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Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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Dell Recalls batteries...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/te...rssnyt&emc=rss

Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames, the company said today. This will be the largest safety recall in the history of the consumer electronics industry, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.


It's about time dell..
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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hah.. after how many laptop fires were reported ?
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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speaking of gay laptops... my **** is getting all choppy again, and I don't have limewire nothing installed on this computer it's weird cuz i do the same **** on my laptop as I do on my desktop, and I have not reinstalled my desktop in 2-3 years and it runs awesome
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
speaking of gay laptops... my **** is getting all choppy again, and I don't have limewire nothing installed on this computer it's weird cuz i do the same **** on my laptop as I do on my desktop, and I have not reinstalled my desktop in 2-3 years and it runs awesome

****
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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****

nope... the **** goes on the desktop... maybe it's the **** keeping the desktop fast??!
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by GT35 STI
speaking of gay laptops... my **** is getting all choppy again
I think you answered your own question.

Have you tried deleting files to free up memory, I hear that speeds up computers really good.
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Xevious
hah.. after how many laptop fires were reported ?
RTFA n00ber

Originally Posted by teh article
Dell has reported to the safety agency that it documented six instances since December in which notebooks overheated or caught on fire.
Old Aug 14, 2006 | 11:43 PM
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here is the site for dell btw

https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by soggynoodles
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 08:16 AM
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Wait, didn't they do this before?
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 09:09 AM
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I think that was the power supplies.
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Oh ****...I just noticed I have a Dell D610 here at work! My lappy asplode!!11
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 08:06 PM
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I have a total of zero so far.
Old Aug 15, 2006 | 10:18 PM
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the company I work for had a bunch of cell phone batteries catch on fire a few years ago. Batteries do that sometimes. The worst part is that it is the manufacturer of the battery that is at fault, but no one even knows their name
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