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More Battery Woes for Sony

by Terrence O'Brien on April 27, 2007 at 02:05 PM

Unlike chimps, laptops that smoke are not very funny. One company that certainly isn't laughing today is Acer, which just announced the recall of 27,000 defective laptop batteries supplied by Sony, which are prone to overheating and smoking.

For anyone keeping score, that's now well over seven million batteries being recalled since last August when Dell reported six incidents of overheating and/or fire caused by Sony-built batteries. Since the Dell announcement, Apple, Lenovo/IBM, Gateway, Panasonic, Toshiba, Fujitsu and Hitachi have all joined the recall party. And let's not forget that Sony's own laptops have been affected by the recall as well.

The Acer recall affects TravelMate models made between May 2004 and September 2006, as well as some Aspire models. If you think that describes your laptop, check the serial number against this list and learn how to score a free replacement battery. Until it arrives, though, be sure to remove the defective one and run off of wall power.

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Tags: acer, battery, exploding, recall, sony

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