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    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by sidneyam, Nov 15, 2012.

  1. sidneyam

    sidneyam Notebook Enthusiast

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    So one day I noticed my Li-Po battery in my W860CU wasn't sitting flush with the chassis. I proceeded to take it out and realized it was bad because there was a lump which indicates a dead cell. Soooo....I was wondering if it's safe to leave it in the battery bay because my laptop would have a wobble and one of the tabs are on the battery itself. I just don't want it exploding on me or anything like that.
     
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    Tmets De-evolving to Amoeba

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    You could put it in, but tape up the contacts, but I'd personally bin it given the proximity to some bits of my anatomy when on my lap.
     
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  3. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Yes li-ion cells can explode if they go wrong. DO NOT ELECTRICALLY CONNECT IT AGAIN. Dispose of it when you can.
     
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    Get rid of it. A damaged Lithium battery can generate heat up to the point of ignition. USPS started a new policy which would not ship Lithium batteries outside of the states because of this, they didnt want the risk of that on planes. They have however lifted that restriction as of today.
     
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  5. sidneyam

    sidneyam Notebook Enthusiast

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    the fact that i now have a wobble is kinda annoying haha. I'm a little inclined to remove the cells from the battery so i can make a cover for the bay that now has a gigantic hole and a floating SSD
     
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    Still waiting on them to update Publication 52, once they do that then the shipments won't get turned around, but outbound international processing won't start releasing them until Pub 52 gets updated... Which as of right now still hasn't been....
     
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    Looks like as long as its installed in the intended device its fine. Just no sending spare batteries
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    Considering the small number of faulty cells it was always a silly provision. They should have concentrated on the quality of packing.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 15, 2012
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