Dell Laptop battery recall

[Hivetyrant]

just in case any of you missed it, Dell issued a recall of about 4 million batteries...

Info on how to identify if you are an owner of a dodgy battery is here

Dear Dell Customer, Dell has identified a potential issue associated with certain batteries sold with Dell Latitude™, Inspiron™, XPS™ and Dell Precision Mobile Workstation™ notebook computers. In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and other regulatory agencies, Dell is voluntarily recalling certain Dell-branded batteries with cells manufactured by Sony and offering free replacements for these batteries. Under rare conditions, it is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire. 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 In addition, these batteries may have also been provided in response to service calls. The batteries were shipped to customers between April 1, 2004 and July 18, 2006. The words "DELL" and "Made in Japan" or "Made in China" or "Battery cell made in Japan, Assembled in China" are printed on the back of the batteries. If your battery does not reflect one of these markings it is not part of this recall, and you may exit the site.

And before anyone starts flaming Dell, it's not their fault, the potentially defective batteries were all made by Sony, so we can blame them instead

[ 08-17-2006, 12:22 AM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

[Sever]

Saw this on the box last night but couldn't find an adequate linky to make a thread. Apparently one blew up at a computer convention of all places! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by Sever: Saw this on the box last night but couldn't find an adequate linky to make a thread. Apparently one blew up at a computer convention of all places! [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

Yeah, Harks linked that a few days ago hilarious story, but it was proven fake

Despite what the media are saying, they don't blow up!

[ 08-17-2006, 01:07 AM: Message edited by: Hivetyrant ]

[SpiritWarrior]

Ok only laptops though, right? I have like 4 dells : /.

[Harkoliar]

http://www.ironworksforum.com/ubb/no...=003718#000000

That was my link [img]tongue.gif[/img]


I still think it may have happened though.. There are several links besides what I have given on how it burst into flames quite literally.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/07/31/de...re_laptopfire/
http://www.tgdaily.com/picturegaller...0060731-1.html

I got it in Toms Hardware News from this link:
http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/15/de...attery_recall/

[Hivetyrant]

Yeah, they have caught on fire, but they don't "explode"

[dplax]

Apple seems to be recalling the same type of batteries...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5283424.stm

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by dplax: Apple seems to be recalling the same type of batteries... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5283424.stm

Aww damn, this is starting to look really bad for Sony....

Not that it didn't already I guess [img]tongue.gif[/img]