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Working in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Hewlett-Packard has issued a recall for about 70,000 batteries sold in a variety of notebook computers from August 2007 through March 2008. The lithium-ion batteries have a risk of overheating, potentially leading to burns or fires. HP has received two reports of batteries having overheated, resulting in fires and minor property damage. To date, no injuries have been reported.

Back at the end of 2006, Sony took a major blow on the chin by recalling millions of batteries chipped in notebook computers—both those made by Sony as well as batteries the company manufactured under contract for a plethora of computer manufacturers. Fast forward to the end of 2008, and Sony is launching another notebook battery recall…and (so far) it is impacting up to 100,000 batteries sold around the world in computers from Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, Toshiba, and Lenovo.  Read more...

Sony, in conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a voluntary recall for about 74,000 Sony Vaio TZ-series notebook computers amid concerns the units could overheat, potentially causing property damage or harming users. The recall applies to the VAIO VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-Z300, and VGN-TZ2000 series with 11.1-inch screens sold from July 2007 through last month.

Sony is blaming a wiring problem, and is offering users free inspection and, if necessary, repair of their Vaio notebook. The company encourages customers to visit Sony’s product support Web site and enter their product code and serial number to see if their PC is included in the recall; customers can also call Sony at 888/526-6219. Sony says customers can continue to use the systems, although the Consumer Products Safety Commission recommends customers stop using the notebook computers immediately.  Read more...

Re-igniting concerns over Sony-manufactured batteries used in notebook computers, Toshiba has expanded its recall of notebook batteries manufactured for its notebook computers by Sony. Toshiba is recalling the batteries due to fire risk; the company says only 5,100 of the batteries are potentially defective, but the company is recalling some 10,000 battery packs just to be sure all the recalled cells are exchanged. The new recall impacts models in Toshiba’s Satellite A100, Satellite A105, and and Tecra A7 lines. Toshiba is replacing the battery packs free of charge.  Read more...

In conjunction with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Sony has issued a recall for some 340,000 notebook computer batteries in the United States, including batteries manufactured by Sony and sold with notebook computers made by Fujitsu, Toshiba, and (for the first time) Gateway. The recall is addition to previous massive recalls of Sony-made batteries in notebook computers sold by Dell and Apple Computer (which were also announced in conjunction with the CPSC) as well as recalls from computer makers Lenovo, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Sharp…as well as Sony’s own computers.  Read more...