Toshiba Laptop Batteries Can Catch Alight; Thanks, Sony
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Oh dear me. Toshiba, I can safely say, we didn’t expect this of you. We are truly ashamed that you had to recall even more defective laptop batteries, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said last week, the latest move in a long-running problem with lithium-ion batteries made by an also, though to be reliable, Sony.
“Consumers should stop using the recalled batteries and contact Toshiba to receive a free replacement battery,” the agency urged.
Sometime in May 2006, a Toshiba laptop that burst into flames also prompted the company to get consumers to replace defective batteries. Of course, the laptop that caught fire then was running a Sony battery pack on the 2006 recall list.
Would not have wanted to be doing any private uploading whilst my laptop caught on fire, ouch.
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Isn’t that a Dell laptop on the picture?
Yeah it’s a latitude C series from the looks it’s either a C500, c510, c600, c610, c640, that would suck for me since i have 3 of that class and i just bought 6 new batteries for them all fingers crossed i guees, but don’t tremeber seeing anything about recalls.
hahaha he’s right.
i have now got a toshiba laptoop, i hope my battery doesn’t blow up!!