My old laptop just caught fire

We ran outside with it because it was smoking and the battery was on fire It stinks in here now

 

thrilling

 

 

It's not a dell is it???

 

It was a compaq. The battery is a bit melted now. That brightened up the day

 

check it wasnt recalled and get a free replacement

 

yeah wasnt loads recalled lately???

 

 

Brian

 

Hewlett-Packard has recalled around 135,000 HP and Compaq laptop battery packs after reports claimed they were prone to overheating and catching fire.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06145.html

http://www.computerweekly.com/Articl...tery-packs.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10...attery_recall/

it could be yours.. worth checking out

 

I didn't know that, we'd been told about the Dell ones though

 

The problem actually is a Sony problem.... Any laptop using a certain batch of batterys made by Sony is at risk of explosion a large majority of laptops from ALL producers were recalled, including compaq, hp, apple and others....
The Dells were the ones most widley known because they had purchased the vast majority of these battery cells.

 

If you do have a 'smoking' compaq... give them a call and they are most helpfull in obtaining you a new one expecially if you mention lost data, legal action, contacting the press etc