What is the name of the type of laptop battery that can catch fire?
I saw a story on CNN this morning that said that some batteries in Dell notebooks are prone to catching fire. The batteries are made by Sony I think and 4 million batteries are being recalled.
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I think it’s Dell ref the article below
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060815/ap_on_hi_te/dell_battery_recall
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If you have one of the following Dell notebook computer models shipped between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006, please visit the Dell Web site shown below. Potentially affected batteries were sold with the following models of Dell notebook computers or separately as secondary batteries.
Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710
DELL Battery Recall Web site: https://www.Dellbatteryprogram.com/.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060815/ap_on_hi_te/dell_battery_recall
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Here is a link to an article about Dell notebook battery recalls.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2005/dell_batteries.html
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yes, its Sony
Dell will replace the batteries.
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2005/dell_batteries.html
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https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/Default.aspx
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2005/dell_batteries.html
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Try this link:
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06056.html
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/recalls04/2005/dell_batteries.html
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