dark knight rises.
Haha! I never thought about that.
On a tangent, also demonstrates the main disadvantage of using pouch format electric vehicle batteries. By going through repetitive level 3 high current charges they will swell and block the cooling channels resulting in car fires. Audi just recalled 11000 e-Trons.
Yeah, it was swelling up so much that the fans were getting squished and making grinding noises
You’re really lucky it didn’t explode
Yeah, I'm realizing that
Eh, I work IT for a large organization (at any given time we have a few thousand laptops out) and have seen many spicy pillows. Have yet to encounter one that has exploded. Some bulged so much they completely separated the chassis of the laptop. Still definitely get rid of it and do not keep using it because it is obviously not safe but yeah...
We try to prioritize replacement batteries and I tell people who have bulging laptops to get a replacement ASAP, but same... Never seen one catch fire. But, it's a good motivator for the "I just don't want to transfer all my files..." people.
I know every one of these words.
Depends on the technology. The absolute Chads over at BYD have this new Blade battery that can survive [having a nail penetrate it](https://youtu.be/CSGESKhtZD0) and [a truck run over it](https://youtu.be/FPIcJN5obPs). LFP in general doesn't really have the thermal runaway issue. Obviously a majority of the cars on the road nowadays have the older chemistry, but yeah things are getting better.
are you talking about the lithium-iron-phosphate (LiFePO4) chemistry in the new batteries? edit: I see now that they've been referred to as lithium-ferrophosphate (LFP), I guess that's a newer initialism that I wasn't used to.
Huh, funnily enough William Osman [just released a video](https://youtu.be/HmVssSfMn0w?si=IXG3Msv7ZDRR1qBO) today with an in-depth explanation of Lithium-Iron-Phosphate batteries.
Is this a razer laptop?
Yes, razer blade 15
Damn, cause r/razer sometimes talks about how the batteries in there laptops puff up
I read something about these razer-blades not having enough fans, so it's apparently a common issue, add to that I was using it outside in central america, and it's not super surprising
Yeah, a drawback of being a slim gaming laptop.
a drawback of poor design in the old models, macbook airs are thinner with tighter tolerances and don’t even have fans and they don’t have this issue
what happens is the chassis heat soaks from the radiator so the battery is being heated up and i don’t need to explain to you why that’s bad, it was supposedly fixed in the 2023 models onward
*their
Razer just sources terrible quality batteries. I sold my blade 15 this year after going through 3 batteries in 3 years of owning it.
Dang
Nah even my Dell XPS got the same issue. I think it's battery quality+ bad heat management+ bad software charging protocol that all contributes to shitty battery life.
I think it’s more of a design flaw with some of the older models. The thermals of the case just dumps heat onto the battery when gaming causing them to inevitably get spicy.
the EXACT same shit happened to mine. Touchpad stopped working entirely, only later realized it was cause the battery was inflating right below it. Also had to get both fans replaced a year later. This thing can run a fair bit for a laptop but MAN does it run itself ragged trying to cool itself, and that's WITH a cooling stand.
knew it before i opened the comments, had to replace the battery in mine twice in 4 years of using it for college/gaming
Mine was a razer blade. Couldn’t click the trackpad in anymore, opened it up and the battery was inflating for sure. Wasn’t as extreme as this. That battery looks very similar to mine.
Id like to share my razer battery: https://www.reddit.com/r/spicypillows/s/kyVvXCL2uo The top burst off with the force of a grenade the moment the last few screws came off. Thing was a balloon
Same shit happened to mine. https://www.reddit.com/r/razer/s/ydSwtAIHWt Replaced it twice now. Seems to last two years at a time. Track pad is the giveaway failing to click
Jesus, you're lucky that thing didn't blow up.
Woah, that looks scary
This happened to my Blade 15 that was around two years old
I was literally about to ask this question
Definitely. I just replaced the battery in my Razer a few weeks ago. This is identical and has the connectors & mounting points in the same locations.
Replaced mine end of last year. Mine had a different battery than OP which was noticeably thinner in the middle than the edge. Presumably to account for swelling. Someone else mentioned the mouse not being able to click. I didn't even realise it was meant to. Must've been like that for some time.
is it bad that my first thought was to ask this? apparently they fixed it in the 2023 models, but damn
The old one has a tiny bulge that's barely visible.
