pictures of exploding laptop causing Dell image problems

Here's a case of "no, duh?". (it's free registration to the link
below.)

Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/te...n&oref=logi n

Also the exploding laptops aren't all due to battery problems,
sometimes they're due to overheating CPU's too.

INQUIRER story prompts Dell share warning
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32931

Yousuf Khan

On 10 Jul 2006 09:37:37 -0700, "YKhan" wrote:

Here's a case of "no, duh?". (it's free registration to the link
below.)

Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/te...n&oref=logi n

Also the exploding laptops aren't all due to battery problems,
sometimes they're due to overheating CPU's too.

INQUIRER story prompts Dell share warning
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32931

In case anybody missed my last post on this, to get the full effect,
there's a couple of videos here of exploding Li-ion batteries:
http://www.edn.com/article/CA514947.html

Note they seem to using a codec which M$ blocks from playing over a network
so you'll have to DL them first.

--
Rgds, George Macdonald

YKhan wrote:

Here's a case of "no, duh?". (it's free registration to the link below.)

Dell's Exploding Computer and Other Image Problems - New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/te...n&oref=logi n

Old news.

Also the exploding laptops aren't all due to battery problems,
sometimes they're due to overheating CPU's too.

They dont EXPLODE due to overheating CPUs.

INQUIRER story prompts Dell share warning
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32931

Whoopy do.

Rod Speed wrote:
: YKhan wrote:
:
: Whoopy do.

Oh lucky us here at c.s.i.p.h.c. "Rod Speed," the head troll over at
c.s.i.p.h.storage is now hanging around here and dropping his usual,
clueless posts. Time to adjust the Kill File again, I suppose. sigh

j.

On 10 Jul 2006 09:37:37 -0700, "YKhan" wrote:

Also the exploding laptops aren't all due to battery problems,
sometimes they're due to overheating CPU's too.

Really? That seems a bit dramatic for an overheating CPU. Do you
have any links to pics or stories?

max

max wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006 09:37:37 -0700, "YKhan" wrote:

Also the exploding laptops aren't all due to battery problems,
sometimes they're due to overheating CPU's too.

Really? That seems a bit dramatic for an overheating CPU. Do you
have any links to pics or stories?

Read the original message, the links are in there.

Yousuf Khan