Another Dell Laptop blows up.

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LordMorpheus

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Originally posted by: Aflac
Originally posted by: mzkhadir
is it the battery or something else ?
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Likely. There's not much else in a laptop to blow up...
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unless dells are shipping with a "Panic! the FBI is about to seize your data for evidence!" button that ignites the thermite that is packed in there. . . .
 
Miramonti

Miramonti

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Originally posted by: tfinch2
Aftermarket battery from China? I'd be surprised if it were a Dell OEM battery.
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If it was the original battery it wouldn't be the first to pop.
 
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first time seeing something like this. looks like it did quite a number. though the thermite on laptop/any computer idea is a pretty good one.
 
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BobDaMenkey

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Wow, that looks pretty crazy. Looks like it happened while the lid was closed, so it probably wasn't in use at the time. Waiting for the forum to load so I can read the story :(
 
Ika

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Wow, I just checked out the pic and I sure as hell hope that doesn't happen to me next time I put a laptop on my lap.
 
lozina

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if you dont wait to wait for the page to load...

Dude, your Dell just freaking blew up!!!

As I sit here typing I'm reminded of what happened at roughly 4 p.m. Central Standard time at my office (about an hour ago); especially since my hands still smell like 'fire extinguisher'. While specifying instrumentation tag names on a flow drawing my attention is turned towards the haze building up on the other side of the engineering area. I started hearing some distant prattle about ?fire?, ?hmmm... what could this possibly be?? I think to myself. Upon further investigation I've come to the conclusion that someone's Dell laptop just freakin blew up and started a cozy little desktop fire!!!

Since I?m not in the mood for S?mores... "Oh, this is priceless" I think to myself; as I turn straight back to my desk where, from within my back-pack, I whip out my 7.2MP digital camera.

One of our IT guys put out the flames (yes, I said flames) and thusly covered the entire area with fire extinguisher ?material?. The battery burned its way straight through the laptop creating the beautiful hole with which is so beautifully depicted in the picture. The fire department showed up. The police department showed up. The entire lower floor was allowed to leave early and as we stood there in front of the building we simply couldn?t resist... we jokingly called the engineer a terrorist as he was being asked a few questions by the friendly officer.

The most priceless moment of this entire ordeal is something that I, with regret, do not have a picture of. While taking pictures through the haze (after everyone had evacuated the area and before the fire department came to kick us out), the engineer who?s laptop it was had been spotted out of the corner of my eye. Apparently he heard there was a fire and that we all had to go outside. Being the noble engineer that he is, he quickly wanted to grab his laptop!!! HAHAHA The look on his face, as he stretched out his arms in disbelief was priceless!!! Again, I?m sorry I didn?t get a picture of that... I was laughing too damn hard! (I was only able to get a picture of him walking away, as I was intermittently laughing and coughing at the same time)

Here are a few pictures, please enjoy them as much as the Dell representatives and the AWESOME crew over at THG surely will when I send them the link.

Regards,
The Automation Engineer who had to go home early! :(
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Mayfriday0529

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Originally posted by: BobDaMenkey
Wow, that looks pretty crazy. Looks like it happened while the lid was closed, so it probably wasn't in use at the time. Waiting for the forum to load so I can read the story :(
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The story is spreading so that forum site is become slow.
 
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raz3000

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I have that exact laptop - Latitude D600. I use it all the time, even now. How is it even possible for something like this to happen? This must be aftermarket junk or something.
 
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GrammatonJP

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My dell has battery from sanyo and sony.... hmm sony ? aren't these the guys thats gonna let cell proc died in the PS3 ? hahah
 
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