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Wondering if charger can affect battery. Charger seems fine. Lights appear to work correctly. Battery charges. But the aftermarket charger is new. Can that cause swelling or is it just the battery Update (09/04/2021) Hi Tom, Thanks for the response. All else in the computer seems to be fine. Battery is a one year old from fixit. I just put in another so we shall see…John
Unlikely, it’s always the bad motherboard or the battery itself is bad. Charger just supplies power to the board, it doesn’t do anything to the battery.
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