Why is my laptop bulging?
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2021
- Removing a bulging / swelling / puffy battery from a MacBook pro laptop
This happens with all kinds of laptops when the battery fails and is dangerous because lithium batteries can catch on fire and are very hard to extinguish.
Thanks, was wondering why my touchpad looked like it was going to explode
You are a lifesaver! Too bad I found your video a little too late the bulging in my laptop is so bad the touchpad was completely lifted off, the chassis is made of plastic so the bulging actually broke it and has a few cracks. The touchpad was getting annoying and I decided to take it off since I use a wired mouse :( still wish I found your video like 2 months ago. Thanks again
Oh man bummer, well glad you liked the video. Yeah this happened to my work laptop too and it got pretty warped/trashed. Seems like a common issue.
@@CircuitAnalysis so if I remove the battery, can I use the laptop still, while it's on the charger cause I don't move it either way
As I showed in the video, mine worked without the battery. I can't guarantee yours will too but I think it is likely that it will work with just the charger plugged in.
@@CircuitAnalysis I have the Asus f555l and the battery pack is under the left side of the mouse pad
Bulg battery easy explode
Batteries swell in a lot of laptops. Microsoft surface ones especially it seems.
Yeah I've had 2 so far, it's crazy!
Thanks for this video... so I see that you can just use the charger without the battery? I'm looking at where to get the replacement parts, do you have any recommendations for where to get parts? I see a lot on Amazon...
Yes mine worked while plugged in with no battery. I don't know where to get the parts, I just got a new computer to be honest.
wow, amazing! Just what i needed thanks!
You're welcome!
My Gateway Laptop has a bulging battery and the fan is super super loud. I have been continuously charging it 24/7 while using which could be the culprit I think. Definitely gonna have to get rid of it cuz the fan is extremely loud and the trackpad is about to break
Yeah lithium ion prefers to be about 50% charged for best longevity, but it's just not realistic unless you have an app that can keep it there. My Lenovo came with an app that lets you keep it at 60% if you're just leaving it plugged in. In general though although it will degrade faster the battery should not swell up, that is definitely a defect in my opinion.
What should I do to prevent the swelling in the first place? My laptop has the functionality to stop charging at 60%, so as long as I keep it plugged in, the percentage is always at 60%, drops a bit when I turn it off and unplug it, then goes back up when plugged again. Can this lessen the chance of swelling or is it also doing some harm?
I think the main factors are temperature, state of charge (full charge being worse) and manufacturer defect. You can't do anything to prevent a defect, but you can try to keep it cool and the 60% state of charge function is good if it's available and you're keeping it plugged in all the time. I also noticed with another laptop that had the battery swell I had it in a stand so it was vertical and the back was down so the heat from the processor and other circuits was at the bottom and rising up into the battery which was under the trackpad. I think if may have been better if I had oriented it with the front side with the battery facing down so the battery stayed cooler. Good luck!
Cheer~~~a rounded swelling or protuberance that distorts a flat surface.😊
is it okay to leave it on if the swelling is not that big like slightly puffed out?...I just removed my laptop batter because it is slightly swelling its like 25% fatter than it's regular size...I don't know if its still ok to put it back.. I am still earning a budget to buy a replacement
I would not risk it, I would just use the laptop with the AC power adapter. Check if you have any warranties or anything and ask the manufacturer and/or store you got it from if they can replace it for free? It's definitely a defective battery.
@@CircuitAnalysis warranty ended a long time ago I bought my laptop 4 years ago... I was using my laptop using AC power for now... Fortunately there's a lot of spare battery on sale for my laptop.. Thanks for the advice anyway... I was still looking for e waste stations or recycling stations in my area that accepts battery..
Super Appreciated
Awesome, thanks for watching!
im just worried about mine after heard about how a laptop battery could be swollen, my keyboard and touchpad seems fine and also the back doesnt seem to be extruded, and laptop battery life is also normal, what are other signs of swollen laptop battery?
That's it, if you don't see any bulging then you should be fine. The first sign for me was a growing gap when you close the lid, like it didn't close all the way because it was hitting the bulge in the middle of the keyboard. Most of them are fine though so if you don't have a problem then don't worry about it.
some laptops get to go through some years of use and doesnt bulge, what exactly is causing the bulge? is it the heat from the device itself?
I'm not a battery expert, but the same thing happened to my HP laptop when I had it folded up in a stand behind my monitor during the warmer part of the year. I realized that I had it oriented with the back of the computer facing down and in my case the battery was under the mousepad, making it at the top. Therefore I figured all the heat from the processor and everything was rising up into the battery. Since then I've made an effort to put my new one in the stand the other way so the back is up and the battery is at the bottom and I've had no issues, but then it could also just have been a manufacturing defect.
I know it's important to always do a back up when you repair things, but if you simply remove a bloated battery will it erase your Itunes Music Library? I was planning to move my my music on a micro sd card but since my cursor pad is warped because of the battery it's difficult to high light and drag things.
I'm buying a new macbook pro next month, so I simply want this hazardous battery removed and will just use this old mac plugged in. So if I'm simply removing the battery only will it erase the Itunes Music ?
