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...
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.A poke is dangerous! It needs to be a diagonal slice of at least 1 cm.