Recalled: 35,000 volatile Sony batteries in Dell / HP / Toshiba laptops
By Darren Murph 
posted October 30th 2008 5:25PM
posted October 30th 2008 5:25PM
Ruh roh. We're really, really hoping this isn't just the first of another long string of laptop battery recalls, but the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with a slew of other outfits, has just announced a voluntary recall of around 35,000 Sony laptop batteries. As you'd expect, the Li-ions in question "can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers," and there have already been 19 reports of overheating including 17 reports of flames / fire and two reports of consumers getting mildly burnt. For the full list (and it's pretty long) of affected laptop models from HP / HP Compaq, Toshiba and Dell, be sure to give the read link some serious attention. Oh, and stop using that battery pronto if yours is one of the afflicted.
oh crap this reminds me i have to send my iPhone AC Adapter back to Apple.
"reports of consumers getting mildly burnt."
Why don't you haters be more like Apple Fanboys. When Apple had a lappy battery recall, they blamed the battery manufacturer and thanked Apple for giving them anew battery.
Good thing these batteries aren't nuclear powered.
As far as I can tell, my Toshiba battery is safe from this.
DAMN. I have a dv8000 with a GC* battery, but mine's not part of the lot.
I was really hoping for a free replacement, this thing only has like 5-10min life on a full charge left :(