Well, has it only been since October since the last high-profile recall of laptop batteries? Indeed it has. On Thursday, HP announced a recall of 70,000 laptop batteries due to overheating issues.
In fact, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission's
announcement, there are two reports of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in fire. No injuries, though, so that's a positive.
Laptops that can be affected by the recall are:
| HP Pavilion | Compaq Presario | HP | HP Compaq |
|---|
| dv2000
dv2500
dv2700
dv6000
dv6500 | dv6700
dv9000
dv9500
dv9700 | | | A900
C700
F700
V3000
V3500 | V3700
V6000
V6500
V6700 | | G6000
G7000 | 6720s |
Batteries that can be subject to the recall will have one of the following bar code labels (^ in the code can be any letter or number):
| 62940^^AXV^^^^ | 65033^^B7U^^^^
65033^^B7V^^^^
65033^^BGU^^^^ | 65035^^B7U^^^^
65035^^B7V^^^^
65035^^BGU^^^^
65035^^BGV^^^^ | 67059^^V8U^^^^
67059^^V8V^^^^ |
For additional information, visit the HP Battery Replacement Program Web site at
http://www.hp.com/support/BatteryReplacement or call (800) 889-2031 between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
