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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 935755" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Well my friend, I'm not sure what to tell you.  I work in IT and have hundreds of pieces of computer equipment.  Every once in awhile, a flyback transformer dies on a monitor and lets off a big flash and puff of smoke - for no other reason than it's failed.  I've had laptop batteries explode and have had laptops (Dell) catch fire - even had to send one back to Dell for inspection.  It happens.  Depending on the circumstances, it could have been dangerous too.  Fortunately, in each of these cases, the damage was confined to the machine (just as it was in this case).</p></blockquote><p></p>