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Localhorst86@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This was a chore to remove. I had to heat up the battery so much, I was really worried.

I remember batteries that had a pull tab, why can’t they use those anymore

I am considering not using the adhesive that comes with the new battery, but using something a lot less adhesive.

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ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The problem is the adhesive does serve a purpose (mainly vibration/keeping the battery in place). Depends on how much you travel with it and the design overall (I’m not familiar with the steam deck but looking at the ifixit it appears ribbons are fixed to it so having the battery bounce around could be a problem)

That said you can buy those pull tab strips and could probably use them here. I hate those things but why not? Better than what was there, I guess. Especially bc the off brand ones can be fairly weak adhesive

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ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Few drop of 91% isopropyl alcohol all around the edges of the battery and waiting a few minutes helps a lot if you’re afraid of too much heat.

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- Localhorst86@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I thought about that, but checking the ifixit guide revealed there are holes spread around the battery tray, I was worried that any isopropyl alcohol I tried to get underneath the battery would just drain through those holes onto other hardware, potentially causing damage.
  
  In hindsight, tough, maybe putting some IPA onto the plastic card I used to insert underneath the battery would have worked well.
  
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  - entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    FYI, it would almost certainly cause no damage. 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporated extremely fast and with no electricity flowing it couldn’t short anything.
    
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    Localhorst86@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Actually less worried about shorting something, note worried about it damaging some adhesive or protective film, or anything on the screen, really :)
    
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  - Tingly3771@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    IPA is the same thing you’d use to clean the circuitry/hardware so it shouldn’t cause any damage unless it dissolves with the glue and somehow that’s damaging (it shouldn’t be).
    
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  - ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    That’s one of my go to’s when fixing phones. FYI, the plastic playing cards work great for that.
    
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