--- date: '2025-02-23T11:52:20.346457' mp-syndicate-to: - https://brid.gy/publish/mastodon photo: - alt: '' value: /media/2025/02/23/1740311540_0.jpg post_meta: - date tags: - Personal - RightToRepair thumbnail: /media/2025/02/23/1740311540_0.jpg type: notes url: /notes/2025/02/23/1740311540 --- Managed to replace the battery in Mrs R's ASUS ROG Ally after it started fizzing and stopped charging a couple of weeks ago. The new one didn't come with the foil enclosure which made me a bit anxious but I can't see anything online about this being particularly important - it is metal so it is not an insulator and it doesn't seem to provide heat shielding either.