Anyone ever had a swollen laptop battery? [View all]

I dropped my laptop on the floor today. First time I've ever had that happen.

Picked it up and the trackpad popped out at the bottom left corner. I spent a while trying to snap it back into place. It just would not reinsert in that corner.

So I Googled it and I saw warnings that it's the battery underneath the trackpad that's damaged. It's known as "swollen" or "spicy" battery.

You're supposed to stop using the laptop and get a replacement battery ASAP because the damaged one can be a fire hazard.

Oh joy!

I'm lucky to have my old laptop still kicking around and still functioning, although it's a tad slow.