In what is being called the largest consumer electronic recall ever, Dell today recalled 4.1 million laptop batteries that the company claims may be prone to overheating and catching fire. Given the concern raised recently about having notebook computers on commercial flights due to a risk of fire, the timing couldn’t have been worse and the two events are probably related. Dell has put up a web site with information that describes how to tell if your battery is affected and what to do to get a replacement. The following notebook models are listed:
- 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
Only batteries with the following models are subject to the recall:
Time to check my Latitude D620.

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