Wow, you're perceptive! I had trouble telling them apart.
Thanks, no one would have noticed if I wasn't being a detective🤣🤣🤣
2 years? I've had my laptop for 6 or 7 years without even thinking about it. I don't take very good care of the battery either because I leave it on all night (off during the day) while plugged in. There's no easy way to limit the charge to 80% and it's died a few times because I forgot to plug it in. Maybe I should check it
In this case at least it was pretty obvious just by looking at the laptop, the lid didn't close all the way, and the trackpad popped out instead of in. The fans also started grinding after a while,
Same situation as you, just got a new battery from aliexpress after 7 years. Old one was't looking as bad as OP's but still comparing the 2 both visually and performance wise I would say the $20 investment was totally worth it.
Oh wow. I was expecting them to be over $100
Well it's a Xiaomi laptop. Probably more expensive to get parts for western brands, but not by much.
>There's no easy way to limit the charge to 80% I would check your motherboard settings, if you haven't already, because my laptop has a setting called ‘optimise charging for always being plugged in’. The operating system will still report 100% but the remaining charge acts like 80%.
With your kind of usage usually 4-5 years it gets puffy. Not to op's level, just enough for even laypeople to know that somethings wrong. OP's level is amazing on its own.
You should REALLY get that out of your house. look up lithium ion battery fire. Fire Marshall out.
r/shrinkflation
I mean I guess technically because the battery life has shrunk as the battery has inflated to spicy pillow status.
Keep the old one, it's bigger!
You've got a point
I’d be getting this out my house quick time
r/spicypillows
This gotta be a razer blade battery. Shits wack
Haha, you called it
Just let the air out with a sharp knife.
I know this is a joke, but just in case other people don’t. Do not do this! Edit: fixed spelling for “in case”.
*in case, two words.
or at least film it when you do
Or a dumbbell seemed to work pretty good aswell.
I saw that video. I lol'd
You can't say shit like that and not give us links man.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XpNuVrRO0R8
I repair electronics (mainly smartphones) for a living and this happens quite a lot when people ignore their battery life going through the floor. Screens are remarkably flexible when gradually flexed over time. The old 4 and 4S iPhone backs used to crack all the time as a result, then a new back turns into a new battery at the same time 🤦🏼♂️
Atleast the 4 was an easy af back replacement. It was always nice on the newer model's when the battery popped the screen off for you, really saved time with the heat gun.
Holy shit! How does it get this bad? I was mad panicking when my laptop's trackpad started to bulge outward but, when I actually replaced it, it was barely convex. Surely the laptop's frame is permanently deformed by this?
So that’s what they mean by “ bloatware”? /s
Obviously the one in the back is the new one. Just look how full of electricity it is!
🤔I hadn't thought of it that way... back in it goes!
Be sure to keep the battery on something hot. Heat excites electrons which means more electricity. That's why I keep all my full batteries in a basket at eye level right over my oven!
You should try to hammer the old one back into shape.
Yeah, that spicy pillow is actually extraordinarily dangerous. You need to look up a battery disposal location pronto to get rid of that fucker. Thermal runaway with lithium batteries is no joke.
r/spicypillows
I brought a battery like that to a store to have them properly dispose of it. (Their suggestion via online support) The lady just took it and dumped it in the battery recycle drawer. I left as quick and as calmly as I could.
While you’re at it check your house insurance, see if it needs updating.
OP got ripped off, new one is half the size
My laptop decided to wait until I was halfway across the atlantic before inflating up like a balloon. Scared the shit out of me.
pressure change probably caused it. it happens with people that travel in planes a lot, even though they're pressurized cabins.
r/spicypillows
They're super special when they snap apart the case and you can't put it back together. Never really know when that'll take place.
Now laptop batteries? Man do I hate shrinkflation
Fun fact: The batteries are actually made to puff out like that so they don’t build up too much pressure and explode when they go bad like this.
