Yes, or anything dating back as far as the DV-2000 as they all look much the same. (DV-2000 through DV-6000) Many of these units also suffered from the bad nVidia GPU problem which often also manifested as a failure of the WiFi component. Not a model I'm fond of.
“He must have dragged the laptop out with some wood as the wood was singed,”
1)Wood + Laptop = WTF! (that's not how I store a laptop!)
“He stamped it out with his foot.”
2)That laptop doesn't look very stamped out!
3) Why would anyone in there right mind attempt to stamp out a chemical fire? I know that I wouldn't! Once its out of the car let it burn!
Talking of which Chemical Fires usually produce loads of car damaging Toxic Fumes.. yet no mention of such.. especially since, said car filled with smoke, her first reaction would be to release her hord of sprogs from relevant safty seats... whereas seems she went straight to the boot.. odd that.
one might suspect that undamaged car, undamaged stamped upon laptop, un-smoke-damaged sprogs. might lead to another conclusion. possibly involving a completly seperate nail.
How convenient that just a week ago, HP had a battery recall on "affected" batteries. Mostly thats a HP dv6000 series. Guess someone got the short end of the stick.
Velocity Micro Edge Z30 Midsize Desktop (2.66GHz Intel Core i5 750, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 1TB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 27" LCD)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Pavilion p6210f Mini-Tower Desktop (2.6GHz Athlon II X4 620, 6GB DDR2, 640GB HDD, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
HP (Hewlett-Packard) Compaq Presario CQ5210F Mini-Tower Desktop (2.7GHz Athlon 64 X2 215, 3GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD±RW DL, Windows 7 Home Premium)
Apple iMac All-In-One Desktop (3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR2, 500GB, DVD+-RW DL, Mac OS X v10.5 Snow Leopard, 21.5" LCD)
Motorist in laptop blaze
nichomach
If that's the actual laptop... #
Posted Friday 16th October 2009 16:18 GMT
...it's fairly clearly a recent Hewlett Packard, looks like a 15.4" screen jobby, so maybe a 6735, 6730, something like that?
Matthew 18
i know :) #
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
its a hp dv9000 series....
Flashy Frog
actually, more like a... #
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
pavillion DV series...DV2500, 6000, 9500 etc
Michael Kean
@nichomach #
Posted Saturday 17th October 2009 01:13 GMT
Yes, or anything dating back as far as the DV-2000 as they all look much the same. (DV-2000 through DV-6000) Many of these units also suffered from the bad nVidia GPU problem which often also manifested as a failure of the WiFi component. Not a model I'm fond of.
Allan George Dyer
Responsible, caring parent... #
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 09:52 GMT
allowing her child to hold the laptop, switched on, when the replacement battery might go the same way... (see icon)
Anonymous 16
@mathew #
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 09:52 GMT
Yes I agree this is HP pavillion DV9655ea
Anonymous Coward
@ Allan George Dyer #
Posted Sunday 18th October 2009 19:42 GMT
.. to me that looks like a reflection of their mirror? Maybe at a push a random TV or something?
Look below the large shiny thing, looks like a fireplace with pictures on it.
xChris
HP batteries recall.. #
Posted Monday 19th October 2009 10:23 GMT
..was on Oct'08 and May'09. Even the HP update manager informs you about this..
The question is if that woman gave attention to that warnings or did nothing...
David Neil
Maybe I'm missing something #
Posted Monday 19th October 2009 11:22 GMT
But am I expected to believe that is the actual laptop that the battery blew up in?
With no scorching visible on the upper plastics at all?
Anonymous Coward
Several Points... #
Posted Tuesday 20th October 2009 11:36 GMT
“He must have dragged the laptop out with some wood as the wood was singed,”
1)Wood + Laptop = WTF! (that's not how I store a laptop!)
“He stamped it out with his foot.”
2)That laptop doesn't look very stamped out!
3) Why would anyone in there right mind attempt to stamp out a chemical fire? I know that I wouldn't! Once its out of the car let it burn!
Talking of which Chemical Fires usually produce loads of car damaging Toxic Fumes.. yet no mention of such.. especially since, said car filled with smoke, her first reaction would be to release her hord of sprogs from relevant safty seats... whereas seems she went straight to the boot.. odd that.
one might suspect that undamaged car, undamaged stamped upon laptop, un-smoke-damaged sprogs. might lead to another conclusion. possibly involving a completly seperate nail.
jtusa425
Battery recall #
Posted Tuesday 27th October 2009 22:30 GMT
How convenient that just a week ago, HP had a battery recall on "affected" batteries. Mostly thats a HP dv6000 series. Guess someone got the short end of the stick.