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Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Tony C — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:48:07 EDT

Upirons: Actually looks more like a Latitude D600 -- the D800 has a wider frame around the keyboard.

Tony C

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Norbert — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:17:50 EDT

ouch!

Norbert

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

jrghoull — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 23:52:48 EDT

i'll hold you. tell me..have you ever been to a turkish prison before?

you know the mac had problems with some of their crap, and that i understand...its just, ya know the saying "one in a million" well this is kinda it. you make enough of anything, and no matter what you do once in a while a product will roll of the shipping line that just wasnt made quiet right. also sometimes people are idiots and leave things in the perfect situation to get totally trashed.

jrghoull

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Penchum — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 18:34:07 EDT

For all you Dell Laptop owners, all I can say is "You got a Dell Dude!" :)

Penchum

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

hisham — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:54:28 EDT

"That's hot!" as Paris Hilton would say.

hisham

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Negotiator — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:47:37 EDT

Tomasland: Thanks for the info. I don't know whether to be grateful or frightened. If that feature exists, then, you'd think they could figure out that it went from dock to nothing ... and never get even warm in the first place. Oh well.

Negotiator

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

tomasland — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:42:03 EDT

Negotiator -

A recently purchased Dell laptop I have.. (can't recall the model) does indeed have that feature. I have booted the laptop to a warning screen telling me that the computer shut down due to extreme heat.

tomasland

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

HaxRomana — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:50:59 EDT

*Trying not to make any sudden movements, she shifts her Dell Insprion 1150 off of her lap and onto a nearby coffee table*

Maybe it's intended to function as a heat source. Now I can roast marshmallows while I'm reading the news! Hell, yes!

HaxRomana

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

junyo — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:11:29 EDT

On the bright side, geeks can now participate in the War on Terror by using their laptops as grenades... "Suck Inspiron Osama!"

junyo

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

DeadPlasmaCell — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:08:28 EDT

Damn, you can almost see the product key... What a smell that must leave behind. I had an old ProView monitor blow up on me a few years back.. the glass cracked but didn't shatter and fly at me (luckily) but the smell lingered for hours.. ugh.. Burnt electronics smell like eggs and ass crack.

DeadPlasmaCell

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Morford321 — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:48:52 EDT

I can see a small market in Nomex fireproof laptop bags.

Morford321

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

pepe the king prawn — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:46:21 EDT

dirk: well, what if one does "explode" and you have to put up with the re-circulated burned plastic smell for a few hours?

pepe the king prawn

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

MichaelS — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:41:09 EDT

This is what happens when you purchase your equipment from a Mission Impossible agent's yard sale.

MichaelS

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Dirk — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:24:59 EDT

You know what's going to happen... some at the FAA is going to hear about "laptops exploding" and then try to ban laptops in the cabin.

Dirk

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

UpIrons — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:21:16 EDT

The burned out Dell in that pic looks like its my same model, a Lattitude D800. Yikes! And here I always thought it would be the power cord that always wears down and exposes wires after the warranty expires that would cause a fire!

UpIrons

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Negotiator — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:14:42 EDT

This doesn't surprise me at all. My work laptop, a Dell m70, doesn't like to go to sleep when the docking station button is pressed. The result is that I pop it out of the dock, think it's shut down and put it in the bag. An hour later at home, I go to remove it and I need an oven mitt. One would think that there'd be some sort of thermometer to shut it down if the temp exceeded some preset limit. But hey, what do I know?

Negotiator

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

pyr_dog — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:51:54 EDT

RIAA must'a found "illegal" mp3's again and remotely deleted them.

pyr_dog

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

iomatic — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:49:15 EDT

Must be Apple's fault.

iomatic

Another Dell Laptop Goes Ka-Bloom

Tek Elements — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:44:43 EDT

In the vein of "this is a feature not a bug," perhaps this is the new hybrid battery/internal combustion Dell laptop? Those aftermarket exhaust systems can really wreak havoc on the internal combustion component!

Tek Elements