Sony Announces Global Battery Recall

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday September 29, 2006 @03:42AM from the fewer-explosions-has-to-be-a-good-thing dept.

snafu109 writes "Since the laptop battery recalls initiated by Dell, Apple, IBM/Lenovo, Toshiba & Fujitsu, some may have wondered whether the entire lot should be recalled. Well, over at MarketWatch, a new article reports just that. 'Sony said Thursday it will initiate a global replacement program for certain battery packs that use its lithium-ion cells in notebook computers in order to address concerns related to recent over-heating incidents.' In related news, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has released some tips on how to lower the risk of your laptop batteries exploding, no matter who the manufacturer."

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Re:quote by badfish99 · 2006-09-29 04:26 · Score: 3, Informative

No, don't use it on your lap, unless you want to suffer the fate of this man, who burned a ... er ... sensitive part of his anatomy.
If the battery bursts into flames, you definitely don't want it on your lap.
Check your battery manufacturer in Linux by MrBoombasticfantasti · 2006-09-29 05:29 · Score: 3, Informative

To check the model number and manufacturer of your battery:
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0

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