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[img=%WEBLOG%/2006/2006-09-03 Dell notebook battery explode.jpg|thumb|left]Dell notebook with battery problem[/img]Another [color=red]alert[/color] message to all Dell notebook users out there: A family from Leicestershire in England was left in shock after their Dell laptop exploded "like fireworks" and set fire to their carpet and lounge.
According to a [url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=132935&command=displayContent&sourceNode=132702&contentPK=15298243]story[/url] in the Leicester Mercury, Shaun Allen, 39, said the drama experienced by him, his wife and children. The offending laptop was a Dell Latitude C600 bought from a shop in Coventry, about a year before for about £500.
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"There are six batteries inside a compartment, and they were shooting out like fireworks, like rockets. "
"They even bounced off the ceiling, they went up that high."
"I tried to extinguish the laptop and cover it over with a towel. I tried to carry it outside, but it was still exploding and I let go of it."
"As I dropped it, more batteries came out like fireworks. A couple of them hit the ceiling then bounced on the floor. Another one hit the ceiling and set fire to the carpet. My wife was jumping on it to put it out."
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An investigator examined the Allens' laptop.
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.
Last month, Dell formally requested 4.1m customers around the world return batteries shipped with its notebooks sold between 1 April 2004 and 18 July 2006. The recalled lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony, saying that Dell branded batteries with cells manufactured by Sony could, under rare conditions, overheat
After reading this, should I just remove my battery from notebook? I run it on AC power 24/7 and the weather is starting to turn warm now... This worried me because I'm using a Latitude C640 purchased on 2003, although it does not falls under the time period for recall. I really don't wan't fireworks going on in my room, or even got hit by fireworks...also, did I forgot to mention I got 2 batteries... ? OMG ~~~ !
The real-time rendered result...
Last edited: Sun 2006-09-03 @ 19:58 , by DaRen 1 time(s)
Another Dell notebook on fire - 2:53 pm
Model: Latitude C600 (oh well, 2nd hand)
Computing , Hardware , News -  DaRen
 Dell notebook with battery problem Another alert message to all Dell notebook users out there: A family from Leicestershire in England was left in shock after their Dell laptop exploded "like fireworks" and set fire to their carpet and lounge.
According to a story in the Leicester Mercury, Shaun Allen, 39, said the drama experienced by him, his wife and children. The offending laptop was a Dell Latitude C600 bought from a shop in Coventry, about a year before for about £500.
Quote:
"There are six batteries inside a compartment, and they were shooting out like fireworks, like rockets. "
"They even bounced off the ceiling, they went up that high."
"I tried to extinguish the laptop and cover it over with a towel. I tried to carry it outside, but it was still exploding and I let go of it."
"As I dropped it, more batteries came out like fireworks. A couple of them hit the ceiling then bounced on the floor. Another one hit the ceiling and set fire to the carpet. My wife was jumping on it to put it out."
An investigator examined the Allens' laptop.
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.
Last month, Dell formally requested 4.1m customers around the world return batteries shipped with its notebooks sold between 1 April 2004 and 18 July 2006. The recalled lithium-ion batteries were made by Sony, saying that Dell branded batteries with cells manufactured by Sony could, under rare conditions, overheat
After reading this, should I just remove my battery from notebook? I run it on AC power 24/7 and the weather is starting to turn warm now... This worried me because I'm using a Latitude C640 purchased on 2003, although it does not falls under the time period for recall. I really don't wan't fireworks going on in my room, or even got hit by fireworks...also, did I forgot to mention I got 2 batteries... ? OMG ~~~ !
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