After reading all the recent news about exploding and burning Li-Ion laptop batteries and this story today about Dell's new effort to try to buoy it's reputation, I decided to give this story a home online. Just to inform, not to bash anyone (my first Dell was a 286-12 back in 1988). It was sent to me on July 6th, 2006 by a fellow Amateur Radio operator in the local area.
"Building D of Novell in Provo was evacuated at about 1:30 PM today because of fire alarms set off by a Dell D600 battery "venting with flame" under normal use/charging conditions. It took the laptop out with it, of course.Yesterday, he sent some pictures and I thought I'd share. Here's a sample:
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Looks like a C600, not a D600. D series latitudes are silver, not gray.
ReplyDeleteActually, looks like a Latitude CP/I to me...but they used the same chassis for a lot of models.
ReplyDeleteGuess I should be glad all my batteries for that thing are dead. I just use the AC adapter :)
Guess you are safer without the battery but they had AC adapter problems also;
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ReplyDeleteMy DELL laptop battery is no longer charging, but the adapter is plugged in. What to do?
ReplyDeleteSet it right next to that pacakage of fireworks you have leftover from last year and cover it with a blanket to keep it warm.
ReplyDeleteSeriously though, take the battery out and get recycle it. Just use the adapter by itself...
If it really is the case that by removing and putting the battery did suddenly start working normally, can only be built on the contacts of oxidation. Remove the battery and wipe the contacts with a pencil eraser. If possible, clean the inside the laptop too.
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My D800's battery blew out, but the laptop actually survived. Not exactly portable anymore though. I can still run it of AC, but replacing with another battery is obviously out of the question. That part of the machine is seriously screwed up. The keyboard feels kinda strange now too. It still works but has this 'Crunchy' feel.
ReplyDeleteOMG! It is so awful. In fact, I have never thought that something like this happened with laptop. In my case because of overvoltage was damaged my adapter hardware.be/power-supply/dell/450-abpi.html. I was so pity, I've just bought it, but then my friend told me that it is happening very often if something wrong with wiring!
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