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Awsome.  But now I'm afraid to use a dell computer.


ll bet those barely-protected fans on the bottom got snagged on a table cloth or something.  Dell's get SUPER hot. and it is never a good idea to use them on any completely non-solid object, like a table-cloth.

Observers noted the incident took place only minutes after company president, Mr Wu Shen, entered the room with an Apple MacBook Pro. Many attending the conference speculated the Dell had merely opted to take its own life, after realising it was hopelessly outclassed.

Japanese security officials are still investigating the possibility the laptop had been brainwashed by Islamic militants into taking part in a suicide bombing. No known organisation has yet claimed responsibility for the act, and details remain sketchy at this time. There were no reported casualties, except for the Dell itself, which was pronounced dead at the scene.

tF

lol



This time it's funny but it wasn't when it actually burnt a girl!

jonycrash wrote:

That's a feature.

Yep, it was a feature when I saw a Dell catch fire at a University Trade show 2 years ago. The guy was telling me how the laptop was crunching the numbers (a 3D stitching program) faster than the G5 beside it when it caught fire. Basically it just went whooph and the tablecloth and everything caught fire. A couple of ppl had enough sense to move the G5 b4 pointing extinguishers at it.



It has happened before.

Apple 5300's anyone?

Oh and I know a guy who set his bed on fire with his Apple yo-yo! Replacement adaptors that catch fire for ones that might catch fire. Go figure.

There were a string of dell's released, the D600 series laptops bought by many companies that had a known issue with exploding batteries.

The company I work for had a big trade-in program going where dell came out and swapped all the batteries for free.

I'm willing to bet this baby was a D610. hehe

pottymouth wrote:

Wait...do you actually believe this happened?

I wonder if there's software out there that can actually cause a computer to do that. That would be an interesting virus if it started going around.

Shadowless wrote:

I wonder if there's software out there that can actually cause a computer to do that. That would be an interesting virus if it started going around.

you'd have to short circuit the battery.... pretty sure that can't be done with code.

I once had a 95' ThinkPad do that, only difference was that I put it a light on purpose.

D'Eyncourt wrote:

Here is a Google Video (so Java is required) showing what happens to an overcharged lithium-polymer battery (make sure to watch beyond the initial >pop<).

Holy CRAP!!  I had no idea they could go off like that!

Can NiMh batteries do the same thing? Cuz I always have three, 4 AA battery chargers going 24/7.

iBook explodes, no coverage at MAF.
Dell explodes and now people are afraid to use one.

Gipetto wrote:

iBook explodes, no coverage at MAF.
Dell explodes and now people are afraid to use one.

That one didn't really explode though, it just burst in to flames.

In any case, I never heard of that story, otherwise I would have probably posted it