Dell Seeks U.S. Government Help for Laptop Explosion Investigation
Dell has asked US Consumer Product Safety Commission for assistance in finding out the root cause for the recent laptop explosion which occurred in a Japanese conference.
We replaced the customer’s computer and are still investigating the cause. We think it was a fault in a lithium ion battery cell. Dell’s engineering teams are working with the Consumer Product Safety Commission and a third-party failure analysis lab to determine the root cause of this failure and to ensure we take all appropriate measures to help prevent a recurrence. By the way, lithium ion batteries are used in billions of notebooks, mp3 players, PDAs and cell phones these days.
The root cause and a solution for this issue must be found out at the earliest. I feel Apple should also join this investigation as they were also in news for the same recently.
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I think its a wise decision since the explosion happens in japan, outside its home jurisdiction.
I feel even apple should participate in this as they also have similar issues with their products…