Can heat from a defective powerbook battery ruin my logic board?

Question

I recently had a perfectly functioning powerbook g4 12" apple laptop. About 3 months ago, I purchased a new battery, which ended up being one of the batteries that was recalled. I had noticed the battery was warmer than my old battery, but thought nothing of it. About a week ago, all the sudden, my computer froze (gasp!). This had never happened before, but when I tried to start it up, the computer was dead, and couldn't read the hard drive.

About two days later, the battery recall notice hit the news. I sent for my new battery, which is on the way. Could this logic board failure be the fault of a defective battery? If so, would apple replace it for free?

Answer 1

I don't see why they wouldn't fix your logic board so long as you can prove it was the battery that caused the damage. There's already been reports of minor property damage. I would think the minor property damage is them referring to the computer system itself.

All you can do is give them a call, be calm and nice to see what they say. If they give you any trouble then slowly become angry.

Answer 2

Definitely. Heat harms the componets. Apple should replace the battery and logic board if it is still under warranty, minus the battery since it's under recall and that is always free.

Answer 3

The battery recall is due to the batteries overheating and starting a fire. Don't think it would impact your motherboard. Does the laptop boot up from AC power?

Answer 4

Apple quietly replaced the logic boards on refurbishing.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Not likely but certainly possible. If batteries can cause fires they can certainly fry logic boards.