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Post by tomxor »

tzaman wrote: post #9
dictum wrote: post #6

A similar phenomenon is that of swollen lithium ion batteries: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=swollen+battery

A victim here. My 2007 MacBook Pro started to swell on the bottom after a couple of years, didn't think much of it, it was a tiny bump at first, but then it almost doubled in thickness so I replaced it with a cheap Chinese knockoff (was broke at the time due to starting a startup), and the same thing happened in about a year. Lesson learned.

same in 2009 model, i'm using it right now, (without OS X of course). there is now a 4-2mm lip on the underside where the battery panel is being pushed out. I still get about 40mins and seems to have stopped swelling so what the heck :P Anyway these days Apple sells those sort of things as "features"... lets call it a "leg gripping lip" allows lap usage at strange angles.

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Post by TheSpiceIsLife »

tomxor wrote: post #11
tzaman wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A victim here. My 2007 MacBook Pro started to swell on the bottom after a couple of years, didn't think much of it, it was a tiny bump at first, but then it almost doubled in thickness so I replaced it with a cheap Chinese knockoff (was broke at the time due to starting a startup), and the same thing happened in about a year. Lesson learned.

same in 2009 model, i'm using it right now, (without OS X of course). there is now a 4-2mm lip on the underside where the battery panel is being pushed out. I still get about 40mins and seems to have stopped swelling so what the heck :P Anyway these days Apple sells those sort of things as "features"... lets call it a "leg gripping lip" allows lap usage at strange angles.

As a community services announcement: you should probably replace that battery immediately.

It might never burn your house down while you sleep, but someone else might read your comment and think it's okay.

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Post by justifier »

Whenever I have friends give me electronics stead throwing them away, without actual data, id say 95% of the time it's a capacitor

I really wish manufacturing encouraged easy swap components stead filling landfills

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Post by ACow_Adonis »

tomxor wrote: post #10
BatFastard wrote: post #5

Almost every one of my Samsung Monitors I bought between 2000 and 2007 has experienced this problem. I went thru and replaced them and now my 17 year old 19 inch monitors work like a charm.

I will never get this lucky charm obsession with miniature online success stories.

I used to and experience . But then I . Now I .

There's a bot/AI application in there somewhere. Of course, this is one of those "we spent so long thinking about whether we could, we didn't stop to ask whether we should" type projects...

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Post by mitchty »

ysleepy wrote: post #14

I remember soldering in new caps into a PIII Abit Mainboard that stopped working. Good times... (haha maybe not) But the issue was known to interested parties and generally publicised.

I thought caps are generally the first thing you look at for any failing/failed electronics? Least I tend to, its pretty easy to spot bulges in electrolytic caps and pop em off then have things magically work again.
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