HP Laptop fire

Hi. I have a HP ZT1260 (I'm in Canada, it might be a dif model number in the States). I was in class today and I bent the screen back. THe screen flickered white and then I saw a spark in the left hinge and then smoke came out of the hinge area. My question is, what kinda wires are in that hinge? My computer still works fine. Is my laptop gonna blow up on me???

Grace.

 

Wow, that's not good. Aside from the monitor connection in the hinge, that's also where your wireless antenna resides if you have that in your model.

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I have a feeling that smoke comming from your laptop is a bad thing. You should write HP about your experience and just see what they say. They might have to declare the model a fire hazard[ ]

HP zd7000 :: 17" WVA WXGA+ (1440 x 900) :: P4 3.06 GHz with HT :: 512MB DDR :: 64MB GeForce FX Go5600 :: 54G Wireless :: 60GB 5400 RPM HD :: XP Pro

 

Hi!
I had a zt1260 also and im from Canada. The problem is your backlight. Mine does this 3 time before dying with a hd problem. If you want my opinion, the zt1260 realy suck. I now have a Compaq Presario r3000 and the sky is blue now. Its not only the zt1260 by the way, the all line of produc with the first generation of 15' screen have problem.


Richard

 

another zd7000 here, 3.4 P4. (custom build_by_hpshopping)My graphics too took a dump. a smart buddie tweeked it back to an O.S. driver. that worked. didnt mind the safe mode thing one bit. then just today after a wierd three day bout of what seemed to be power jack issues. i returned to the room where she sat and heard two little pops, looked over and saw the death smoke rolling up off the fried power jack. havent even sent it in at all yet though i had it up to the send in confermationm number stage just before my buddie smacked that ***** up, a very smart coder friends' magic touch with the viedo issue, no you cant and have his number . in the last hour i've spotted three seprate issues each containing forums and a long list of complaints like this one. O.S. disk partition class action lawsuit, graphics cards smokeing left and right. and now just what took mine down today, the power jack. and oh yea one more i spotted, a hit and miss issue whith the keyboard not reading keystrokes, i was cool whith that one too before today, only because it was just as speratic as the rest of its issues. dammit, i loved that machine it kept me soo warm this last washington winter. never a let down, i'd just find the smallest room, and in under an hour i'd start peelin of the layers. I nearly had to chuckle when she finaly melted down today. knowing that nothing less than a compleate replacement will be soo much shinyer

below are text copies of just some of what I found,

note to self: when talking with customer service just hold to your guns. fire hazard, classaction suit, the newer 8000 series had enough R&D reworking to cut the heat problem nearly in half, not to mention the quieter fans.
they droped the hot as F! Pent. 4. for a duo chip, they dumped the nvidia grapics for the ATI (less heet fryable under a blow torch most likely). sparking jacks, smoke. keystrokes that would begin to continualy fail under the same issue (too f-in hot!). other keywords; screen flicker & horizonal lines, so just tell em you'd rather have the 8000 series than a burnt down home. three or four supervisors later it should be ending up in your favor------anyhow stick it to the man and good luck.
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HP Pavilion Notebook Computer Display Problems

I've gone through the trouble with HP and the zd7000 as well. 4 video failures. What I've learned is that there are very strict Lemon Laws in California for comsumer goods, including computers, so after 2-3 repairs on the zd7000, cite the Lemon Laws and get a replacement. Also, the replacement must be substantially identical. A replacement is on it's way to me now.

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According to the lawsuit, consumers' displays "black out" or flicker as a result of the defect. The plaintiff in the lawsuit experienced problems with his display during the warranty period and sent his computer to HP for repair. Less than four months after his computer was returned but after the warranty period expired, the display went black again. This time, HP demanded more than $600 to fix the problem. He says HP should permanently fix the problem at no cost or replace his entire computer with a defect-free equivalent or better model, and that HP should do so for every other consumer whose HP computer has similar backlight display problems. He also wants HP to return any money it has collected thus far to repair the defective computers.

Green Welling has been contacted by many consumers with similar complaints. A search of HP's website reveals that the company is aware of backlight display problems with several of its computer models.

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HP Pavilion ZD 7000

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Green Welling filed a nationwide class action in the Northern District of California on behalf of all persons who purchased an HP Pavilion ZD7000 series notebook computer ("Pavilion").

The complaint alleges that the Pavilion overheats and cannot effectively dissipate the heat produced by its various components, such as the video card. The high amount of heat produced by the notebook results in numerous malfunctions. For example, the display will show vertical red lines and other checkered patterns and without warning the screen will go blank and reboot in safe mode. Often, overheating causes the Pavilion's power jack to loosen and provide insufficient power to the notebook. Plaintiff alleges that Hewlett-Packard Co. ("HP") is aware of this problem yet refuses to warn Pavilion owners of the problem or adequately and efficiently repair the problem. .

Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, seeks injunctive relief requiring HP to cease its unlawful practices, as well as monetary relief including reimbursement of amounts Pavilion owners paid to repair their defective notebook.



If you have experienced this problem, or would like more information about the lawsuit, please contact us at (415) 477-6700 or by e-mail at: [email protected].



HP on the well known bad AC Power problem

HP recalls battery packs

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051014/ap_on_re_us/recalls

Quote:
Hewlett Packard is recalling about 135,000 battery packs for some HP and Compaq laptop computers because of reports they overheated and melted, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced Friday.

The lithium ion rechargeable battery packs are used with HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, HP Compaq and Compaq Evo laptop computers.

The company has received 16 reports of the batteries' overheating; four cases occurred in the United States.
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The recalled packs bear a barcode label starting with GC, IA, L0 or L1.

 

hey i am new here, and i need some help and since you guys have the same laptop i have maybe you can help. i have a zt1260 and i am looking for reboot disk for it, do you know were i can get them? Hp has said that they are no longer in print, so that leves me only one opption that can see. that is to find some one with that same laptop and borrw or have copy made so that i do not have this problem again. any suggetions are well come.