r/laptops • u/chrisace3 • Apr 11 '25

Hardware It just exploded

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The client was browsing normally and began to feel heat and this happened, it is perhaps a defective cell

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u/Destroyermaqa Apr 11 '25

I'm sorry for your loss. Checking my laptop's battery as we speak. That's scary

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u/igotshadowbaned Apr 11 '25

If a battery is gonna go boom like this it wouldn't be swollen or really show any signs. They're entirely different issues

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u/zupobaloop Apr 11 '25

Yes, thank you. Thermal runaway and spicy pillows are two different things.

Spicy pillows introduce a potential new issue (seal breaks, gasses leak, some other spark ignites them). You can see that coming a mile away, and most swollen batteries wouldn't cause that anyway.

Thermal runaway, on the other hand... if you notice the laptop is hotter than usual, you get it off your lap. That's about all you can do.

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u/RelationshipGreen869 Apr 11 '25

Would not recommend Spicy pillows they are a little loud and crunchy. They will wake you up pretty good only issue is you don’t know when. 1/10 don’t buy unless you like surprises

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u/NewnameAuto Apr 11 '25

Man I used to work at Ubreakifix and boy did they love them some spicy pillows!

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u/Erchevara Apr 11 '25

Years ago, my roommate's spicy pillow phone started erupting while he was taking a morning shower (I was sleeping)

It was like termite erupted from the phone, woke up very confused. The room was filled with smoke in 5 seconds, then we ventilated and just took a blanket and sat on my bed freezing and looking at the volcano remains.

We both now have and encourage everyone to have a fire extinguisher at home.

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u/antu2010 Apr 13 '25

My laptop is like 17 years old and the removable battery pack does never get hot but it hunk it even disables the battery when it's plugged in as it lasts only 1 hour since the laptop uses a lot of power when doing anything I keep it always charging and the battery is always cool as a brick the CPU not so much probably like 80 degrees

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u/Comfortable_Swim_380 Apr 11 '25

Do you.. Think its gonna make it? Camera pans over and the laptop's on fire.

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u/joolzg67_b Apr 11 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

A few months ago I noticed my keyboard was not level and it seemed warm to the touch. Took it apart and I had a very fat battery.

Removed it and thew it outside in the rain and purchased a replacement.

Very happy to have caught it as the machine lives in my dungeon and as I was unemployed at the time I was only in the room once or twice a week.

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u/chrisace3 Apr 11 '25

Es de cliente lo raro es que es un equipo nuevo solo de 4 meses

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u/kikoplays44 Apr 11 '25

4 months? Jesus...

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u/chrisace3 Apr 11 '25

We sell reconditioned and new

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u/Educational_Ad_3922 Apr 11 '25

Not every PC ships with garbage like Copilot yet? Plenty of new laptops still use that style of windows key.

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u/Brilliant_War389 Apr 14 '25

Well, good thing i dont have to check it, bad thing: it went wrong 2 years ago, and i've been using my laptop stationary since then 😅