My L702X 3D Started on Fire?!

Soooo, if you can tell by my signature, I've had more than a few issues with Dell, but this one certainly takes the cake...

My XPS 17 in the signature below went kaput. Basically, I was just doing some light Skyrim-ing in 3D and next thing I know it turns off and smells heavily of o-zone.

So I do what any intelligent person should do.. I grab my drives to back up the data to another computer. Well, neither my 750GB or 500GB drives are spinning or being recognized by two other PC's.

So I dig further. I try all 14GB (3x4GB+1x2GB) in another system... no post on any of the sticks in the other machine.

Keep in mind, my XPS 17 won't even turn on, so I can't test other components like the LCD or keyboard.

My history with this current system was okay... I had a 4GB stick go bad about three months back. I also had the left side of my keyboard fail, as well as my touchpad mouse buttons fail... if my memory serves, this was before the memory failure.

I'm thinking I may have had a defective unit to start with and it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.

What do y'all suggest I do? I have a feeling it would be more cost effective for Dell to just replace the unit opposed to mindlessly sending me new parts. I have about a year left of my warranty, which is overnight and next day service.

If you need any other info, let me know. I tried two batteries as well, and both my 130watt and 150watt power supplies still work just fine.

 

send it back, get a new system.

 

Lol, thanks