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March 13th, 2007

Another swollen MacBook Pro battery

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 5:51 am

Categories: AppleCare, Battery, Hardware, MacBook Pro, Repair, Service

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A reader sent me this picture of his swollen MacBook Pro (17-inch) battery:

Swollen MacBook Pro battery

As of 10 days ago my MBP started acting up when running on battery power, would randomly shut down when fully charged etc. I called AppleCare on Thursday, requested a replacement after convincing them that I had done enough testing to ensure it was a battery issue.

I received a replacement when I got home tonight and just in time because when I got to work this morning and set the book on my desk I noticed it was wobbly. I lifted it up to find the battery burst. (MacBook Pro 17" CD 2.16GHz)

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  • Talkback
  • Most Recent of 38 Talkback(s)
RE: Another swollen MacBook Pro battery
It is unbelievable
I was so worried because my battery from my MAC BOOK PRO
17" is EXACTLY the same as yours ... about to explode and
failing all the time... Would you suggest me to bring it over
an apple store?
Tks for the relief...

Kleberson... (Read the rest)
Posted by: kleberson de souza Posted on: 10/07/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
Time for the mac Faithfull to pronounce this ...  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
No - it is an Apple problem  Benton Rich | 03/13/07
Make no mistake...  Jason D. O'GradyZDNet Moderator | 03/13/07
Read more carefully.  msalzberg | 03/13/07
The grammer isn't the problem.  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
I'll say again:  msalzberg | 03/13/07
I'm not sure exactly what the problem is here  tic swayback | 03/13/07
The problem is it is the second bad battery.  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Huh?  tic swayback | 03/13/07
You must be delibertly being dense.  ShadeTree | 03/14/07
And this is a big deal because?  tic swayback | 03/14/07
Just how do you know it is one in ....  ShadeTree | 03/14/07
Show me the money  tic swayback | 03/15/07
And you are just as wrong the second time.  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Again, you are reading something...  msalzberg | 03/13/07
Read his post!!!!!  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Could you get clarification?  msalzberg | 03/13/07
It was Jason's own Powerbook and he says ...  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Correction. It was not his own Powerbook  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Bursting is usually caused  msalzberg | 03/13/07
I didn't ask you for a lecture on what ...  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
I didn't ask you for a lecture on what ...  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
I didn't ask you for a lecture on what ...  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
Let's go through this again:  msalzberg | 03/13/07
I see you had to take the easy shot ....  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
It was an easy shot, sorry...  msalzberg | 03/13/07
Once again from his post  ShadeTree | 03/13/07
I'm sure that M$$$$$ is to blame  NonZealot | 03/13/07
Zealot, that's the...  msalzberg | 03/13/07
Sounds like you  Tigertank | 03/13/07
Phantom Mac Zealots?  NonZealot | 03/13/07
Anyone who uses a  msalzberg | 03/13/07
New Mac slogan  NonZealot | 03/13/07
The text ...  mrlinux | 03/14/07
Maybe not in the article ...  ShadeTree | 03/14/07
This is why I asked for clarification...  msalzberg | 03/14/07
Swollen 17 Inch MacBook Battery  ramongar | 03/21/07
RE: Another swollen MacBook Pro battery  kleberson de souza | 10/07/08

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