Glad this wasnt my Laptop ... Taken from hard ocp(http://www.hardocp.com/) all credit ect goes to them-"Laptop Explodes:I work as a pc technician fo ...

Spaxspore · 01-05-2004, 03:13 PM

Taken from hard ocp(http://www.hardocp.com/) all credit ect goes to them-

"Laptop Explodes:
I work as a pc technician for America's largest electronics retailer. Today a customer brought his laptop in for repair and stated that it "exploded". After five years as a tech I thought I had seen it all and was wondering about his perception of "explosion". As I cracked open the box of a five month old Compaq Presario I was hit with a foul stench and immediately knew the chosen words of "explosion" were appropriate. Somehow, someway....this laptops battery totally exploded causing a large fireball and partial disintegration of the computer. The battery caught fire sending a fireball through the front of the laptop blowing a three inch hole through what used to be the floppy on the opposite side of the case. I know that any battery has the potential for danger given the correct circumstances, however this battery met a truly violent end under normal operating conditions. The customer stated that his entire table was burnt to a crisp and would of been true of the whole house if a fire extinguisher was not as handy as it was."

OUCHY

Durjaya · 01-05-2004, 03:20 PM

Damn...

Looks like it got hit by an RPG...

Spaxspore · 01-05-2004, 03:21 PM

hehehehe sure does

MARQUISDARQUIS · 01-05-2004, 03:25 PM

You bet. Its why I don't leave my machines on when I am not around.
Ever!

This is one of those freak incidents, the 1 in 10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000 or whatever large number you want to use. Same sort of thing happens with tempered glass, like in showers, skylights, doors and next to doors, etc. Sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, except maybe some extraordinary coincidence of conditions, right temperature, falling or rising at the right rate, the right indoor and outdoor pressure, the right in plane stress, the right neutrino flux from the right direction, whatevah, the dang sheet of safety glass just explodes. Sometimes it takes a slight bump, sometimes not. Sometimes its just the light hits it a certain way. The rate is about 1 in 100 or so. The most likely cause is Nickle Sulfide inclusions, but that's not the only cause. Tempered glass has stressed built up within it, that's why it explodes rather than simply cracks.

Spaxspore · 01-05-2004, 03:27 PM

or was the batt just made wrong from the factory ... cause thats what started the whole bloody thing

Durjaya · 01-05-2004, 03:27 PM

heh...you said neutrino flux

reminds me of the old days when Apple PowerBook 5300's were bursting into flame.

Spaxspore · 01-05-2004, 03:42 PM

heheeheheh

bigshloss · 01-05-2004, 08:15 PM

Wow....even worse, imagine if the person had been sitting there when it happened.

giper · 01-05-2004, 08:19 PM

WOW, thanks for the pics.

beakmyn · 01-05-2004, 08:33 PM

Damn RIAA and their new anti-P2P software!

But I digress, It really happened while wardriving:

Spaxspore · 06-17-2005, 11:16 PM

BUMP this is worth seeing again

syilim · 06-17-2005, 11:22 PM

i see compaq. me stay away from compaq. me stay away from ppl with compaq

JinXed · 06-17-2005, 11:26 PM

thanks for the bump +rep to you

Spaxspore · 06-17-2005, 11:27 PM

Np, was just curious of all the threads i made so i searched and came across this relic, worth takin another look @

1CenT · 06-17-2005, 11:30 PM

wow...
i was lookin at the topic and the picture before i read..
did you know what i was thinking? i was thinking a laptop shipped and arrived at this "mint" condition lol..
i wonder wut your face is like if 1 day u ordered a laptop and it arrived.. once u open the box.. it looks like that.. ahha

01-05-2004, 03:25 PM	#4
MARQUISDARQUIS Squeaky Wheel Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kahuluu, Hawaii Posts: 3,321 Credits: 497	You bet. Its why I don't leave my machines on when I am not around. Ever! This is one of those freak incidents, the 1 in 10,000 or 100,000 or 1,000,000 or whatever large number you want to use. Same sort of thing happens with tempered glass, like in showers, skylights, doors and next to doors, etc. Sometimes, for no reason whatsoever, except maybe some extraordinary coincidence of conditions, right temperature, falling or rising at the right rate, the right indoor and outdoor pressure, the right in plane stress, the right neutrino flux from the right direction, whatevah, the dang sheet of safety glass just explodes. Sometimes it takes a slight bump, sometimes not. Sometimes its just the light hits it a certain way. The rate is about 1 in 100 or so. The most likely cause is Nickle Sulfide inclusions, but that's not the only cause. Tempered glass has stressed built up within it, that's why it explodes rather than simply cracks. __________________ The best way to predict the future is to invent it

01-05-2004, 08:15 PM	#8
bigshloss Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 333 Credits: -50	Wow....even worse, imagine if the person had been sitting there when it happened. __________________ OBEY THE D LOOKING TO SELL: Dell Latitude D800 \| 1.7 Ghz Pentium-M \| 15.4" WUXGA LCD Display\| 512 MB DDR Ram \| 64 MB nVidia GeForce 4 4200 Go \| 60 GB Hard Drive \| CD-RW/DVD-Rom Combo Drive \| Dell TrueMobile 1300 WLAN (802.11b/g) miniPCI Card \| Dell Advanced D-Port Replicator \|

01-05-2004, 08:33 PM	#10
beakmyn #159 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 871 Credits: -68	Damn RIAA and their new anti-P2P software! But I digress, It really happened while wardriving: Last edited by beakmyn; 01-05-2004 at 08:49 PM.

06-17-2005, 11:30 PM	#15
1CenT Z71v User Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Vancouver, B.C Posts: 842 Credits: -126	wow... i was lookin at the topic and the picture before i read.. did you know what i was thinking? i was thinking a laptop shipped and arrived at this "mint" condition lol.. i wonder wut your face is like if 1 day u ordered a laptop and it arrived.. once u open the box.. it looks like that.. ahha __________________ ASUS Z71v: Intel Pentium-M 745 1.8Ghz(400FSB) @ 2.4Ghz(533FSB) 1GB( 2x Kingston 512mb ) DDR-2 memory nVIDIA GO Geforce 6600 128mb Samsung 80gb 5400RPM 8mb Cache PATA HD 8x Dual Layer DVD +/-RW Intel Wirless Lan 2200 802.11B/G Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Home OEM

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01-05-2004, 03:20 PM	#2
Durjaya mendicant ronin... Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 71 Credits: -132	Damn... Looks like it got hit by an RPG...

01-05-2004, 03:27 PM	#6
Durjaya mendicant ronin... Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 71 Credits: -132	heh...you said neutrino flux reminds me of the old days when Apple PowerBook 5300's were bursting into flame.

01-05-2004, 08:19 PM	#9
giper Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 47 Credits: -329	WOW, thanks for the pics.

06-17-2005, 11:22 PM	#12
syilim Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Location: uk Posts: 105 Credits: -315	i see compaq. me stay away from compaq. me stay away from ppl with compaq

06-17-2005, 11:26 PM	#13
JinXed Local Troll Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 10,128 Credits: 465	thanks for the bump +rep to you

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