you are correct @iamthetot.

take it out. I had more than one ballon on me when I left them in.

there are lots of reasons it can happen,but since this was in a closet I didn’t notice it and I suppose could’ve been a fire hazard eventually.

some laptops might have reduced performance in this configuration though.

100%.

but $ for cpu+ram of old MacBooks makes it feasible. They are dirt cheap on ebay, and I don’t need the screen.

My bedrock server runs on a 2012mbpro. I take daily backups and have another mbp laying around when this one fails completely. The expanding battery warped the shell pretty bad, but it’s still functional.

agreed.

either way remove the battery.

make sure to remove the battery if you use the MacBook as a server. the battery blows up like a balloon… I’m assuming because the server install doesn’t/can’t manage the battery properly. I’ve had this happen twice.