Tuesday, October 18, 2005

HP recalls 135,000 battery packs

Hewlett-Packard on Friday <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5895482.html?tag=zdnn.alert">recalled 135,000 battery packs</A> sold with its notebook computers shipped globally from March 2004 to May 2005. Some 85,000 of the faulty lithium ion rechargeable packs were sold in the United States, the company said. The product is being recalled following 16 reports of batteries overheating due to an internal short circuit, the company said. In four cases, including one in the U.S., these batteries caused minor property damage because their cases melted or became charred.

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