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22-02-2007, 11:02 AM

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Bit of excitement in the office

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

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22-02-2007, 11:03 AM

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thrilling

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22-02-2007, 11:04 AM

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22-02-2007, 11:05 AM

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It's not a dell is it???

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22-02-2007, 11:09 AM

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

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22-02-2007, 11:12 AM

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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

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22-02-2007, 11:13 AM

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yeah wasnt loads recalled lately???

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22-02-2007, 11:20 AM

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22-02-2007, 12:16 PM

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22-02-2007, 01:02 PM

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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

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22-02-2007, 01:11 PM

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

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22-02-2007, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpalmer

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.

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22-02-2007, 01:21 PM

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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

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