It probably wasn't in fire for very long. These things are thick so you could leave it in light flames for long enough for the exterior to decompose but leave the interior alright. The amount of heat isn't enough to render the interior useless. So i think you're exaggerating it. If this laptop was in really hot flames for over 20 minutes at about 1500-2000 celsius, it wouldn't be usable.
I think the components r surrounded with fire retardant material.. I'm sure they thought of that in the design process.. that's why it's so thick.. not just water resistance and break proof but fire resistant too
There are lots of components inside that won't survive that much heat AT ALL. If the enclosure's metal has bubbled, what would keep other metal inside, like the processor, aluminum capacitors, etc from burning? What, you'll tell me that there isn't ANY plastic inside it? I doubt. So, I think you re-worked it!
@fernando306 Wow. Well, first let me thank you for calling my motives, ethics, moral...whichever into question. Second, you are incorrect as I, nor anyone else, has done anything to this device since it came out of that burned up truck. Feel free to put your money where your mouth is and stop by anytime to examine it for yourself. Not practical? Find someone, pay someone beg someone in Southern Nevada you trust and send them over it's open for inspection. Send me an email I'll send you pics.
Ok. My intention has never been to question your moral / ethics or anything, but you gotta agree with me that I have my reasons not to believe it, regardless of anything. All right, so tell me, what kept the battery from exploding? What kept the soldering joints, PCB traces, cpu core, etc from melting? Most (99%) of all electronic components on earth won't survive being exposed to temperatures above 400 celsius desgrees for long periods of time (more than 1 minute)...
@fernando306 Because toughbooks run fanless they have a special heat dissipation system that dissipates all heat from the inner components to the outer casing. This could have lent to the fact that none of the inner components appear to have been damaged by the heat.
All sarcasm aside (I read your other post that was removed) I totally agree that it is very unusual which is why it makes a good YouTube video (to me anyway). That being said it is a good question that I really don't have an answer for. I can't tell you why the battery didn't melt let alone explode and it certainly got hot enough to melt every solder point in there. On the flip side though I can't really think of anything I could have done to doctor it up and make it work.
@Morrowinda Thats not getting profit. I have electronics that last lots of years. Your just buying shit thats not quality. Theres tons of electronics with quality to last many years thats how you make profit show that your stuff has quality.
You make profit by designing your hardware components to last a certain period of time so that your idiot customers would flock back to buy the newest piece of cheap plastic **** from china.
Although, some models may/may not be subject to this, the integration of an internal killswitch in sandy bridge processors have made me reluctant to submit to the norm.
This Toughbook is from Hungary??? About 1-2 years ago somebody burned some cars on the streets of Budapest, and I've seen in the evening news when cops wondering on an opened laptop in one of the burnt out cars, and the WindowsXP screensaver was still running on its sooty display... The burned laptop was shown only for some seconds, but the damage of the display panel looked very similar to this Toughbook's.
Yet they can survive high heat, but not, guessing, 1000+ F temps. On the bright side, if the computers keyboards,mouse,etc burned, you can get the hard drive out and put it in a other computer.
It probably wasn't in fire for very long. These things are thick so you could leave it in light flames for long enough for the exterior to decompose but leave the interior alright. The amount of heat isn't enough to render the interior useless. So i think you're exaggerating it. If this laptop was in really hot flames for over 20 minutes at about 1500-2000 celsius, it wouldn't be usable.
roberth214 2 months ago
that's the power of rugged pc's
kbhasikevin 2 months ago
I think the components r surrounded with fire retardant material.. I'm sure they thought of that in the design process.. that's why it's so thick.. not just water resistance and break proof but fire resistant too
AntDX316 5 months ago
damn if i get caught im writing my help letter on one of these
GamersCanGame 6 months ago
@Whiplash274
are you serious?
one toughbook costs 4000 bucks
hateWinVista 7 months ago
@rawdmon Hmm, that is a possibility...
fernando306 8 months ago
Comment removed
fernando306 10 months ago
Man, I don't believe it.
