Back in the days of the Toshiba laptops with the orange plasma screens (T3100 and T3200), a small batch had out of spec panels that were thicker than the right ones. These panels were under more tension in the bezel and had a tendency to shatter.

I worked for a Toshiba dealer/repair centre and the first we knew about the problem was when a Tosh came back with a screen that looked like it had taken a bullet. The owner swore that the screen just went 'bang'. The crazy thing was that it still worked!

We checked with Toshiba and they basically said 'Yep, replace it' and so it began.

We didn't see a lot of these screens, but it was a notable problem.