would this damage my laptop?

Apparantly my P decided to turn itself on earlier today at work, it is stored in the sleeve that came with it and was zipped up.

When I went to lunch I noticed that the sleeve was fairly warm to the touch. Only after I opened it up did I realize that the battery has died and the laptop was hot also.

Since there was no air circulation would this cause any damage to the laptop? The laptop was off when I took it out and now will not power up since the battery is dead.

I'm starting to realize that maybe Fujitsu could've relocated the power switch on a P7010 to make it less likely to turn on accidently.

Tony

 

well the same thing happened on my old toshiba laptop, it was a desktop p3. I left it on in my bookbag at school, and when i finally got to it the motherboard was destroyed due to heat the laptop wouldnt turn on, and i smelt Burning when i did attempt to try to get it to power up.

Was the laptop ok when you turned it back on? did you notice any white lines on the screen or something to that effect?. How long was the laptop on in the bag?

 

Right now it won't power up since the battery is dead, when I get home from work I'll plug the AC in and see what happens. It was in the sleeve for about 4 hours before I went to lunch. I did remove the battery, waited a bit, put it back on and power up the LT and it did show me the fujitsu main screen but then shuts off. The battery light was red so obviously it drained while being on.

The thing is it's in the bag, so the screen was down so i don't know why it would even turn on even if the power button was pressed accidently. I REALLY hope there's no damage. I know I have warranty but I really don't want the hassle of having to send it in for repair or replacement if it got damaged.

When I get home I post the news (hopefully good).

Tony

 

the same thing happend to my Inspiron 8100 with 2 batteries...so it was in the sleeve and in bag for 5 hrs... and it's still alive...going towards it's 4 yr Bday

 

I did this with a Compaq and it survived.

 

how long was your laptop on for tread?

 

I'm home now and it's plugged in and working, the battery is totally dead and is being recharged now as you read this (using it to make this post).

I don't think there's any problem with it cooking inside the sleeve when it turned on accidently. I will keep an eye on it and hope that there isn't any long term damage.

I'm going to think of it this way, for some reason it wanted to be on so it can burn in all the contacts to make sure everything is ok. I've heard that after you build a PC you should leave it on for 24 hours and if it doesn't lock up or freeze because of a problem you're good to go. Being on inside the sleeve for 4+ hours with no ventilation would work out to about 24h with airflow.

Tony :fujitsu:

 

I think it is safe with ULV CPUs to have them on with no airflow. After all some manufacturers don't even have fans in ULV laptops. If I am not mistaken the IBM X40 has a LV CPU and still has no fan in it!

Glad all is ok ... cannot wait to get my hands on a P7 as soon as I am back to univ in a couple of months

EDIT: actually the IBM has a fan. But the Dell X1 which uses a ULV has no fan or vents even ... my bad

 

Just finished doing an online chat with Fujitsu support. Told them about this situation and the person thinks that it won't cause a problem.

He seemed to think that just the one time should be ok but he did say that if it happens a lot it could be a problem.

I guess when I'm travelling with it I'm going to be totally aware of the power button and make sure that my rig doesn't decide to turn on while in the sleeve. For all I know I could've pressed the button by mistake and not even know it.

If they redesign this thing down the road I hope they put the power button somewhere else.

Tony

 

My laptop stayed on quite a bit .. nearly half an hour in the bag .. lucky it survived.

 

ive never seen a laptop without fans or vents, ULV CPUS sound cool.

 

I'm not a parent yet but I feel like I am one right now with my P. At this moment I'm in a shopping mall posting this and on the way here I must've checked my P like 5 times inside the sleeve to make sure that what happened yesterday doesn't happen again.

I did an experiment last night, after I charged up the battery I put it on hibernate, then slowly raised the lid till the LT turned on and I didn't have to raise the screen too much before it powered up (with the lid still down mind you). This would be the scenario that might've happened yesterday. Since the lid doesn't lock down with a latch a bit of jarring or motion could've caused the rig to turn on from hibernation and kept it on even inside the sleeve.

I now have to be even more careful on how I transport it, in a way it's worse than a kid.

Another thing that Fujitsu should consider for a redesign, relocation of the power button, and a latch for the screen instead of a spring latch to keep the lid closed.

Tony