There are lots of components inside that won't survive that much heat AT ALL. If the enclosure's metal has bubbled, what would keep other metal inside, like the processor, aluminum capacitors, etc from burning? What, you'll tell me that there isn't ANY plastic inside it? I doubt. So, I think you re-worked it!
fernando306 11 months ago
@fernando306 Wow. Well, first let me thank you for calling my motives, ethics, moral...whichever into question. Second, you are incorrect as I, nor anyone else, has done anything to this device since it came out of that burned up truck. Feel free to put your money where your mouth is and stop by anytime to examine it for yourself. Not practical? Find someone, pay someone beg someone in Southern Nevada you trust and send them over it's open for inspection. Send me an email I'll send you pics.
netwak 10 months ago
@netwak
Ok. My intention has never been to question your moral / ethics or anything, but you gotta agree with me that I have my reasons not to believe it, regardless of anything. All right, so tell me, what kept the battery from exploding? What kept the soldering joints, PCB traces, cpu core, etc from melting? Most (99%) of all electronic components on earth won't survive being exposed to temperatures above 400 celsius desgrees for long periods of time (more than 1 minute)...
fernando306 10 months ago
@fernando306 Because toughbooks run fanless they have a special heat dissipation system that dissipates all heat from the inner components to the outer casing. This could have lent to the fact that none of the inner components appear to have been damaged by the heat.
rawdmon 8 months ago
Hi Fernando,
All sarcasm aside (I read your other post that was removed) I totally agree that it is very unusual which is why it makes a good YouTube video (to me anyway). That being said it is a good question that I really don't have an answer for. I can't tell you why the battery didn't melt let alone explode and it certainly got hot enough to melt every solder point in there. On the flip side though I can't really think of anything I could have done to doctor it up and make it work.
netwak 10 months ago
@fernando306 There was a gameboy that went into wwll and it was melted and squished and was working fine
HaloHamstur 9 months ago
@HaloHamstur I don't know what the hell you're talking about, there were no gameboys during wwII, Hell, TVs were barely in use at the time.
rawdmon 8 months ago
@rawdmon maybe it was Vietnam.... Look it up
HaloHamstur 8 months ago
@HaloHamstur it was actually the Gulf War that took place from 1990 to 1991.
rawdmon 8 months ago
@rawdmon Makes sense but it was still working right?
HaloHamstur 8 months ago
@HaloHamstur Correct, though a gameboy is closer to being a pocket calculator than it is to being a laptop lol.
rawdmon 8 months ago
@rawdmon But i think it shows how much electronics can actually survive!
HaloHamstur 8 months ago
@HaloHamstur
Electronics THESE DAYS are designed to last you less than a year. It's called profit by planned obsolence.
Morrowinda 8 months ago
@Morrowinda Thats not getting profit. I have electronics that last lots of years. Your just buying shit thats not quality. Theres tons of electronics with quality to last many years thats how you make profit show that your stuff has quality.
HaloHamstur 8 months ago
@HaloHamstur
You make profit by designing your hardware components to last a certain period of time so that your idiot customers would flock back to buy the newest piece of cheap plastic **** from china.
Although, some models may/may not be subject to this, the integration of an internal killswitch in sandy bridge processors have made me reluctant to submit to the norm.
Morrowinda 8 months ago
Hi mrnmrn,
This one was from the US (Southern Nevada).
-Jeff
netwak 1 year ago
This Toughbook is from Hungary??? About 1-2 years ago somebody burned some cars on the streets of Budapest, and I've seen in the evening news when cops wondering on an opened laptop in one of the burnt out cars, and the WindowsXP screensaver was still running on its sooty display... The burned laptop was shown only for some seconds, but the damage of the display panel looked very similar to this Toughbook's.
mrnmrn1 1 year ago
Lets see a mac book do that.
t436 1 year ago
@t436 I'm sure macbooks aren't designed as tanks.
daboss2305 1 year ago
Yet they can survive high heat, but not, guessing, 1000+ F temps. On the bright side, if the computers keyboards,mouse,etc burned, you can get the hard drive out and put it in a other computer.
jarrodmaddy 1 year ago
Comment removed
jarrodmaddy 1 year ago
i love my cf-29... these laptops are amazing...
lexousa 1 year ago
Hey Jeff- This is great footage. Are you the owner of this Toughbook? We'd love to hear more of your story.
toughbook 2 years ago