Dell Recalls Millions Of Suspect Batteries
The Age
Thursday September 7, 2006
AFTER three separate and highly publicised incidents of Dell notebooks spontaneously combusting, the world's largest PC maker has issued a recall of its notebook batteries. About 4.1 million units are thought to be affected. A link on Dell's website states: "Dell has identified a potential issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude, Inspiron, XPS and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation notebook computers ... Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire."
Dell is offering free replacements for the batteries, which were manufactured by Sony, which also makes batteries used in Apple, Lenovo and HP notebooks, but no recalls for these brands have been issued. Log on to dell.com.au and click on the "battery recall" link at the bottom of the page to see if your notebook is affected. -- SIMON TSANG
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