Archos 400 PMP Possessed by the Devil? October 4, 2006
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We've seen exploding batteries and laptops on fire, but this has us scratching our heads. Reader Tommy sent us an intriguing note this morning along with a group of pictures of his destroyed Archos AV400 PMP, which looked like it had been possessed by demons.
Hi Gizmodo.Take a look at this gallery of gruesome, closeup shots of the mayhem that ensued when that little bugger fought his way out of the Archos AV400. So how about it, commenters? WTF happened here? We're stumped.
I thought I would send this to you because I can't seem to find an explanation. Enclosed are pictures of my ARCHOS pmp. I walked into my office one morning to find it split open as if it had exploded from within. There are no signs of an internal fire or anything that suggests the cause. It just looks as if a tiny gremlin escaped from the center of the device using Hulk-like brute force. Do you have any idea what could cause this???
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I'd say someone at work must have brutalised it with a screwdriver or such.
Same as just happened to mine
My ARCHOS Gmini 407 camcorder did exactly the same thing. Not a bright view for this company.. I sent it to them 2 weeks ago, no replacement as yet..(lasted 3 months)
Thy use cheap batteries that expand probobly. look it up on line try to fing "expanding batteries" I read somewhere that some companies use cheap batteries that can grow twice their original size....Jeeze it just did that out of nowhere... thats pretty funny.
Same as mine (AV400), few months ago, split right open. I sent it for repair as per the tech supp rep i spoke to over the phone. After two weeks I got an email indicating that this was an end-of-life product (sure the tech rep did not know this ...) and that they could do 3 things: 1. return it unrepaired, 2. give me an AV504 for 200 US (not much of a deal, or 3. provide me with 15% discount on a new gen4 or gen5 archos.
I thanked them for these, not so compelling options and asked them to return my Archos unrepaired.