OH SHIT!

[Hyena Dandy]

I've had troubles with computers before, but never this bad. I just had my laptop catch fire. Fortunately it wasn't on my lap at the time, so only my fingers got burned. But still... THat's scary.

Especially with my pyrophobia.

[draggar]

Always make sure you have good ventalation!

Glad you're OK, was it a Dell?

[Hyena Dandy]

It was an Asus.

[MaggieTheCat]

How the heck did your laptop catch fire??

[Hyena Dandy]

If I knew, I would tell you. As it is, its one of life's mysteries.

Scared the hell out of me. I'm pyrophobic too.

[MaggieTheCat]

Woow. Well, I'm glad you didn't get hurt (much) at least.

[wolfie]

I read a few months ago (can't recall where) about there being a bad batch of lithium ion batteries which tended to catch fire. Various brands of laptops were involved.

[Docmayhem]

TYPE SLOWER!!!

But seriously, I'm glad you're OK.

Make sure you report the incident to the manufacturer. If it is a bad batch of batteries, then the sooner they know the sooner they can get them recalled.

[Jester]

This reminds me of the time my friend Pilot was telling me that his car blew up. I thought he meant the engine just died painfully. No, he meant the damn thing blew up. It was engulfed in flames within a minute, and he barely made it out alive. He sent me pictures. The damn thing looked like you would think a car would look like it if it had blown up. Fucked up.