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Lenovo Recalls More Batteries |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Friday, 02 March 2007 |
Nasty business for Lenovo today, announcing that it will recall
approximately 205,000 9-cell battery packs "in cooperation with the
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission".
The batteries in question are only a danger if they experience a
"strong external impact" but in that situation they will pose a
potential safety hazard to users due to overheating.
The batteries are the 'extended' ones company sold with notebooks as
optional or replacement power supplies for the models listed as R60 and
R60e Series, T60 and T60p Series, and the Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, and Z61p
Series.
These models may have shipped with either regular or extended-life,
9-cell battery packs; only some of the larger, extended-life, 9-cell
battery packs with the part number FRU P/N 92P1131 are being recalled.
Lenovo says that consumers who have battery packs affected by this
recall and who intend to transport their ThinkPad or use it in a manner
that may subject it to a strong external impact, should continue to use
their computer by turning off the system, removing the battery, and
only power the ThinkPad by plugging in the AC adapter and power cord.
Customers should contact Lenovo to determine if the battery pack
used in their notebook PC is subject to this recall. Please visit www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram for more information.
Lenovo joined just about every major vendor in a recall of more than 6 million batteries last year due to a manufacturing fault in the Sony brand batteries used as OEM parts.
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