Sony seems to have a hard time with notebook batteries and have issued a recall of over 100,000 notebook batteries once again. The batteries are prone to overheat and start smoking and catch fire, although only 19 reports of such incidents have taken place in the US. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission instructs those affected to take the battery out of the laptop immediately and seek replacement.
Here’s a list of affected notebook models:
| Hewlett-Packard | About 32,000 | HP Pavilion: dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000 Compaq Presario: v2000 and v2400 HP Compaq: nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230, nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120, nx9600 |
Recalled batteries will have a bar code label starting with A0, L0, L1 or GC |
| Toshiba | About 3,000 | Satellite: A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X, M50/M55 Tecra: A3, A5, S2 |
n/a |
| Dell | About 150 | Latitude: 110L Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160 |
OU091 |
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