TV-OUT on laptop causes major damage, fire / shock

[Brian Densmore]

Dude! You're getting Electrifi... err ... A Dell!


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Attaway
> 
> 
> > 	I wonder why DELL is recalling 4.5 million power adaptors that 
> > "may overheat causing fire or electrical shock". That is an 
> awful lot of 
> > units to replace with only seven incidents reported to them.
> 
> That's the ticket right there!  Something overheated and caused the 
> isolation from the mains to short to the DC side.  That's 
> your fire and 
> electrical shock.
> 
> ...