Dell Laptop Battery Recall

[RoboMadi]

Originally Posted by sciguy125

Actually, I have the Insprion 630m (same as the 140, but from the business website - it was on sale at the time). I was hoping that it was recalled because my battery is starting to loose capacity. It's lost about 5%. My battery is reporting itself as being manufactured by Panasonic, by the way.

Mine is not that old. So far the battery has been working fine (from Sony), easily providing 3+ hours. I actually bought mine through a promotion, so mine is not only BusinessTab but also includes a Media Center. If you're laptop is still under warranty you can claim a new battery; it might has to go through Panasonic, but still possible i think.

[team222badbrad]

I checked to see if the battery for my inspiron 8600 was recalled a few days ago and it was not. :-)

I was hoping to get a new battery as mine is half dead!

I think most of the batteries being recalled are secondary batteries that are used in the CD drive slots.

Anyway, my battery was manufactured by Sanyo.

[Greg Marra]

I was pretty worried that the battery from my laptop was going to be recalled even before I got it.

A friend of mine who has a MacBook Pro fell under their battery recall as well.

[coreyk]

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/te...ebatteryrecall

[Andrew Blair]

Originally Posted by coreyk

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/technology/23cnd-apple.html?ex=1172030400&en=9721c3becb088673&ei=50 87&excamp=GGGNapplebatteryrecall

I'm actually kinda glad- we won't be seeing any Apple commercials where the guy in the suit gets caught up in a lithium fire...

[lukevanoort]

Originally Posted by Andrew Blair

I'm actually kinda glad- we won't be seeing any Apple commercials where the guy in the suit gets caught up in a lithium fire...

PC guy: Hi, I'm a PC
Mac guy: and, I'm a Mac. I like to be as helpful as possible, my Dashboard can give lots of useful information, from a Krispy Kreme store locater to stock tickers, the nearest coffee shop to the cafeteria's food schedule.
PC guy: I can be very helpful too.
Mac guy: Really, thats cool. What do you do?
PC guy: I can light cigars.
Mac guy: And, how do you do that?
PC guy: I like to heat up and catch on fire
Mac guy: Thats pretty neat, but, uhh, isn't that a bit dangerous....
PC guy: Not really, here I'll imitate a fireworks show.
[PC guy catches on fire and explodes]

Now that wouldn't make anyone buy Mac, but it would be entertaining to watch the big explosion...

[Brian Lesser]

Originally Posted by coreyk

Apple Recalls 1.8 Million Laptop Batteries

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/24/te...ebatteryrecall

Adding onto this, part of the article just made me think, "no wonder"

Originally Posted by the article

Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., would not give any details about when it began getting reports of problems or when it began to investigate. “We discovered that some Sony batteries in previous models of PowerPC-based iBooks and PowerBooks do not meet Apple’s standards for safety and performance,” said Katie Cotton, Apple’s vice president of corporate communications.