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    Check your battery. Open your laptop. You might have a bulging battery.

    Discussion in 'ASUS Gaming Notebook Forum' started by link626, Jun 27, 2018.

  1. link626

    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    My GL502VM is a little over a year old, and I never use the battery.

    I opened up my laptop today only to find that the 4 battery cells were bulging.

    Because the plastic case has some room, you wouldn't even know this happened.

    Worst case, one day... kaboom. hard drive gone in blazing lithium fire, Tesla style.

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    link626, Jun 27, 2018
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    link626 Asus GL502VM, Lenovo Y580, Asus K53TA

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    Filed a warranty claim with my credit card, and they gave me a big fat check.
     
    link626, Jul 12, 2018
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    SMOKE_SKULL Notebook Deity

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    Most of my rc car battery bulge. I have a high end balance charger too and that doesnt seem to help. I have a 11V lipo on a bilge pump thats badly bulged and it sits out in the rain for years and no issyu
     
    SMOKE_SKULL, Jul 20, 2018
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    Ratio Tile Notebook Enthusiast

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    @link626, did you file for a warranty claim on the cost of replacing the battery or the whole laptop?

    Do you plan on keeping it and replacing the battery or going for a whole new notebook?
     
    Ratio Tile, Aug 30, 2018
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    Kevin@GenTechPC Company Representative

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    What I am curious is, which credit card company do you have? That's a nice benefit. :)
     
    Kevin@GenTechPC, Sep 18, 2018
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