21st June 2006
After reading this, you may feel desktops are better than laptops. At a Japanese conference, an onlooker was just a feet away when a Dell laptop exploded into flames. The laptop exploded many times which scorched for more than 5 minutes. Luckily, no one was hurt.
[Via Inquirer]
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June 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 am
i wonder if it had a quantum fireball hard drive?
June 23rd, 2006 at 11:55 am
He must be a Mission Impossible member
June 30th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
hmmmm, where’s the puking president when you need him?
July 5th, 2006 at 2:10 am
must have been burning a cd. :
July 28th, 2006 at 8:59 am
Talk about burning a CD..
July 28th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
[...] One month ago, a Dell laptop exploded in a Japanese conference and this time its catches fire in a office. Mr. Henrik was working on his desk when he heard someone prattling fire and saw his co-worker’s notebook burning into flames. The cause of the fire was the faulty battery which burnt throughout, creating a big hole in the laptop. This is the second incident wherein Dell laptops pose a life risk because of their faulty batteries. Well, if you are using a Dell laptop and are worried about the faulty battery, you can check out here. [...]
August 1st, 2006 at 7:45 pm
[...] Its been firing Dell laptops off late. Officially its the third Dell laptop in smoke but this incident occured much before the conference or the recent office incident. This time, the story comes from a Singaporean reader who was working late in the office on his Dell Latitude D410. Suddenly some popping noises began and the machine was pouring out white smokes which then resulted into flames. Check out more pics here. SubmitClick the icon to submit this news. [...]
August 7th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
[...] So only Dell users don’t have to worry about their lappies going kaboom. This time, it was the Powerbook to fill the area with smoke. Probable reason: BATTERY. [...]
August 15th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
[...] Better late than never. After a series of incidents and Dell laptops going kaboom, they have announced a recall of 4.1 million Sony make batteries. This is the biggest recall ever made by Dell and the faulty batteries were shipped to customers between April 1, 2004 to July 18, 2006. The affected batteries were shipped with models mentioned below: [...]
August 18th, 2006 at 9:37 pm
[...] Some more incidents. [...]
November 2nd, 2006 at 2:00 am
They have already conducted a recall of the faulty batteries.