Dell Recalls 4 Million Laptop Batteries

After several reports of Dell laptops going up in flames, Dell and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission are announcing the recall of 4.1 million laptop computer batteries. The batteries could overheat, and "pose a risk of fire", Dell says.  This is bad news for Dell, but the Lithium ion batteries were actually manufactured by Sony, who say they will help pay the cost of the recall. In any case, Dell laptop owners are advised to remove the battery and use the AC power adapter only. You can check in at http://www.dellbatteryprogram.com to see if your Dell laptop batterie is at risk, and get a free replacement battery.

Dell is recalling battery packs made the following Dell notebook computer models:

Dell Latitude

D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810.

Dell Inspiron

6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m, 710m, 9400, E1705.

Dell Precision

M20, M60, M70, M90. XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and XPS M1710.

via | Cnet News

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