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

[Thomas Bruno]

Only certian ac adaptors are sold with specific dell models. There is
only 1 kind of Inspiron 8500 AC, and only 1 kind of Inspiron 8200
adaptor, the 8100 adaptor is on recall

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 10:13 -0600, djgoku wrote:
> That is really weird, but why would your model of laptop matter it is
> the ac adaptor not that laptop on the recall.  Hope you figure out
> what went wrong and the problem is fixed.
> 
> 
> On Fri, 03 Dec 2004 10:02:50 -0600, Thomas Bruno <crweb at vwords.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Bad part of the ac adaptor recall is, my system is one of the very few
> > systems that the recall does not cover... wierd eh?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 09:19 -0600, Keith Savasten wrote:
> > >
> > > >   I'm still in a state of panic/shock as to what just happened.  I
> > > >will be researching legal options now, as my laptop warranty ended
> > > >because the dell wouldn't let me renew because of a mix up, and other
> > > >things that have built up (like sending it in for fan swap to have it
> > > >come back not even turning it on),  now this.. a laptop I'm totally
> > > >terrified of even turning on.
> > >
> > >
> > >       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.
> > >
> > > Keith Savasten
> > >
> > > Consumer Product Safety Commission
> > >
> > > http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml05/05004.html
> > >
> > > The dell recall website:
> > >
> > > https://www.delladapterprogram.com/Main.aspx
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
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