Dell's exploding computer and other image problems Images of a Dell notebook bursting into flames, published on Net, hurt Dell's attempts to improve its image. July 10, 2006 5 ...

The point is, the computer should not be able to get hot enough to do that." Victims of an exploding Dell laptop may be sorely disappointed if they ask Dell for a replacement.

The 15-year-old daughter of a top foreign affairs official in Pretoria has suffered severe burns when a laptop computer which is also used by her father exploded while she was working on it. "It ...