Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mode when placed in a bag

Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by anamax on Friday September 24, 2021 @12:19PM (#28644485)

In the US at least, laptops with LI-ion batteries are not supposed to be in the cargo hold.

I don't know whether the checked-luggage scanners catch this or what happens if they find a laptop in luggage.

The passenger isn't present during checked luggage scanning so it would be complicated to try to give the laptop to the passenger. The obvious alternatives look like theft and are extremely inconvenient. (Oh joy, I'm at my destination and my laptop isn't.)

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Re:Do not leave XPS laptop in any sleep/hibernate/standby mo... by GekkePrutser on Friday September 24, 2021 @04:54PM (#28647692)

Same in Europe. No idea what they do either. I've only put a laptop in my checked luggage once, in 2000 when it was still permitted. It was one with NiMH cells by the way which don't have a tendency to catch fire but they suck in other ways (energy density, memory effect). That's why nobody uses them anymore.

It arrived with a cracked screen so never again...

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