HP and Toshiba recall batteries: again
Laptop-makers including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 Sony-made batteries due to fears they may overheat or catch fire. Sony said the recall came after 40 instances of overheating, including four cases where users had minor burns. The recall affects around 74,000 HP laptops, 14,400 from Toshiba, and small numbers from Dell, Acer and Lenovo. Sony said the affected batteries were caused by a production line problem between October 2004 and June 2005. Some 35,000 batteries are being recalled the US, and a further 65,000 in other parts of the world.
Sony’s announcement comes a month after it said it was recalling 438,000 of its own Vaio laptops, also due to concerns about overheating. The Japanese giant said the latest recall would only have a limited impact on its earnings. The latest recall is a fraction of Sony’s much bigger 2006 battery recall that affected 9.6 million laptops. Earlier this week Sony was forced to report a 71% fall in profits for the three months to the end of September, blaming the global economic downturn and the high value of Japan’s yen.
Source: BBC
Comments(13)
I hope mine wont blowup Oo
darn Sony should stop making these crap in China.
Made In Japan and Made In The USA FTW!
List of affected batt packs:
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/PC-Notebook-Computer-Batteries-Recalled/story.aspx?guid={306A1F8C-48BF-47FC-819B-DD82A99F101C}
Spontaneous human combustion phenomena solved!!!
I love the picture
If that Laptop was a Mac, I’d have partied
what models are affected? anywhere to find a list of the affected models? Much appreciation for any/all help ppl.Thsnks.
@ endoe: Anduril provided the link already. Just copy+paste the entire url.
this happened with the slimline ps2 adaptors as well
Anduril link does not work.
Here’s the affected models:
Computer
Manufacturer Units Notebook Model Battery Model
Hewlett-Packard About HP Pavilion: dv1000, Recalled batteries
32,000 dv8000 and zd8000 will have a bar code
label starting with
Compaq Presario: v2000 A0, L0, L1 or GC
and v2400
HP Compaq: nc6110,
nc6120, nc6140, nc6220,
nc6230, nx4800, nx4820,
nx6110, nx6120, nx9600
Toshiba About Satellite: A70/A75, n/a
3,000 P30/P5, M30X/M35X,
M50/M55
Tecra: A3, A5, S2
Dell About Latitude: 110L OU091
150 Inspiron: 1100, 1150,
5100, 5150, 5160
that’s why i love desktops, they reach highest performances in personal computing without blow up.
Well, if they acutally used qualified people for production instead of sweatshops maybe they would not have this problem.