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How i killed and revived my 2008 2.4ghz
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well, thought i just give an update on this wonderful mac of mine. luckily ive got a brand new 2,2 mbp, so its all good, but i kept my baked old one hooked up to the tv to stream video. however, today i found out the battery had exploded. it wouldnt start, and i noticed it looked a little bent, so i turned it round and the battery must have overheated or something, cuz the whole thing had opened up and bent the battery casing sideways. and several parts had come loose. it wasnt connected to a power outlet eather. so, goodbye my long trusted MBP, class of 2008.
I really hope you were smart enough to get some pictures here before and after.
If the battery really exploded apple will want to know. Odds are that if that did happen apple would probably give you something new ( no matter what happened earlier to other parts of the machine ) ...
If you are just willing to "not get" a possible new machine and "not let apple know" what happened ... well people make strange choices some times.
ye it damaged the pins thats connects the battery..
My experience is that build quality is generally good, but occasionally it goes wrong. When that happens, most of the time Apple do the right thing.
Apple is the one who chose them for manufacturing. It's not like with sourced parts where you have to buy things like ram and display panels from what is available.
It really depends on the customer rep on site. Most of the time QA is just sampling and not 100% visual inspection.
I came from the manufacturing, I should know.