Macbook Catches fire, again

[gxsaurav]

Well...so much for recalled laptop battries from Sony.

Just found on engadget, another recalled macbook burning into flames. So much for re-quality control.



it's time Sony\Apple pay again from what they have earned from PS3 in Lawsuits

[kirangp]

and u can add Apple from the earnings of Ipod

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by kirangp

and u can add Apple from the earnings of Ipod

i can't, don't want to feed the trolls again

[kirangp]

By morning I guess this thread will be 20 posts long(minimum).....Otherwise it will snow here...hehe

Oh no. Luckly i do not have any SONY products.

[Asfaq]

i hope SE phones are not succeptable.. come to think of it, i hope the walkmans are also safe.. am carrying a blackbox (used in a plane) with me from today

[unni]

According to the owner

What actually happened?
I have noticed for the past 3 weeks the battery life has been poor. I was only getting an hour to an hour and a half from it (compared to over 3 hours). I also notice the battery symbol had an X showing a couple of times but a restart would sort that out. One last thing I noticed over the last few days was when the battery was fully charged and on the power, it would flicker between 99% and 100% constantly. Nothing would fix this and I was planning on getting it looked at very soon.
So, Saturday afternoon I watched a tv show (from a ripped dvd) on the macbook. The battery goes down to 21%. I close all programs and shut the lid. It was in sleep mode - the light was pulsing. I usually plug it in for a charge but I didn't this time and head out for the weekend (damn lucky as I would have come home to rubble). Sunday night, I come home and open the lid. It doesn't wake. I plug the power in and it fires up but showing 0% on the battery symbol. I surf the net using safari for 30 minutes and the battery is charging up as usual. I close all programs and shut the lid. Again, I always make sure it's in sleep mode before putting it down. I set it on the book shelf and leave it to charge.

Clearly, he ignored the signs. I wouldn't say he wasn't warned .

Why laptop batteries explode?

Why would laptop integrators include such dangerous devices in their latest notebook line-ups? The reason is simple. People want ever smaller and lightweight portable products that they can use for long periods of time. They also want their notebooks to include bright screens and processing power that would match that of desktop PCs. Thus, laptop batteries have to be relatively small and lightweight themselves, but they also have to provide considerable amounts of energy as to last at least a couple of hours per charge. However, the reduction in size makes it more likely that the batteries can fail, break, leak or short circuit. Shrunk lithium-ion batteries that can hold more power for a longer period require the vital components to be smaller and thinner.

To better understand why smaller means dangerous in the case of notebooks and laptops, let's take a look at the structure of a lithium-ion battery. Such a battery integrates pressurized containers that house a coil of metal and a flammable, lithium-containing liquid. The manufacturing process unavoidably creates solid tiny pieces of metal that float in the liquid. Unfortunately, battery manufacturers can’t totally prevent the formation of metal fragments, but good manufacturing techniques may be able to limit their size and number. The cells of a lithium-ion battery also contain separators that keep the anodes and cathodes, or positive and negative poles, from touching each other. Now, for the processes that take place inside of the battery.

Due to the moving electricity generated by this kind of batteries, when charging, the solid metal pieces may be stirred around. If one of these solid pieces of metal gets too close to the polar separator, it can puncture the separator and cause a short circuit. Now, imagine how shrunk batteries with thinner and smaller separators would react in this case. They can either catch fire because of the ignited liquid or slowly melt because of the rising inner temperature. The worst scenario is represented by a sudden explosion, determined by a rapid temperature rise, which causes the inner pressure to quickly increase.

All these problems point to the fact that battery manufacturers did not really master the process of efficiently shrinking batteries. Sony and Sanyo are today’s top battery makers, but notebook integrators are to be blamed as well, for not testing their products.

Source

[freebird]

....like PCs dont get battery explode..may be the high price of vista can potentially cause a burn in your PCxxx,wrong in ur pocket.

[gxsaurav]

Sony is not directly to blame here. After the recent recall, maybe Apple is not using Sony battries anymore. Though if they are still using & this happened then this sure is lack of Quality check

freebird, why do u bring Vista here? abe uska isse kya lena dena? PC laptops also explode but after the recall & just like last time, Apple Laptop exploded first

[Pathik]

its the fault of both Apple and Sony...
but these things happen wit many laptops ... so nuthin new...

[tarey_g]

it happens , i mean Sh1t happens . Hardware ka to mamla hi aisa hai .

@freebird , every topic in digit forum is not for discussing same thing.

[goobimama]

By morning I guess this thread will be 20 posts long(minimum).....Otherwise it will snow here...hehe

Let's not let you down then!

Its a one in a million incident. These things happen. Didn't we have a couple of dells going kaboom some time back?

[kirangp]

Originally Posted by goobimama

Let's not let you down then!

Its a one in a million incident. These things happen. Didn't we have a couple of dells going kaboom some time back?

hehe Goobimama....lolz

No sign of Mac fellows till now...I must be dreaming

[unni]

Another swollen MacBook Pro battery:

As of 10 days ago my MBP started acting up when running on battery power, would randomly shut down when fully charged etc. I called AppleCare on Thursday, requested a replacement after convincing them that I had done enough testing to ensure it was a battery issue. I received a replacement when I got home tonight and just in time because when I got to work this morning and set the book on my desk I noticed it was wobbly. I lifted it up to find the battery burst. (MacBook Pro 17" CD 2.16GHz)