I used to do this when I was younger (when the unibody design first appeared) and mainly dead this with already dead/buggy macbooks where I knew the root cause of issue. Now the OP may not have been too worried about damaging the unit further depending on circumstance, but the first thing I “wouldnt” try after “dropping” it would be an oven.
I would imagine since those days Apple has made oven repairs a one in a million chance, I mean, with their track record of “fixing” things.
