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- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+110Counter-Strike Update:
- Replaced HE grenades with Sony batteries. - titlesaysitall, on 10/12/2007, -5/+53Get these motherf***** Dell's off my motherf***** plane!
- WackyT, on 10/12/2007, -5/+49Those Sony batteries have a lot of oomph!
- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40Batteries on a plane?
- DPyro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37It's not a defect, it's a feature!
- Spampy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+36The bomb has been planted.
- RobotCitizen, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33You can say "*****". It's just a word, and this ain't Sesame Street.
It would probably make a good sequel, though. - speel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+30are there any lap tops that DONT explode now?
- Celeron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+26Miraculous how these batteries never explode when someone is using them on some plane.
- scootinger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27I don't think this was a Sony battery.....
"A Dell spokesman said that although they believed the battery which exploded was not the original supplied by Dell, the company was supplying a new laptop as a gesture of goodwill for the family's co-operation with the investigation." - kevnaca, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23
Here's the start to his gaming problems.
Latitude C600 specs:
Processor type Intel Mobile Pentium III
Processor speed 850 MHz
RAM installed 128 MB
Display size 14.1 in.
Graphics chipset ATi Rage Mobility 128 AGP 2X
Hard disk capacity 10 GB
Hard disk rotation speed 4200 rpm - kingkilr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+24Jesus I think the Iraqi insurgents are going to start using these batteries soon.
- steelmaverick, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20Dells on a plane.
SOMEONE PHOTOSHOP A MOVIE POSTER!!!! - stephen2417, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20None lived to tell about it.
- FireStrife, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19or maybe they have already infiltrated the industry >_>
- emorphien, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17@scootinger
So there really is something to the aftermarket batteries being sketchy eh?
In any case, this doesn't help Dell even't if it isn't their fault. - nmckinlay, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16RTA... this was before the recall occurred.
Mind you, it wasn't a genuine DELL/Sony battery, so they got what was coming to them. - afeitarse, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14"Nicholas had been trying to play a game on it but had problems with it."
No *****. - kamilX, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Their story sounds fishy to me...
I've never heard of a laptop battery exploding the way they describe it.
Overheating and catching fire is one thing, but this is something unusual... and possibly not entirely true. - catoutfit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Don't give people ideas!!
- roquetin, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14That's ridiculous - it's the manufacturer's fault for an exploding battery, never the consumer's.
- foolfromhell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11well. There should be a feature when the FBI come knocking on your door, click CRTL+ALT+DELETE 3 times in a row, causing the battery to explode, giving no evidence to the FBI!!! But, Dell and Apple screwd up on the implementation of this system!
- steelmaverick, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15I have an idea to win the war against iraq.
We give the insurgents dell laptops. War won. - dj_sea2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Oomph sure is right!
the strange thing is, i live in Nuneaton (the town next to hinckley, google map it) and i actually walked down the street mentioned on the day mentioned while enrolling for the new college term. (i was visiting hinckley college that day, i also have a friend who lives near Eskdale road, who i was also visiting) it was late in the afternoon and i had noticed a burnt out house, with alot of commotion nearby.
i kid you not... - bbatsell, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I don't.
But it really has very little to do with Dell to begin with, and everything to do with Sony, who manufactured the batteries in question. - Wavey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9If you intentionally aim your laptop at someone while it's shooting out batteries...would you then be held on a battery charge?
// rimshot
// I'll shut up now - BobbyOnions, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"catches British families home on fire". For *****'s sake.
How about "sets British family's home alight"? - TheSaladMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Someone Set Up Us The Bomb!
- gd007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7it is amazing they allow laptops on a plane and not soda, juice, etc.
- philz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Fire in the .. err .. home!
- mturn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@mistshadow2k4 - not if the cause was the battery, and the battery was not supplied by dell. i'd say the free laptop is a good deal. of course this is only under the assumption that the battery was the cause.
i do however find it interesting that the whole family decided to leave the house while the laptop "loaded a game," and at that point the laptop exploded like freakin fireworks. not to mention the kid had apparently burned himself in another incedent only days before. sounds like a pyro to me. - wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5SillyDigger lives up to his name by completely missing the CS reference.
