Captured on Video: Man saves HP Laptop from Battery Blaze

[Case]

According to witnesses, the notebook began to emit smoke, at which point the clearly asbestos-fingered owner pulled out the smoking power cell and punted it outside into his firm's parking lot. Just in time: the battery caught fire almost immediately

link (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09/25/man_saves_laptop/)

[ninikins]

what the hell? That's insane! They should do a recall if their laptops are doing that, surely.

[proxops-pete]

Ouch... glad it wasn't indoors! :eek:

[FourBear]

I didn't think HP laptops were worth burning your hands over ;)

Don't get me wrong, I have an HP laptop...but seriously, I prefer not sustaining injuries. Hmm, I guess I should check to make sure my battery hasn't been recalled.

[karenlyn]

Maybe the laptop itself isn't worth it, but the thousand buck it would cost to replace it is would be worth a burn or two to me.

I can't figure out why this would happen, though. Is this normal? (I'm guess no... :) )

[Case]

the battery cells from sony have a flaw that causes them to overheat and when batteries get to hot BOOM incenidary device

[Kaiser]

Don't they all use the same OEM parts manufacturer for batteries. Maybe it's time to start constructing the casing out of flame retardant material...