Why did it get locked.  I would love an explanation.  It just adds fuel to the fire that Dell knows they are in the wrong here.

I would guess that it was locked because people weren't smart enough to keep the thread to the topic of discussing the problem and solutions.  There is no way Dell is going to keep a thread open when people make posts about potential legal action.  We all agree that this topic is an issue that needs to be discussed and kept in the open because every day more and more people are going to experience the problem.  However, here...in the Dell owned forum...posts should have been limited to the problem itself.  The sites that are dedicated to the 5150 are a more appropriate place to discuss the other *issues*.