millbank Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Dell Laptop "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Haha...good ol' "gun-powder-in-the-floppy-drive" trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Haha...good ol' "gun-powder-in-the-floppy-drive" trick 711731[/snapback] or it could be substandard Dell manufacturing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udonkey Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 or it could be substandard Dell manufacturing 711753[/snapback] Or perhaps a battery that was recalled over 6 months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Or perhaps a battery that was recalled over 6 months ago 711757[/snapback] Like I said, substandard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet baboo Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 kind of like this except instead of exploding, it cooks your testicles http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/thermal...wful-171394.php or this http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t...516645&tstart=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 Dell Laptop "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes". 711649[/snapback] So they were serious when they started advertising their new XPS systems as the "nemesis"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted June 21, 2006 Share Posted June 21, 2006 kind of like this except instead of exploding, it cooks your testicles http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/thermal...wful-171394.php Well, see, that's where it's the customer's fault. The Macbook is a notebook, not a laptop, per apple. or this http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?t...516645&tstart=0 711778[/snapback] I read the original link just after reading this, so I thought it was a repeat. So I'm guessing then that purpose of the adjuster on this notebook table is to extinguish the fire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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