Tuesday, October 3, 2006

HP says no battery recall

Hewlett-Packard has <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2023641,00.asp">no plans for a battery recall,</A> despite efforts by several of its competitors to replace millions of notebook PC battery packs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant said that, following a review, it did not see reason to replace notebook battery packs containing lithium-ion cells manufactured by Sony that were shipped with some of its notebooks. Manufacturing defects in some Sony lithium-ion cells have lead to battery packs overheating and even a handful of notebook fires. The condition has lead to the recall of more than 7 million battery packs to date by several top manufacturers.

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