Due to unfortunate circumstances (me dropping the laptop) I have now ended up with a half broken laptop that has a broken screen and a dying battery. I could repair it, however, I don’t wanna bother as I’m very likely gonna be getting a new one soon.

The laptop itself still works fine, however the broken screen and dying battery make it pretty much useless as a laptop and I already have a home lab NAS thing, so I’m kinda out of ideas on what to do with it. Any ideas?

Here are the specs:

CPU: i5-8300h

GPU: intel HD830/GTX1050ti

RAM: 16GB

Storage: 128GB SSD

  • huginnEnglish
    12·
    9 months ago

    Because over time the battery degrades, swells, and becomes a fire risk.

    Keeping it only 80% charged can help mitigate it but not fully.

    • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
      42·
      9 months ago

      That is largely a myth and in my experience never happens with higher quality laptop batteries. But yes limiting charge doesn’t hurt if it is only used as a UPS anyways.

      • huginnEnglish
        51·
        9 months ago

        What part is the myth?

        Which batteries are “high quality”?

        Cause it happens… Pretty regularly if you’re not limiting charging. The older the battery the more likely.

        This isn’t something you should fuck around with either: if it pops it’ll burn too hot to extinguish and could take out your house.

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        Not a myth. Better batteries might have better safety measures, but none is inmune. It might not have happened to you but I’ve seen it happen in several high end/expensive brands already.

      • bastion@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        8 months ago

        Happened to my ladyfriend with a macbook pro. Cracked the shell of the laptop. No fire, but it sure did swell.