Btw, your lucky and gifted to remove the battery by yourself instead of taking it to an apple store which I dread since I don't know if they ask for your password or can simply remove the battery only with no
replacement.
Your hard drive which stores your music and all other files does not require any power to keep the files stored, so no, removing the battery will not erase your music. It will just make your laptop more like a desktop in that it will only run while you have it plugged in. A bloated bat is a defect though so I would go ahead and ask apple if if is covered under any warranty or anything.
Thank you so much for your expeditious reply to my inquiry especially from a non-tech person as myself, I
was really stressing over this before proceeding with the battery removal, so once again I appreciated!
Oh, so that's why my laptop is bulging.
It's been like this for a year or two... I dunno if that's a good thing.
Hah crazy! Well at least is hasn't completely failed yet. I believe mine was still kinda working as well when I removed it.
Oh I was not able to remove the screws near the battery of my Macbook pro mid 2012 any help?
Yeah the screws as I showed in the video were some sort of 3 pointed custom head (1:40) so if you want to be super legit you'd need to buy a special screw driver for that. I assume someone probably sells them on amazon or aliexpress, but I didn't need it since my battery broke itself off one screw for me and I was able to get the other out with a Philips driver. One thing though is make sure you don't have any warrenties or that Apple won't fix it for you before you start trying to do anything yourself, since it is a defect that should not happen in the first place.
This just happened to my old 2010 MacBook Pro. It’s been just sitting on my desk for months.
Bummer! Yea this one was just sitting there unplugged.
Very helpful video. Thanks..:) my laptop bottom panel below touch pad ripped off...it's Hp elite book. What should I do?
Oh bummer, I have an elitebook, but I don't know that I have much advice for that. Is it the whole bottom of the laptop or is it more like the top part surrounding the mouse pad?
@@CircuitAnalysis it's the bottom panel below the mouse pad.
@@arunsannigeri Did the battery bulge and push it off or did it just fall off?
@@CircuitAnalysis I suspect the battery has bulged...the corner screws are intact but the middle portion came off from the panel
Yeah sounds like it. I would check and see if you can return it or if you have a warranty on it and if so then back up all your junk and return it or send it back to HP. If not, then I would unscrew the back and remove the battery. Either way, keep an eye on it because those batteries are dangerous and can catch on fire, so you want to keep it in a metal bucked or a bucket with sand or somewhere where it won't burn your house down if it does ignite. I have had 2 laptop batteries do that last year and neither actually caught on fire, but I removed both batteries and put them in a metal can in my garage. What I'm trying to say is don't freak out because it's probably not going to catch on fire, but don't ignore it because it's certainly a possibility. If you do end up taking the battery out you can still use the laptop when it's plugged in, and you can always buy a replacement battery.
how do I dispose of the battery?
It depends on where you live. I live in Seattle and there is a Hazardous Waste drop-off site that the city runs.
I have a Lenovo laptop, and I can feel that the top (cover) is bulging, I can literally press it. I think it is not about the battery, is it normal for some laptop to have a bulging cover that can literally be pressed?
Doesn't sound normal to me. Thanks for watching!
@@CircuitAnalysis thank you for replying! What do you think might be reason why?
@@grayssegv8423 Are you talking about it bulging on the back side of the screen?
So i have elitebook×360 and my batter got swollen , i got a new battery month before ,but battery is working good , what should i do now ?
If your new battery is swollen then get a refund/replacement!
@@CircuitAnalysis no they did replace my battery, and didn't give me refund insead i am using my laptop with the same battery :(
What happens if we can’t take away the battery? How can we be safe without it exploding or catching on fire
Send it back to the manufacturer! If the battery is bulging then it is defective and not safe to use in my opinion.
Mine was top left of the keyboard and was heating up almost exploding(after an install of new Windows update,
how bad is it? Please help)
Oh yeah that doesn't sound good, I hope you have some kind of warranty or can get if fixed. I hear they really can catch on fire so be careful, don't use it or charge it and keep it somewhere cool where it won't burn your house down.
@@CircuitAnalysis but If you have a battery in the back (the circular ones that can get taken out without dissasemblement, what does get swollen under the keyboard?)
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*@Circuit Analysis but If you have a battery in the back (the circular ones that can get taken out without dissasemblement, what does get swollen under the keyboard?)*
I don't know what it could be if it's not the battery? Does yours have 2 batteries or something? If you figure it out I'd be curious to know?
@@CircuitAnalysis sorry, I just now rememberd to respond to this,
So the plastic cover over the cpu and gpu are the ones that were bulging, but the thing in the back was actually the battery of the laptop
TANKYOU
Thanks for watching!
I had the battery replaced by Apple 2.5years ago for $200 and now it’s happened again - battery swollen and need another. These laptops are absolute garbage in terms of the battery swelling issue
Wow yeah crazy, I had that macbook and an HP with the same thing so I guess it's a widespread issue.
That result non stop charge end like this
Yeah the funny thing is that the laptop in this video was not plugged in when the battery swelled up, it was just being stored.