August 14th, 2006
Turn Up the Heat: Dell to Recall Millions of Laptop Batteries
By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
Dell Inc. said today it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they can overheat and catch fire. No idea if this is related to earlier stories on Dell laptops catching fire but 4.1 million is a ton of batteries.
The batteries were made by Sony (ha, another negative Sony story!) and were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18, 2006. Ouch! The article mentions XTS, but I’ll bet they mean XPS and that means my XPS Gen 2 will most likely be affected. What a pain.
More of my thoughts and XPS Gen 2 pain here.
Eric N. says:
Any information on the models affected?
August 14th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
Eric N. says:
Found it here — https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/Default.aspx
August 14th, 2006 at 6:26 pm
MarcosV says:
It’s interesting that the Dell website’s example pictures for effected batteries has “Made in Japan” markings rather than made in Thailand or China. It makes me wonder exactly where these millions of Sony manufactured batteries were produced.
It would be really surprising (and sad) if they were all indeed made in Japan.
August 14th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
Jimmy Daniels says:
Dell Knew About Battery Problems for Years
As everyone is aware, Dell has recalled over 4.1 million batteries in it’s laptops because some of these batteries have caught on fire. But an article on Consumeraffairs.com says that Dell knew about the problem for over two years. A former techn…
August 17th, 2006 at 7:53 am
josh says:
Even before they started catching fire I was having major problems with my Dell laptop battery. I just bought a replacement battery from http://www.laptopsforless.com/laptopbattery and it has worked out perfect for me. It works better than the original ever did and now I don’t have to worry about it catching fire, plus it was way more affordable going through the manufacturer (unless of course yours is covered under warranty).
August 17th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
IT Blogwatch says:
Sony tells of Dell cell hell (and pix o’ the day)
Boom! It’s IT Blogwatch, in which Sony admits it knew about the Dell exploding battery problem ten months ago. Not to mention great pictures from Flickr…
August 21st, 2006 at 2:11 am
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Dell, Sony Discussed Battery Issues 10 Months Ago
Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes: Last year the big winner (or loser) debacle-wise, was Sony, for its DRM issues. This year (so far) it’s… hey, Sony again! (with Dell), for the recall of 4.1 million laptop batteries. As I previously wrote, there…
August 24th, 2006 at 4:32 pm