Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference (Picts)
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eluminator
Flashlight Enthusiast
It's a great attention getter. Maybe I should rethink my aversion to laptops 
Back when LiOn batteries were still new this kind of thing happened more often. Apple actually recalled the entire 5300 line and replaced them wih NiMH due to most of the batteries they bought being defective. Several caught fire while on the assembly line.
Trashman
Flashlight Enthusiast
What's going to happen once this happens on a plane in flight? No more laptops on planes?
Jumpmaster
Flashlight Enthusiast
Trashman said:
We can only hope...
JM-99
James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
another dell laptop explodes... with picts!
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
With all the talk about LiIon batts around here, when this continues to happen to laptop batteries it's a big concern! It's not immediately obvious from the pictures there if it was plugged in and charging or not, there are other laptop chargers on the desk around other peoples laptops so it might have been.
Obviously a better way to test batteries and their protections prior to sale needs to be figured out... Even though the failure rate is very low compared to all the laptop batts out there, the stakes are too high!
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
With all the talk about LiIon batts around here, when this continues to happen to laptop batteries it's a big concern! It's not immediately obvious from the pictures there if it was plugged in and charging or not, there are other laptop chargers on the desk around other peoples laptops so it might have been.
Obviously a better way to test batteries and their protections prior to sale needs to be figured out... Even though the failure rate is very low compared to all the laptop batts out there, the stakes are too high!
Jumpmaster
Flashlight Enthusiast
Re: another dell laptop explodes... with picts!
Duplicate:
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=122516
JM-99
Duplicate:
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=122516
JM-99
jtice
Flashaholic
Pretty soon WE arent gonna be allowed on the damned planes !
opps, I farted, no more people on the plane !!!!!!! :green:
opps, I farted, no more people on the plane !!!!!!! :green:
James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
ABTOMAT, no 5300 ever caught fire, they were recalled because one overheated in the testing lab. No user ever had this happen to one.
The new ones though, one has to wonder who is supplying the batteries...
I guess the same companies that are doing it for Dell and all the rest that are gearing up to meet higher demand and not doing as good a job at quality control as they should...
The new ones though, one has to wonder who is supplying the batteries...
I guess the same companies that are doing it for Dell and all the rest that are gearing up to meet higher demand and not doing as good a job at quality control as they should...
vtunderground
Enlightened
Nice.
I had a laptop catch on fire once, but there were firearms and poor judgement involved. The end result was a change in the rules at that particular shooting range, so that computers were no longer considered OK targets.
I had a laptop catch on fire once, but there were firearms and poor judgement involved. The end result was a change in the rules at that particular shooting range, so that computers were no longer considered OK targets.
Protaeus
Enlightened
apparently laptops arent allowed to be marketed as 'laptops' anymore because some guy was using it on his lap and got burnt and sued.
hence the name notebook.
Not sure how true this is - just what I heard
hence the name notebook.
Not sure how true this is - just what I heard
wquiles
Flashaholic
vtunderground said:
That is what I call a "reactive" target
Will
Laptop explodes
Another case of Li-ion battery exploding I think.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
Another case of Li-ion battery exploding I think.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550
Jumpmaster
Flashlight Enthusiast
Re: Laptop explodes
There is already a thread on this.
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=122541
JM-99
monkeyboy said:
There is already a thread on this.
http://candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=122541
JM-99
revv11
Newly Enlightened
James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
I thought we already discussed that apple laptop. That article is strange anyway claiming that the melted spot in their carpet will cost them $15,000 to fix. 15 grand for new carpets? I could do my entire house and the neighbors with the best carpet available for less than that...
And in any case, Apple has found the problem and recalled the first shipment of their new laptop batteries. They were defective from the supplier of the cells. So if you have one of the first new ones off the boat, get a new battery on them and be happy
And in any case, Apple has found the problem and recalled the first shipment of their new laptop batteries. They were defective from the supplier of the cells. So if you have one of the first new ones off the boat, get a new battery on them and be happy
LEDninja
Flashlight Enthusiast
As many as 43 laptop fires have been reported in the United States since 2001, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.revv11 said:
Read the print edition in the mall a couple of days ago. immediately thought of the recent rash of exploding flashlights and batteries at CPF.
EEEK! I got an L91 in the Civictor in my pocket. Hope it is OK. It is lithiun but not lithiun-ion.