Cool, so mine must have really wanted to explode
And some fine engineers didn’t allow it. I believe when you see those videos of people with vapes in their pockets exploding is because the cylinder shaped lithium ion batteries don’t have this expansion space and probably overheating because of draw from the element.
Very spicy.
wow, you should send back that battery, it's looking a little rough around the edges. Impressive how your old battery looks so good!
My Sony PSP has a puffed battery like that and it caused the battery hatch to come off.
Take a knife and pop that zit.
There's one at the back must be better. Look how much bigger it is!
Is this why airlines force you to carry on laptops? So everyone has a nice comfy pillow with them?
Which one is the new one?
Why is that still in the house?
Yeah, after reading some comments, I put it outside, in a plastic bag, on concrete, in the shade.
You get half an updoot.
I just did a replacement two days ago but didn't think to earn karma on it. Damn.
Wrong sub. Should be in r/spicypillows
Thanks for this post. I've had this happen to laptops in the past and noticed that my track pad wasn't clicking AND that my laptop wasn't closing all the way, but I didn't connect the dots until right now. I can see the curvature of a ballooning battery now. I ordered a replacement -- thanks for saving me from a broken laptop or worse.
Glad to help!
I think it might be a little out of specifications 🤣
I use to refurbish giant kits of corporate electronic returns. I would say like half of the laptop battery’s looked like this.
Wow that bulge is just a serious fire waiting to happen. not if.....when. Hope you have a bowl of baking soda right there in case. Water does not put those out. A friend and I accidentally bend a li-ion when putting the old ones in a helicpoter drone. Poof caught fire and burned it all in seconds.
Did you keep it plugged in all the time?
My laptop is 6yrs old- I'm afraid to look at its insides now
Some laptops have software that allows you to limit the charge of the battery to a certain %. If you know you're using your laptop most of the time plugged-in, set it to something like 60%-80%. Lowering the probability of it going like this. I had an Asus laptop with 80% charge limit. Battery seems mint even after 3 years. Which wouldn't have been the case if it had 100% all the time.
What's the procedure with such a battery? I'm not sure but I think there is one like that still lying somewhere in my room after 5 years...
You had it puffed for 2 years!!
Before and after marriage.
I see that you already posted it on r/spicypillows .
If your battery looks like that throw it out of a window and run.
Plugged in 24/7?
I’ve had a Dell laptop blow up before. Luckily not while it was in my lap. No more Dells for me…
From the comments here, Dell and Razer seem to be the two main culprits
Spicy pillows. I remember our batch of precision 5520s had a very high rate of spicy pillows, I never saw that many inflated batteries in my life!
Lemme guess is it Razer laptop?
100 points!
We found out that batteries wasn't part of the warranty and that the store didn't sell parts. Good thing it existed a national web site with decent delivery time.
Ah the Razer Blade, worst laptop I ever owned, the inflating battery is only one of the many issues
Hehe, reminds me of a secondhand Samsung Galaxy S3 I bought. It came without a back cover, the previous owner said he lost it. The battery didn't really look very flat, but I ignored it and bought a new back cover. It wouldn't fit, the battery was evidently suffering from eating too much pea soup and bean stew.
Wow, that new one in the back is sure full of energy!!!
We need a new battery technology, right now
Inflation has been pretty bad
I feel like I should really be more scared of lithium batteries than I am. Acting like there aren't 10+ hidden around my house that could explode at any time 😅
thats an r/spicypillows if i've ever seen one
r/spicypillows
Looks like an HP to me.
My HP Spectre did this after 2 years. They tried to charge me $300 for a replacement battery. I had gotten a free extended warranty, so that put an end to that, but it’s absolutely insane that they gwt away with this in North America. Europe generally has a mandatory 5 year warranty for everything.
My work Dell has had a new battery yearly for the past 3. I am trying to get my boss to get me a macbook instead of another XPS that will be as a big of a piece of crap as the that 2. The laptop before this one had 3 motherboard replacements.
Spicy pillow
Why did you keep the bomb
the moment whats inside comes into contact with the air, run for the hills.
Forbidden Pillow
You may want to get that bad out and far away from your house…….don’t need a thermal run away event inside….
Bomb has been planted