- kodek, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Nope. More like digg.com
- applehill, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I agree with 7of7 why does it always happen like that. I've had a Dell laptop for two years. Never had a problem, and the battery on mine was recalled. I think someone telling this story is trying to get free money. If I where Dell all I would send them is a battery and a note that said "Nice try"
- OrangeTide, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I shorted out a 12V pack of NiCads and they exploded once. Scared the snot out of me (I was 10 years old). They were in a sealed container and they got hot enough and released some gas that the hard plastic container popped open from the pressure sending the whole pack of NiCads flying into the air.
What happened was I was given a small pack of NiCads to use with a little electromagnet I was given. I guess the first battery pack I was given was mostly discharged, when it finally ran out of juice I just grabbed a fresh pack. The wires instantly turned red hot, then orange and then fell off, then the battery case exploded. ehheh
In electronics class we would blow up capacitors by accidents (or intentionally) because if you hook them up backwards and give them juice they explode. if they are the kind designed to explode they just go "poof". if they are the kind that aren't designed to explode the metal can rips open and it sounds like a gun shot. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6actually dell issued a recall for batterys in december 2005 so this was waaay after that.
although they weren't using genuine dell/sony batteries so its their own fault tbh - phoggey, on 10/12/2007, -8/+12Sony batteries are "supplied by dell". When I read "Dell manufactured batteries" is when I'll blame them.
- djhifisi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3dude, I'm right with you, I had the same thought, someone cashing in.
- fatdog789, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Anything's possible with a Sony. ;)
- oskite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You did read the article, didn't you? There was stuff shooting up to the ceiling. So, yes: it did explode.
You may explode now, sir. - SyDIGG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sony Laptop Batteries - PR money can't buy.
- EGOvoruhk, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Ummmmm
"The family's insurance claim has now been settled, enabling Mr and Mrs Allen to talk to the Mercury about the incident."
"An investigator examined the Allens' laptop."
Besides, do your really think they fooled a bunch of people just for a few bucks? It's not like they burned down the whole house. What a waste of fraud - noripcord7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Has anyone had one of these explode on their lap yet?
- sven007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Stupid article. it seems that all these exploding batteries articles are about people who have underaverage computer skills. have any of you heard a story of a pure computer nerds laptop exploding? no, becuase he knows how to charge a laptop, and when its time to get a new battery, he gets one from the manifacturer. jezz, all they need is to be taught that if you buy a dell, stick with dell parts. i dont buy a jaguar then install toyota breaks into it.
some people just need common sense... or to be protected from themselves. - IMustBeEmo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Why don't you think of the victims of this stuff?
Don't you think things like this should be publicized so the general public knows about it?
Making websites like "www.dellbatteryprogram.com" are only known by a small minority of people that actually own the affected product. They are known because of news reports like these. If it weren't for them, the recall would've never been heard about by almost anyone, and there would be more danger. - dimoder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I worked in a lithium battery plant for more than two years. There was at least one fire a month. Including one where a battery shorted in an oven and caused a chain reaction of a few thousand batteries to go off. Fire yes, huge ass explosion that sent red hot batteries flying all over the dry room, no.
- JSchwage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are multiple batteries in each laptop battery pack.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2let me guess you bowed into peer pressure and hand built your own system instead???
- MikeMacMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2The battery problem only happens as the batteries age.
"Over time, those impurities, usually tiny pieces of metal, can work their way to the edge of the anode or cathode and rupture the isolator that sits between the two, he said. Once that happens, you get a short circuit and possibly a fire."
From the cnet article about this
http://news.com.com/Dell+to+recall+4+million+batteries/2100-1044_3-6105486.html - turbodigg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Hilarious!!
Could you imagine though, its on your lap. Windows freezes and you hit ctrl alt delete, nothing, again, nothing, once more and boom!! -
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