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Friday May 15, 2009
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Hewlett-Packard and its Compaq division said Thursday that the company would recall approximately 70,000 notebook PC batteries because of a risk that the battery could overheat.
Two reports of those lithium-ion batteries overheating were supplied to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, which is overseeing the recall. Minor property damage was recorded.
The affected models were sold between August 2007 through March 2008. Models that can contain a recalled
battery include:
| HP Pavilion | Compaq Presario | HP | HP Compaq |
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dv2000
dv2500
dv2700
dv6000
dv6500 | dv6700
dv9000
dv9500
dv9700 |
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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^^^^ |
At
this point, there's no indication that any other supplier has been
affected. It is something to keep an eye on, however, as the great battery recalls of 2006 affected a cross-section of the industry.
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