vistarshookReal Bummer. I also not happy with my purpose. Not battery bulge (yet) but I did get a defective screen.
apseseGood thing you noticed this as it is very dangerous.
Cool GTXThanks for sharing the step to disassemble Obviously if your under warranty .. I would just send it in ... backup your data first so are replacement batteries available for purchase ? Is the charger overcharging ... if laptop is left plugged in all the time ?
qbert123The problem I have is it wont get past the boot screen to backup or access my data my data, I can get into the bios just fine though. It will get to the EVGA logo splash screen with the loading circle thing and just restart; it will do that until I manually shut it down to stop it. I tried loading up a linux distro thinking it was a windows loading error and it also just shuts down once it starts to load. Since I use the computer for work I cant just send it in for repair with all my work data on the hard drives without first backing it up and putting a fresh copy of windows on it.
ty_ger07I pulled out my SC 17. It has been sitting in its box for over a year. No obvious signs of damage. But I don't dare plug it in. These laptops are notorious for draining their batteries, and I am sure that the battery is drained dangerously low. As soon as I plug it in, it could start a dangerous chemical reaction. What good is a laptop if the battery can no longer be trusted?
xvga1ty_ger07I pulled out my SC 17. It has been sitting in its box for over a year. No obvious signs of damage. But I don't dare plug it in. These laptops are notorious for draining their batteries, and I am sure that the battery is drained dangerously low. As soon as I plug it in, it could start a dangerous chemical reaction. What good is a laptop if the battery can no longer be trusted? I have only pulled it out recently to properly use it. I have been charging it every 02 weeks or so, to avoid damaging battery because of low charge. Please do that if you care about battery. I think once per week should be better since I started noticing my battery charges only to 95% despite doing what I did.
topdog__evgaI've never let the battery discharge for long periods of time (it's probably only been fully out of power and shut itself down about 5 times in total, and each time recharged again shortly after).
MeatypawsWell...Now I know why my trackpad is popping up. There goes the "portability" of my laptop. Nothing EVGA can do atm. Warranty ended a year ago. I won't bother buying a new battery then. Thanks for the info everyeone!