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    Studio XPS 1340 up in smoke!

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Stompy, Mar 5, 2009.

  1. Stompy

    Stompy Newbie

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    I was happily tapping away on my month-old 1340 (P8600, 4gb, 9500m, 320gb) today, when all of a sudden...

    The screen went bright white. Then flickered a bit. Then... smoke started coming out of the left hinge area!! It soon switched off.

    Dell will be getting a phone call tomorrow!
     
    Stompy, Mar 5, 2009
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  2. fernandez21

    fernandez21 Notebook Consultant

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    dude you should be calling today
     
    fernandez21, Mar 5, 2009
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    Lol why wait?
     
    nizzy1115, Mar 5, 2009
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    eleron911 HighSpeedFreak

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    Man, even laptops started smoking, so sad :(



    ON topic : call them NOW !
     
    eleron911, Mar 5, 2009
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  5. Stompy

    Stompy Newbie

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    I'm in the UK, it's the middle of the night :)
     
    Stompy, Mar 5, 2009
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    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    At least there's irony when I say, "Sleep on it." :p
     
    Hirohata, Mar 5, 2009
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  7. Nition

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    "Left hinge area" is where the fan/heatsink are, and the graphics and CPU are close by. Possibly the fan failed?
     
    Nition, Mar 5, 2009
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  8. Stompy

    Stompy Newbie

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    I think its more likely that it was the actual connections in the hinge shorting... since it seemed to come directly out of the hinge rather than from the vent or the speaker.
     
    Stompy, Mar 5, 2009
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    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    May we have some visual proof? Not, not that I don't believe you :p but it would be interesting to see what the laptop looks like now :rolleyes:
     
    elijahRW, Mar 5, 2009
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  10. Stompy

    Stompy Newbie

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    Theres nothing visible on the outside, and I don't dare switch it on again to make some more smoke! Would rather not make it worse!
     
    Stompy, Mar 5, 2009
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