# I burning your Dell **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195 "2006-07-12T16:05:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/1 "2006-07-12T16:05:40Z")
I think the NYT requires you register for this [link.](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/10/technology/10dell.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fPeople%2fD%2fDarlin%2c%20D&_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=login&adxnnlx=1152720131-n5Rj4EepKksmWzi+qyL4vQ) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/2 "2006-07-12T16:20:03Z")
[Pics & story (no reg) here](http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32550) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/3 "2006-07-12T16:26:10Z")
Thanks, Astro. The ad below that article is for a free laptop. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/4 "2006-07-12T16:34:28Z")
Dude! You’re gonna get third degree burns! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/5 "2006-07-12T17:02:20Z")
Note–revise plans on computer purchase. Request Damage Control options. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/6 "2006-07-12T17:06:35Z")
Nah, he was just doing a **warm** boot. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/7 "2006-07-12T17:11:14Z")
Go the extra cost for the motherboard fire extinguisher. No USB add ons. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/8 "2006-07-12T17:19:19Z")
One more reason not to actually use the thing on your lap. ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/9 "2006-07-12T17:22:24Z")
[QUOTE=carnivorousplant] Go the extra cost for the motherboard fire extinguisher. No USB add ons. [/QUOTE] “The Fireman in the Dell” ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/10 "2006-07-12T18:29:04Z")
Usually it’s just servers that let you hot swap the drives… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/11 "2006-07-12T19:40:20Z")
One Dell of an explosion… Ok, so I saw that description by mousing over the picture… ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/12 "2006-07-12T20:42:50Z")
You know, that’s certainly not the first time that’s ever happened to a Dell. I used to work Dell tech support and I know of at least 2 times in the two years I was there that we had a laptop battery recall due to overheating batteries catching on fire. I never thought it would look quite like that though! ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/13 "2006-07-12T21:54:18Z")
Did any notice that the Dell in question belonged to one Jim Phelps? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2006, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-burning-your-dell/364195/14 "2006-07-12T22:58:02Z")
Never buy a Mission Impossible surplus computer(This laptop will self destruct in 30 seconds…)