thanks a ton

Thanks for the heads-up, Paul. This very well may apply to my laptop. I thought my upper thighs had been burning more than usual...

Thanks, my friend recently bought a Dell laptop.

Turns out my battery is not on the recall list, so the mystery of my flaming lap remains unsolved....or DOES it???

maybe its time to recall your lap to the hospital for a penicilin shot

apple had the same thing with their ibook batteries recently. it worked out great because my battery had completely lost its charge anyway and i was able to send it back to get a new one free of charge.