Dell laptop number 3 explodes

[NFS4]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/31/dell-laptop-number-3-explodes/

 

[Ika]

doh, I was just about to post this. Dell is gonna a lot of reliability hits from all this unwanted publicity, though.

 

[Pastore]

So they concluded it wasn't because of aftermarket batteries?

 

[FreshPrince]

has any reason been deducted from the previous 2 incidents?

Were the laptops plugged into wrong outlets? was there a surge at the time? was a power strip involved? or was it just a matter of exploding without reason?

 

[fbrdphreak]

IIRC all of these are due to batteries that were recalled a while ago.

Frankly the sensationalist BS reporting (not you Brandon ) is getting old, look at this crap:
http://www.smh.com.au/news/laptops--des...thrower/2006/07/28/1153816375720.html#

Sure, Dell is going to have more of these incidents than other mfrs because they ship so many more machines. Also, its cool to pick on the big guy :roll: I'm no fan of Dell machines, but knock 'em down where they deserve it. These incidents are rare and most likely just caused by people not being aware of the recall & getting their batteries replaced.