Exploding Burning Computers Anyone?
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hensylee
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I saw it. I think the exploding ones so far are in Europe (someone will correct me if I am wrong). And, yes, I was glad my laptop isn't a Dell. Don't think I'd be afraid. Surely they are making a recall, ya think?
I didn't see it but..
I worked for a manufacturer of network equipment a few years ago and they had a batch of 10,000 power supplies that were bad, they had the potential to go on fire, they decided to risk the lawsuits because of the cost in a recall.
They are out of business now.
I worked for a manufacturer of network equipment a few years ago and they had a batch of 10,000 power supplies that were bad, they had the potential to go on fire, they decided to risk the lawsuits because of the cost in a recall.
They are out of business now.
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Mary
I saw it on the news. I'm always amazed at what will explode and burn if just a little something goes wrong with it.
What happened to my name?
Ross must have done it!
What happened to my name?
Ross must have done it!
L
LadyBlue
I sometimes ( many times...) wish mine would crash and burn actually......
T
The Bionic Duo
Hi all, haven't been on for a while, been putting in a couple of hundred new computers here at work (which means we have to take out a couple of hundred old computer first), so I have been pretty pooped by the time I get home. I felt however that I should say something on this post.
I haven't seen the story refered to here, but I have delt with thousands of computers including laptops and I've never seen one explode. I have had a couple smoke, and have heard monitors pop and die, but it was usually due to an over abundance of dust inside the case, a good cleaning and they were off and running again (not the monitors though). This is not to say it couldn't happen, espically with older quipment, most of the smoke and popping has occured with our old and moldy equipment.
Most of the BIOS's put out in the last 5 years or so have a temp setting, if the macine heats past a certain temp setting the machine will shut down automatically. The caveat here is this can be turned off, which is not a good idea if you live in a warm climate. It would be interesting to know the circumstances surrounding this explosion.
In any event I wouldn't worry about this too much, I typing this on my new Dell portable (its a little to big to call a laptop) and it seems to be doing just fine. I did leave it in my car a little too long one day and it refused to boot, which I took as a good sign.
Keep on computing.
Joan
I haven't seen the story refered to here, but I have delt with thousands of computers including laptops and I've never seen one explode. I have had a couple smoke, and have heard monitors pop and die, but it was usually due to an over abundance of dust inside the case, a good cleaning and they were off and running again (not the monitors though). This is not to say it couldn't happen, espically with older quipment, most of the smoke and popping has occured with our old and moldy equipment.
Most of the BIOS's put out in the last 5 years or so have a temp setting, if the macine heats past a certain temp setting the machine will shut down automatically. The caveat here is this can be turned off, which is not a good idea if you live in a warm climate. It would be interesting to know the circumstances surrounding this explosion.
In any event I wouldn't worry about this too much, I typing this on my new Dell portable (its a little to big to call a laptop
) and it seems to be doing just fine. I did leave it in my car a little too long one day and it refused to boot, which I took as a good sign.Keep on computing.
Joan
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ClickerTicker
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