Lenovo recalls laptop batteries
Filed in archive General on September 29, 2006
As a home business person, most of the time, you will need to have a computer, perhaps a laptop. Here's a bit of news if you are planning to buy a laptop for your home business.
lenovo has announced that they will recall 526,000 laptops worldwide. The reason? The rechargeable, lithium-ion batteries used in ThinkPad notebook computers may pose a fire hazard. In fact there's one documented case wherein a Thinkpad burst into flames in an airport.
Recall details
Specifications for faulty batteries:
The recalled batteries were sold with, or sold separately to be used with, the following ThinkPad notebook computers between February 2005 and September 2006: T Series (T43, T43p, T60); R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e); and X Series (X60, X60s).
The batteries have the following part or model numbers, found on the battery label: ASM P/N 92P1072, 92P1088, 92P1142 or 92P1170; or FRU P/N 92P1073, 92P1089, 92P1141, 92P1169 or 93P5028.
Consumers are advised to stop using the batteries and contact Lenovo for a free replacement. For more information contact Lenovo at 1-800-426-7378 or log on to lenovo.com/batteryprogram.
Source: AP
Sony, the manufacturer of the thinkpad battery was also the ones involved in the previous battery recall done by Dell, Apple, and toshiba.
For now, I guess the best is to ask the dealer for a laptop with a non-Sony battery just to be safe. Nothing against the japanese giant but with things going wrong about them these past few months, its better to be safe than sorry.

Specifications for faulty batteries:
The recalled batteries were sold with, or sold separately to be used with, the following ThinkPad notebook computers between February 2005 and September 2006: T Series (T43, T43p, T60); R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e); and X Series (X60, X60s).
The batteries have the following part or model numbers, found on the battery label: ASM P/N 92P1072, 92P1088, 92P1142 or 92P1170; or FRU P/N 92P1073, 92P1089, 92P1141, 92P1169 or 93P5028.
Consumers are advised to stop using the batteries and contact Lenovo for a free replacement. For more information contact Lenovo at 1-800-426-7378 or log on to lenovo.com/batteryprogram.
Source: AP
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