Fun fact: I work with both electrical systems and lithium batteries as part of my IT job. Yeah, it's a weird combo, I know. And I'm certified in neither.
Also, I've blown up a lithium battery on purpose at work as part of a battery safetydemonstration.
Good idea. That is exactly what I'm gonna do if this works.
I live in the middle of nowhere, so getting a new one with the right specs could take ages, same goes for the tools needed, as all I have is a crude soldering iron.
What I do have, however, is a place where I can get an adjustable power supply with the right voltage. They had to ship one in with enough wattage from a nearby warehouse, though, so they said they'd have it for me on Monday.
What I also have is ability to get a new laptop if all this goes wrong s9mehow, so I'm not that concerned.
It is my firm belief that, given a proper pitch, ANYTHING can be sold at a profit.
Also, there's rule 34: If a thing exists, it's someones fetish.
While not common, I unfortunately have some anecdotal evidence to the contrary: I was an illegal* in Texas for a month, and i ate quite a few babies* while there. Not only that, but I was the wrong* skin color too.
*: I was there as part of my job, on a tourist visa, which does allow for meetings and such. However, there were some last minute changes to the plan that involved some "proper" work that was originally scheduled for a different trip. Big nono.
*: Despite my dislike for chicken, I ate quite a few at company dinners.
*: I contracted a pretty bad sunburn while there.
These fascist-wannabe fucktards probably would make some impressive contortionist performances while bending over backwards to explain how I'm not the type of immigrant they're scared of.
Oh, and for the "they're bringing diseases". Yup. I've had COVID twice. Both times contracted during business trips to the US. I had to quarantine before going "BaCk To WhErE i CaMe FrOm"
I have around 6000 hours, I think. I can quit whenever I want, I promise, I just need to increase iron throughput a little bit more...
And because he's such a great dad, Vanessa gave him a basket full of recreational self destruct buttons for fathers day.
It just so happens that there's a USB-C close to ir, but I think that's just a coincidence as this laptop eats a lot more than even the beefier USB chargers. 20V, 14A. Some sort of square 4 pin connector I haven't seen elsewhere.
That was my first idea, but I couldn't identify any good solder targets.
This was a concern of mine as well, but from the looks of it, the battery is really simple with no apparent on board intelligence.
I was surprised to stumble across a BIOS battery yesterday when I was taking out the drives to copy out some data, so I guess that aspect of it all is OK.