On Fri, 14 May 2010 22:33:15 -0700, Eli Luong wrote:

I had left my laptop (dell 600m) on standby for a few days running off
battery, so it was around 40% based on the little indicator they have on
the battery. I plugged in the AC to charge it and went off for about
90min. I came back and the charging LED was blinking red, and the
battery was burning hot, way hotter than it ever was. So I unplugged the
AC adapter and put the system in Hibernate and removed the battery to
let it cool down. And I was afraid it'll either explode or start burning
up. It's cooled down now, but I was wondering what I should do about it
now. It's worked fine for the past 5 years or so? I haven't plugged it
back in yet. Just wondering what do you guys think is wrong. Is the
fail-safe on the battery effective? Sometimes it doesn't work, right,
and the battery either explodes or burns up?

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