Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference

**karlbo** · July 10th, 2006 07:11 PM

this is just an isolated case.. natapat lang din siguro...

**nugundam93** · July 11th, 2006 03:40 AM

badsekktor, yung inspiron 1000 yun. ang customer replaceable unit lang niya was the battery and ac adapter. kahit keyboard at hard drive na normally customer replaceable, mahirap gawin kaya return to depot kagad. hehehehe!

**vice** · July 11th, 2006 05:41 AM

saw this on CNN this morning. well hindi isolated case yan. madaming beses na nangyari yan and hindi lang sa Dell. Pinalitan na daw ng Dell yung laptop nung nasunugan. hehehe

**oliver1013** · July 11th, 2006 09:30 AM

Di lang sa dell nangyayari to pati sa IBM at Mac meron na rin cases na ganto. BATTERY yan sirs!! Dell still rocks!!

**badsekktor** · July 11th, 2006 05:58 PM

Originally Posted by nugundam93

badsekktor, yung inspiron 1000 yun. ang customer replaceable unit lang niya was the battery and ac adapter. kahit keyboard at hard drive na normally customer replaceable, mahirap gawin kaya return to depot kagad. hehehehe!

oo nga pala! hehehe! sarap nga troubleshoot yun eh! return to depot kagad! anyway compared sa ibang brands sa states, mura pa rin kasi ang dell kaya mabenta. sa dinami-dami ng units kasi na nabebenta eh imposibleng di magkaroon ng lemon! sayang di nga lang pwedeng gawin juice!

**lightning099** · August 15th, 2006 10:07 AM

From CNN

[SIZE="4"]Dell to recall 4.1 million PC batteries[/SIZE]
Shares fall nearly 2 percent in after-hours trade; lithium-ion batteries could potentially catch fire.August 14 2006: 7:16 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -- Dell, the world's largest personal computer maker, said on Monday it would recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries with cells made by Sony, the largest recall in Dell's history.

Dell said it issued the recall in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission because the devices' lithium-ion batteries could overheat and, in rare cases, produce smoke and catch fire, Dell spokesman Jess Blackburn said.

The recall of batteries in Dell notebooks sold from April 2004 through last month spans the company's assortment of Latitude, Inspiron and Precision models, Blackburn reported.

Blackburn also said that the recall would have no "material impact" on Round Rock, Tex.-based Dell. Officials from Sony (Charts) Energy Devices Corp. of Japan, which made the cells, could not immediately be reached for comment.

The recall involves 18 percent of Dell's 22 million notebook computers sold during the period from April 2004 to July 2006. It comes three days before Dell is scheduled to report its fiscal second-quarter earnings.

Dell has received six reports of batteries overheating, causing damage to furniture and personal belongings, the Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington reported. No injuries have been reported, the commission said.

Shares of Dell (Charts) were down 24 cents, or 1.1 percent, to $21.00 in extended trading.

**Jun aka Pekto** · August 15th, 2006 10:14 AM

Sony made the batteries? It looks like Sony's losing its edge.

**warp** · August 15th, 2006 11:36 AM

https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/batterymodels.aspx

**zanch** · August 15th, 2006 03:03 PM

Queuing na naman mga agents nito nyan.

**79gemini** · August 15th, 2006 04:30 PM

siguro isolated case, pero from my experience hindi talaga maganda quality ng dell specially inspiron line. Dati meron ako inspiron 4150 nagamit ko lang ng 3+ years. Pina check ko sa kanila kaso kailangan daw palitan motherboard na worth S$1K, siningil pa ko ng S$100 para daw sa service. Yon tinambak ko na lang imbis na lumaki gastos