r/techsupportgore • u/dingus_5180 • 4d ago

Forbidden rock candy

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u/olliegw 4d ago

Battery corrosion?

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u/DepletedPromethium 4d ago

moisture and electrical current from copper makes this kind of corrosion, i deal with it quite a bit in the pcb barrel cells of electro-chemical cells in flue gas analysers at work.

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u/PeaInAPod 4d ago

Vintage MacBook/PowerBook?

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u/dingus_5180 4d ago

Yes a PowerBook 5300cs

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u/PeaInAPod 4d ago

It looked very familiar. I have one that was sent to be recycled that I saved. I managed to get the swollen battery out but yeah the internals looked just as bad as yours. I have the wall plug but can't get it to reliably power on 🤷‍♂️

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u/WatchDogx 3d ago

They discontinued the 5300cs in 1996, but that copper part is marked as 1997, strange.

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u/Porsher12345 3d ago

Kinda looks like 1897 too :o

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u/Mausebert 3d ago

You can scrap it and use it in cake frosting. Children love it.

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u/Stadiz 3d ago

**** sniff ****

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u/gama69g 3d ago

+1 Skill point added to Science, if you lick it.

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u/No_U1235 2d ago

Breaking Battery

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u/bughunter47 Lenovo Tech 2d ago

Copper sulfides