100,000 Sony batteries recalled

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November 1st, 2008

100,000 Sony batteries recalled

Posted by Kingsley- @ 5:47 pm

About 100,000 Sony Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard,

Toshiba and Dell notebooks have been recalled. 35,000 batteries of

these batteries were sold in the US.

Some details about these batteries:

They were sold at the same time as the batteries involved in the

widescale 2006 Sony battery recall.

These batteries can " overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to

consumers. "

The damage so far: " There have been 19 reports of the batteries

overheating, including 17 reports of flames/fire (10 resulting in

minor property damage). Two consumers experienced minor burns. "

Affected system include:

- HP (accounting for some 32,000 of the 35,000 sold in the US)

HP Pavilion: dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000

Compaq Presario: v2000 and v2400

HP Compaq: nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230,

nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120, nx9600

- Toshiba (about 3,000)

Satellite: A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X, M50/M55

Tecra: A3, A5, S2

- Dell (about 150)

Latitude: 110L

Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160