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22nd June 2006, 14:58
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| Madshrimp  Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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 | Dell laptop explodes at Japanese conference AN INQUIRER READER attending a conference in Japan was sat just feet away from a laptop computer that suddenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident.
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22nd June 2006, 18:07
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: May 2002
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 |  ouch, I hope this isn't true. I own a modified dell 
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22nd June 2006, 22:00
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| well, it might be one of those laptops with overheating batteries (the battery might have been recalled, but if the end user doesn't know or doesn't care...) |
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23rd June 2006, 00:24
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| [M] Reviewer  Join Date: Mar 2004
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| It's okay, they are all at work ..... company health insurance kicks in. 
__________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II |
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23rd June 2006, 02:09
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| Well, I have to wonder if it was rigged... I mean, secondary explosions? Hopefully they'll run some tests and make the results known, or something... *warily eys the dell laptop perched infront of him from now on* :P |
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23rd June 2006, 05:37
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| [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004
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| Putting a laptop on table cloth is never a good idea.
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