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HP Recalls 70,000 Laptop Batteries
angry tapir writes "Hewlett-Packard has recalled Lithium-Ion batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard. The recall covers about 70,000 batteries used in the company's HP and Compaq-branded laptops. The affected laptops can be found here."
Every one of these incidents seeks to assure us that there is a flaw in the manufacturing process.
I am beginning to suspect that there is a flaw in the design of today's lithium batteries.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7bEkk5GHwg
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As a former tech that specialized in the repair of the DV9000 series of HP laptop, I can tell you firsthand it's the bullshit thermal pads they use on their internal heatpipe. Remove your logic board from the laptop, and replace all thermal pads (should be three) with a real thermal compound, like arctic silver. You will never have an overheating problem again. Those pads are just absolute garbage.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Like a lot of slashdotters, I fix computers for friends and family on a fairly regularly basis. I'll agree that HPs generally do tend to run hotter than a comparable Dell, Toshiba, etc, regardless of the processor. I have no idea why. I'd guess it's because they just don't put enough thought into cooling their laptops.
I will say that my HP tx2500 (Turion) certainly runs hotter than I'd prefer when doing intensive things, but it's bearable. However, I think some of the HP laptops out there give you the best bang for your buck, as long as you can deal with the heat. And my tx2500 (and the newer model, whatever they call it now) are the only laptop/tablets I've come across with even passable graphics capabilities. It'd be a shame if HP took a dive here. I'd love to see them get their heat issues under control.
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