Did you guys know that the same batteries Dell used...?

Question

that exploded were also used by just about every other major computer manufacturer, including that much heralded Toshibas? I just wondered if anyone else out here knew that, because I keep hearing over and over and over again how Toshibas are better for this reason, even though they used the same batteries, and did a recall of there own. And since NO ONE uses the batteries anymore, why do people keep bringing this issue up over and over and over again?

Answer 1

Lithium-ion batteries can easily rupture, ignite, or explode when exposed to high temperature environments, for example in an area that is prone to prolonged direct sunlight. Short-circuiting a Li-ion battery can cause it to ignite or explode, and as such, any attempt to open or modify a Li-ion battery's casing or circuitry is dangerous. Li-ion batteries contain safety devices that protect the cells inside from abuse, and, if damaged, can cause the battery to ignite or explode.

Contaminants inside the cells can defeat these safety devices. For example, the mid-2006 recall of approximately 10 million Sony batteries used in Dell, Sony, Apple, Lenovo/IBM, Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu and Sharp laptops was stated to be as a consequence of internal contamination with metal particles. Under some circumstances, these can pierce the separator,causing the cell to short, rapidly converting all of the energy in the cell to heat resulting in an exothermic oxidizing reaction increasing the temperature to a few hundred degrees Celsius in a fraction of a second. This causes the neighbouring cells to heat up causing a chain thermal reaction. However, there are problems that go beyond this and so this explanation is not complete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_battery#Controversy

as is evident, toshiba is also among brands affected by the contaminated cell sony batteries
lets deal with facts NOT fiction

Answer 2

Some have to have something to kabitz about or are very slow in the modern world of technology. Almost all of the batteries were manufactured by Sony and effected almost all system makers. Some people aresold on their Toshibas, but I have found they are no better than any of the others.