Hi, after dropping my thinkpad, the battery got slightly messed up. I have to move a battery pin to have it fit in the slot, the battery charging status is often not read by Linux, and sometimes power won’t be received even without the battery. I’m hoping the solution would just be figuring out how to remove the pin stuck in the motherboard slot (attempts so far have evaded me) and getting a new battery, but what does it look like to you? Thanks!
can you get an additional photo of the laptop’s connector, can’t make out what the issue is from this angle.
did something similar with a battery for an old macbook (same connector as pictured) and what I did was transplant it from a non-functioning battery. a word of warning, don’t dick around with fixing that connector with a fully loaded battery, shorting it can result in a burn-you-house-down mishap, them things can’t be extinguished once they catch fire.
Is this photo what you were looking for?
Thanks for the warning!
I still don’t see what the issue is with the laptop side, looks stock to me.the plastic that got broken off is from the battery’s connector and it hinders the bent pin to make solid contact with the laptop side, right? short of superglueing/epoxying it in place and straightening out the bent pin, don’t see what else there is to be done.edit: nevermind, you answered that already in another reply.
it’s pretty hard to short it out, the positive is on the opposite end of ground