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Today's good deed: Saving a customer from a spicy pillow.
They brought an HP laptop to me because some keys didn't work & the screen had lines & flickering.
The battery was already so swollen that the front edge of the case had popped completely open between 2 of the front edge base screws. With their permission, I opened the case & removed the battery.
It put so much pressure on the plastic that the base popped free on its own with each base screw, & the battery jumped with each battery screw.
Today's good deed: Saving a customer from a spicy pillow.
After putting it back together sans battery, it complained during POST about an off-brand battery being installed & warning knock-offs can do what the on-brand battery was so clearly doing. The HP didn't complain about a missing battery. Good job, HP!
Aside from the date/time being wrong, it responded to the pressure relief by working normally, showing a well-behaved screen, & passing the keyboard fox test without issue.