Author Topic: Dell's Laptop of Doomy Doom (Read 7614 times)

I don't know. They'd have to provide more details.

There are a few possible causes of this that isn't really Dell's fault, though.
1) Someone bought a generic battery that wasn't intended to work with that specific laptop
2) Someone plugged the wrong power adaptor into their laptop. It looks like there were a lot of laptops to become confused with.

Nate · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2006, 09:00:03 pm »

No there is a problem with one of the Dell's. A UPS 747 burned down on the tarmac at an airport the other day because a laptop exploded in the hold.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/07/17/1857232.shtml

rabbit · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2006, 09:07:08 pm »

If it wasn't Dell's fault, why are they researching it?

Ergot · « **Reply #11 on:** July 17, 2006, 09:57:38 pm »

Quote from: rabbit on July 17, 2006, 09:07:08 pm

If it wasn't Dell's fault, why are they researching it?

Because Dell is a company which would like to know what caused it in order for it to be fixed if it's their fault? Or possibly issue some sort of warning in the documentation to prevent future instances from happening?

AntiVirus · « **Reply #12 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:24:45 am »

Quote from: unTactical on July 17, 2006, 07:54:26 pm

No, I think the limit for a laptop spontaneously combusting is 1.

Lmfao! Ass hat.

Sidoh · « **Reply #13 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:28:17 am »

Quote from: rabbit on July 17, 2006, 09:07:08 pm

If it wasn't Dell's fault, why are they researching it?

Liability reasons.

I did not, however, expressly state that it wasn't Dell's fault. I simply listed a few causes for the mishap that would not fall into Dell's lap.

leet_muffin · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2006, 03:07:23 am »

Quote from: Sidoh on July 18, 2006, 01:28:17 am

Liability reasons.

I did not, however, expressly state that it wasn't Dell's fault. I simply listed a few causes for the mishap that would not fall into Dell's lap.

Cmon, now, you could have easily made some sort of pun there... Like:

Quote from: Sidoh on July 18, 2006, 01:28:17 am

Liability reasons.

I did not, however, expressly state that it wasn't Dell's fault. I simply listed a few reasons for the mishap not to catch on fire necessarily in Dells lap.

MyndFyre · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2006, 03:46:43 am »

Quote from: rabbit on July 17, 2006, 09:07:08 pm

If it wasn't Dell's fault, why are they researching it?

NOW IT MAKES SENSE TO ME WHY YOU'RE LIBERAL!!!!!

"If global warming isn't our fault, why are we researching it?"

"If it isn't the kid's fault she got shot, why was she standing in front of the gun?"

rabbit · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:56:04 am »

Those examples suck. Neither are a large corporation putting exploding laptops of doomy doom out on the market burning down 747's and attempting to assassinate Japanese press people.

And you're using the broad-spectrum negative connotative "liberal". You are mean. You hurt my feelings. I'm going to go cry now. (Fucker).

MyndFyre · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2006, 11:59:58 am »

Quote from: rabbit on July 18, 2006, 07:56:04 am

Those examples suck. Neither are a large corporation putting exploding laptops of doomy doom out on the market burning down 747's and attempting to assassinate Japanese press people.

And you're using the broad-spectrum negative connotative "liberal". You are mean. You hurt my feelings. I'm going to go cry now. (Fucker).

Good.

And I NEVER said ANYTHING about 747s, although that's just as valid.

"If it isn't the WTC's fault that it got rammed into by two planes, why were they so tall?"

rabbit · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2006, 01:22:25 pm »

Actually, it is their fault. The terrorists might have picked the WTC towers if they weren't the biggest things in a few hundred miles.

AntiVirus · « **Reply #19 on:** July 18, 2006, 02:06:18 pm »

Quote from: rabbit on July 18, 2006, 01:22:25 pm

Actually, it is their fault. The terrorists might have picked the WTC towers if they weren't the biggest things in a few hundred miles.

Uhh..

[/joke] ?

It was def. the terrorists fault.

MyndFyre · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2006, 02:08:15 pm »

Quote from: AntiVirus on July 18, 2006, 02:06:18 pm

Quote from: rabbit on July 18, 2006, 01:22:25 pm
Actually, it is their fault. The terrorists might have picked the WTC towers if they weren't the biggest things in a few hundred miles.
Uhh..

[/joke] ?

It was def. the terrorists fault.

No, don't you see? rabbit is a lib!

rabbit · « **Reply #21 on:** July 18, 2006, 03:45:18 pm »

I am not a downloadable Linux addon!

Anyway, whatever.

GameSnake · « **Reply #22 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:25:27 pm »

What if one of these dells exploded on an airplane, hmmm?!

MyndFyre · « **Reply #23 on:** July 18, 2006, 07:48:19 pm »

Quote from: GameSnake on July 18, 2006, 07:25:27 pm

What if one of these dells exploded on an airplane, hmmm?!

Stop trying to be a wannabe terrorist. Dell laptops don't explode above 10,000 feet. That's why they tell you to wait until you've crossed that altitude.

rabbit · « **Reply #24 on:** July 18, 2006, 10:08:34 pm »

One exploded on the tarmac, in the cargo hold, though.

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