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08/15/2006 06:35:45 PM · #1 |
Here is the latest. Here.
And a few years ago.
here. |
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08/15/2006 06:47:05 PM · #2 |
| that's the inquirer news..is that stuff for real? hahaha.. |
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08/15/2006 06:49:55 PM · #3 |
My favorite quote is from this related article:
"If you have caught fire, call 911, leave the house quickly, and then call 866-342-0011. Operators will be glad to assist you with the battery side of things, but can't do much about the fire because most are 11 time zones or so away."
Message edited by author 2006-08-15 18:50:24.
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08/15/2006 07:20:16 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
that's the inquirer news..is that stuff for real? hahaha.. |
It's for real. Has been on national news all day. If you have a Dell laptop you need to visit their website and find out if your battery is one of the exploding ones. |
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08/15/2006 07:24:57 PM · #5 |
| 4.1 million laptops battery issue they catch on fire due to over heating. Batteries made by Sony. Hence sony will have recalls also. |
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08/15/2006 07:58:17 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by coronamv:
4.1 million laptops battery issue they catch on fire due to over heating. Batteries made by Sony. Hence sony will have recalls also. |
Not necessarily - it may not be the same battery size that is used in the Vaios |
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08/15/2006 08:10:57 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by ShutterPug:
Originally posted by coronamv:
4.1 million laptops battery issue they catch on fire due to over heating. Batteries made by Sony. Hence sony will have recalls also. |
Not necessarily - it may not be the same battery size that is used in the Vaios |
it is the manufacturing process of the batteries that is the problem. sony makes almost, if not, all of the cells for dell's batteries as well as making a portion of their battery packs. sony also makes the battery cells for many other companies but they have not reported nearly as many problems as dell.
but i believe dell sells the most laptops, so i hope they are looking at the figures as percentages and not # of incidents
...as i type away on my VAIO |
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08/15/2006 08:50:27 PM · #8 |
Well, I have a Dell, and a couple of times I've closed it up into suspention mode and it didn't quite suspend. The last time was just this past Sunday. Luckily my wife heard something strange in my laptop backpack. I could barely touch the bastard it was so hot!
Surprisingly, it still works.
This is of extra concern to me, as at the moment I am typing this post on my laptop, and I am only wearing a T-shirt. What if the battery exploded and melted my Johnson?
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08/15/2006 08:54:47 PM · #9 |
Glad Sony isn't reporting the same issue with the VIOAs because my old Vaio has been running for three weeks straight without a reboot and it lives mostly at the side of my bed.
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08/15/2006 09:13:01 PM · #10 |
o_o
I have a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook.
Now I'm scared it'll explode on me.
Mostly because I never shut it off unless I absolutely have to. |
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08/15/2006 09:40:57 PM · #11 |
my laptop is better than yours coz mine can make fireworks :p
I use a Dell Latitude as well. Time to check the serial numbers, people!
p/s: so will airports labels our laptops as explosives next? lol |
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08/15/2006 10:02:51 PM · #12 |
Is it true that the new Adobe Photoshop CS2, only bugs out with a Dell computer?
Just wondering if any Dell users have the same problem. |
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08/15/2006 10:18:39 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by xblahx:
Is it true that the new Adobe Photoshop CS2, only bugs out with a Dell computer? |
not aware there is such news at all.
anyway, no - CS2 runs perfectly normal on my Dell. |
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08/15/2006 10:19:11 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
...What if the battery exploded and melted my Johnson?
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that would be quite a slip-up! ;-)
I've always heard Dells were the hottest thing going... |
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08/15/2006 10:22:31 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
This is of extra concern to me, as at the moment I am typing this post on my laptop, and I am only wearing a T-shirt. What if the battery exploded and melted my Johnson?
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I'm trying to picture you wearing only a t-shirt which covers your Johnson... I don't think I want to picture that...
And there was a recall on HP batteries too, awhile back. Mine wasn't one of the exploding types, though it will get warm! |
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08/15/2006 11:36:47 PM · #16 |
Well I actually found Adobe's reply to the photoshop CS2 Dell problem. //www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/324609.html
Apparently only some Dells do it.. some electrical problem.
A very annoying and frustrating problem..
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08/15/2006 11:41:45 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Well, I have a Dell, and a couple of times I've closed it up into suspention mode and it didn't quite suspend. The last time was just this past Sunday. Luckily my wife heard something strange in my laptop backpack. I could barely touch the bastard it was so hot!
Surprisingly, it still works.
This is of extra concern to me, as at the moment I am typing this post on my laptop, and I am only wearing a T-shirt. What if the battery exploded and melted my Johnson?
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No problem, sir. Call 866-342-0011 and our operators would be happy to replace your Johnson with a Woody free of charge. |
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08/16/2006 01:26:30 AM · #18 |
| My sister has a dell laptop, ever since we heard of the recall this morning I'm paranoid that I'll look out to see my living room burning. And then I'll have no where to sit. |
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08/16/2006 04:42:38 PM · #19 |
| Trust me on this. Manufatures only report a problem like this when it is cheaper to recall than absorb the lawsuits. And sony is taking full responsibility |
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