Re: MB Pro Battery Failure

From	Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc
Subject	Re: MB Pro Battery Failure
Date	2015-07-29 18:32 -0400
Organization	albasani.net
Message-ID	<mpbka4$sub$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink)
References	<290720151211192722%star@sky.net>

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On 7/29/15 12:11 PM, Davoud wrote:
> My "17-inch, Early 2008" model. This laptop is important to me because
> it contains a piece of astronomy software that is no longer available
> and that the a-hole developer who sold it does not allow it to be
> transferred to a new machine. A while back I gave this machine a new
> lease on life with a terabyte SSD that made it feel like a new machine
> again.
>
> Suddenly, a few days ago, the click-pad (separate from the track pad)
> could not be depressed. I understood immediately that the battery must
> have swollen and was pushing upward against the click-pad. In fact,
> when I removed the battery it popped open
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/primeval/19496710643/>. Luckily, I
> discovered the problem immediately, before it spewed fuming nitric acid
> or GMO wheat or whatever it is all over the place!
>

This would be Plan C or maybe Plan D, but if it all goes south, pull the 
HD, stick it in an external USB housing, then jack it into your new 
computer when you want to run that program.

-- 
The lion may be King of the Jungle, but airdrop him into Antarctica and 
he’s just a penguin’s bitch.
			- Capt. James Pickett

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MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 12:11 -0400
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-07-29 17:08 +0000
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-29 18:32 -0400
    Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 21:22 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-29 19:49 -0700
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-30 10:14 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Savageduck <savageduck1@(REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-07-30 09:11 -0700
          Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 12:17 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 00:17 +0000
  Re: MB Pro Battery Failure David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2015-07-29 22:19 -0700
    Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 09:34 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-30 09:37 -0400
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 12:24 -0400
        Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-30 19:20 -0400
          Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 07:53 -0400
            Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-07-31 23:48 +0000
      Re: MB Pro Battery Failure Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 12:59 -0400
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