A UK motorist recently had a lucky escape after a fire in her car’s boot, which it’s alleged may have been started by an exploding laptop battery.
Sarah Williams with her damaged laptop and mangled battery
Credit: Hereford Times
Sarah Williams — aged 32 and from Hereford — was parked at some traffic lights when she suddenly …
Yes, or anything dating back as far as the DV-2000 as they all look much the same. (DV-2000 through DV-6000) Many of these units also suffered from the bad nVidia GPU problem which often also manifested as a failure of the WiFi component. Not a model I'm fond of.
“He must have dragged the laptop out with some wood as the wood was singed,”
1)Wood + Laptop = WTF! (that's not how I store a laptop!)
“He stamped it out with his foot.”
2)That laptop doesn't look very stamped out!
3) Why would anyone in there right mind attempt to stamp out a chemical fire? I know that I wouldn't! Once its out of the car let it burn!
Talking of which Chemical Fires usually produce loads of car damaging Toxic Fumes.. yet no mention of such.. especially since, said car filled with smoke, her first reaction would be to release her hord of sprogs from relevant safty seats... whereas seems she went straight to the boot.. odd that.
one might suspect that undamaged car, undamaged stamped upon laptop, un-smoke-damaged sprogs. might lead to another conclusion. possibly involving a completly seperate nail.
How convenient that just a week ago, HP had a battery recall on "affected" batteries. Mostly thats a HP dv6000 series. Guess someone got the short end of the stick.
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Motorist in laptop blaze
A UK motorist recently had a lucky escape after a fire in her car’s boot, which it’s alleged may have been started by an exploding laptop battery. Sarah Williams with her damaged laptop and mangled battery Credit: Hereford Times Sarah Williams — aged 32 and from Hereford — was parked at some traffic lights when she suddenly …
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Posted Friday 16th October 2009 16:18 GMT
nichomach
If that's the actual laptop... #
...it's fairly clearly a recent Hewlett Packard, looks like a 15.4" screen jobby, so maybe a 6735, 6730, something like that?
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
Matthew 18
i know :) #
its a hp dv9000 series....
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
Flashy Frog
actually, more like a... #
pavillion DV series...DV2500, 6000, 9500 etc
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
Michael Kean
@nichomach #
Yes, or anything dating back as far as the DV-2000 as they all look much the same. (DV-2000 through DV-6000) Many of these units also suffered from the bad nVidia GPU problem which often also manifested as a failure of the WiFi component. Not a model I'm fond of.
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 09:52 GMT
Allan George Dyer
Responsible, caring parent... #
allowing her child to hold the laptop, switched on, when the replacement battery might go the same way... (see icon)
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 09:52 GMT
Anonymous 16
@mathew #
Yes I agree this is HP pavillion DV9655ea
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 19:42 GMT
Anonymous Coward
@ Allan George Dyer #
.. to me that looks like a reflection of their mirror? Maybe at a push a random TV or something?
Look below the large shiny thing, looks like a fireplace with pictures on it.
Posted Monday 19th October 2009 10:23 GMT
Anonymous Coward
HP batteries recall.. #
..was on Oct'08 and May'09. Even the HP update manager informs you about this..
The question is if that woman gave attention to that warnings or did nothing...
Posted Monday 19th October 2009 11:22 GMT
David Neil
Maybe I'm missing something #
But am I expected to believe that is the actual laptop that the battery blew up in?
With no scorching visible on the upper plastics at all?
Posted Tuesday 20th October 2009 11:36 GMT
Anonymous Coward
Several Points... #
“He must have dragged the laptop out with some wood as the wood was singed,”
1)Wood + Laptop = WTF! (that's not how I store a laptop!)
“He stamped it out with his foot.”
2)That laptop doesn't look very stamped out!
3) Why would anyone in there right mind attempt to stamp out a chemical fire? I know that I wouldn't! Once its out of the car let it burn!
Talking of which Chemical Fires usually produce loads of car damaging Toxic Fumes.. yet no mention of such.. especially since, said car filled with smoke, her first reaction would be to release her hord of sprogs from relevant safty seats... whereas seems she went straight to the boot.. odd that.
one might suspect that undamaged car, undamaged stamped upon laptop, un-smoke-damaged sprogs. might lead to another conclusion. possibly involving a completly seperate nail.
Posted Tuesday 27th October 2009 22:30 GMT
jtusa425
Battery recall #
How convenient that just a week ago, HP had a battery recall on "affected" batteries. Mostly thats a HP dv6000 series. Guess someone got the short end of the stick.
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