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From: castrwilliam on 16 May 2010 19:14
On May 15, 1:33 am, Eli Luong <elilu...(a)gmail.com> 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?

That's a Lithium ion battery? Remove it at once, they apparently can
break into (nearly) unstoppable chemical fires. As for replacement,
try batterymart.com.
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