Comments on: Can anything tame the battery flames?

Fuel cells and alternative batteries have a chance to go mainstream, thanks to technological improvements and exploding laptops.

[pjdw]

Sorry about the triple post..it was not confirming.

Yet they posted.

[Andrew J Glina]

Don't feel bad

It has happened to me a few times.

[MidniteRaider]

I take this story was written w/o taking into account other news...

Methanol, I highly doubt that it would be allowed on airplanes.
Especially given that people won't even let you bring bottled water
and a newspaper on a flight to certain destinations. So how would
they get a flammable liquid able to be allowed in flights? It will get
to the point where the only thing you can bring on a flight, is the
clothes on your back, shoes on your feet and your skibbies.

[pjdw]

Agreed, Do not do electronic work on planes

All jobs require thinking. Do the note taking
on planes and leave the computerized part for later. Better yet....REST so you can think better on the job when you get back to it. In
college I found that I learned much better if I did not study every day. When I began taking
Friday's off....the work grew easier. We humans must recharge the same as laptops.

[kyle172]

PDA's are next!

PDA's are next just like laptops if they explode or are Ion, They are no longer on planes!

[GreenApple123]

PDA battery

I bought a replacement PDA battery for my PDA about a month ago from http://www.laptopsforless.com/pdahandheldbattery and it works great. Is there any reason to think that a replacement PDA battery would be any worse than the manufacturer?s replacement?

[pjdw]

It could be Dell, not the battery

I bought a Dell computer in 2001. Before a month was up the hard drive failed. After a couple months the DVD drive went with a loud scream of my cd exploding while being read in the drive.
It took 10 days for Next Business Day repair to happen and it was only that fast because I got tired of waiting for service contract employees to come and decided to remove and install the "new" (package said refurbished) DVD drive myself.
I had so much down time with a Dell and tempermental conflicts with my programs I finally bought a different brand of desktop.
If a Dell desk top is so poorly built I must surp=mise the laptops follow suite. Especially since my Compac laptop has two lithium batteries that have never been a problem. After all, I am
bright enough to follow instructions and flip its little back legs up so air can circulater around it to cool it off.
Don't be so fast to point the finger at Sony and it's batteries. After all, the laptop must have a proper cooling mechanism.

[pjdw]

It could be Dell, not the battery

I bought a Dell computer in 2001. Before a month was up the hard drive failed. After a couple months the DVD drive went with a loud scream of my cd exploding while being read in the drive.
It took 10 days for Next Business Day repair to happen and it was only that fast because I got tired of waiting for service contract employees to come and decided to remove and install the "new" (package said refurbished) DVD drive myself.
I had so much down time with a Dell and tempermental conflicts with my programs I finally bought a different brand of desktop.
If a Dell desk top is so poorly built I must surp=mise the laptops follow suite. Especially since my Compac laptop has two lithium batteries that have never been a problem. After all, I am
bright enough to follow instructions and flip its little back legs up so air can circulater around it to cool it off.
Don't be so fast to point the finger at Sony and it's batteries. After all, the laptop must have a proper cooling mechanism.

[pjdw]

It Could Be the Dell, Not the Battery

I bought a Dell computer in 2001. Before a month was up the hard drive failed. After a couple months the DVD drive went with a loud scream of my cd exploding while being read in the drive.
It took 10 days for Next Business Day repair to happen and it was only that fast because I got tired of waiting for service contract employees to come and decided to remove and install the "new" (package said refurbished) DVD drive myself.
I had so much down time with a Dell and tempermental conflicts with my programs I finally bought a different brand of desktop.
If a Dell desk top is so poorly built I must surp=mise the laptops follow suite. Especially since my Compac laptop has two lithium batteries that have never been a problem. After all, I am
bright enough to follow instructions and flip its little back legs up so air can circulater around it to cool it off.
Don't be so fast to point the finger at Sony and it's batteries. After all, the laptop must have a proper cooling mechanism.