PowerBook Violently Explodes

[Nomad559]

PowerBook Violently Explodes

Just when we think these explosive batteries can't get any worse, then you see a PowerBook that looks like it was hit with a high powered explosive charge -- which, in a manner of speaking, it was. This unit was apparently a year old and wasn't even powered at the time it, um, went off -- 6:00AM. Talk about your rude awakenings. So please, people, learn from this rash of Li-ion explosions: you lessen your chances of battery combustion by returning them wherever possible, so return your frickin defective batteries, ok?

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[alfredo]

1. apple did a recall just recently.

[GoneOffShore]

2. Article in NYT business today

about batteries and our expectations.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/technology/16battery.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

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<But scientists are running into some basic hurdles of chemistry and physics. The more energy they store in a small package, the more volatile and dangerous that package becomes.

The volatility of batteries in laptops, and those powering millions of portable consumer devices from cellphones to power drills, was made apparent Monday with Dell’s recall of 4.1 million laptop batteries. Dell said the batteries, made by Sony, could catch fire because of a problem in the manufacturing process.

Though the chance of a flaming notebook is small, the number of incidents involving burning batteries is rising each year because there are so many more devices using small and powerful power sources.>

Mac did a recall last year, but Dell has obviously won the recall sweeps.