FULLMETALJACKET7 wrote:
Show me a gaming laptop that runs cool.
Also, that's not caused by the heat. Heat can slowly kill batteries, but it will not make them bulge... Well, unless you throw them in the fire.
That's usually caused by frequent over discharge. Old batteries also tend to bulge.
Nope. google it. Heat causes outgassing and battery swelling.
dell xps users also had battery swelling, with their thin chassis and poor ventilation.
My room temp was always around 80-85F, and with gaming, the laptop chassis would get hot inside. Ventilation is poor on the GL502.
I hardly ever discharged my battery.
In fact, my charge cycle count is only 3, and 2/4 battery cells are dead. All 4 cells are bulging.
Using it 100% as a desktop replacement, never discharged except during rare power outages.
link626 wrote:
Nope. google it. Heat causes outgassing and battery swelling.
dell xps users also had battery swelling, with their thin chassis and poor ventilation.
My room temp was always around 80-85F, and with gaming, the laptop chassis would get hot inside. Ventilation is poor on the GL502.
I hardly ever discharged my battery.
In fact, my charge cycle count is only 3, and 2/4 battery cells are dead. All 4 cells are bulging.
Using it 100% as a desktop replacement, never discharged except during rare power outages.
If heat alone killed batteries, mine should be dead long ago. I game every single day and they're good just like when they were new, two years ago. I cycle them at least once a week.
"Using it 100% as a desktop replacement, never discharged except during rare power outages."
That's exactly why they're bulging. Case closed.
Keeping the batteries constantly at a full charge or completely flat will kill them very quickly. If you don't plan on using the laptop on battery power too often, you should keep the charge between 20 and 60%. Or at least cycle them once in a while.
Replace the batteries and install Asus Battery Health Charging. That will keep your batteries in good shape for some time.
