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Sony Laptop Batteries Cause Overheating of Laptops

November 1, 2008 · Filed Under Peripherals

A few days ago, Sony recalled their laptop batteries from resellers and stores in the US. More than 100,000 2.15Ah Lithium-ion cells have been recalled from store shelves because recent studies proved that these batteries cause laptop overheating. Last year, Acer was in Sony’ position now where more than 27,000 batteries have been recalled because they can short-circuit and can burst into flames. This time, Sony is taking the heat because of this battery recall.

The following article from CNET explains best this story:

More than two years after the largest battery recall in the electronics industry, Sony batteries have been fingered again as the culprit in more than 40 worldwide incidents of laptops overheating.

Sony and the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday afternoon that Sony is supporting the voluntary recall of 100,000 notebook battery packs powered by Sony’s 2.15Ah Lithium-ion cells. Thirty-five thousand of those were sold in the US, and 65,000 in international markets. Sony says it has shipped 260 million of these batteries since 2002.

According to the CPSC, in the US 32,000 Hewlett-Packard notebooks, 3,000 Toshiba notebooks, and 150 Dell notebooks are said to be affected. Sony has said that its Vaio notebooks are not included in the recall as they use a different type of battery.

The 2.15Ah Lithium-ion battery is also not the same Sony battery involved in the massive 2006 recall, according to the company. This also, so far, appears to be on a much smaller scale than during 2006, when more than 8 million notebook batteries were recalled.

Sony says it first received reports of problems with the 2.15Ah batteries in June 2005. Since then, PC manufacturers have received reports of 40 overheating incidents worldwide. Some of the overheating resulted in smoke or flames, leading to some “small burns”, and about half of the incidents included “minor property damage”, according to Sony and the CPSC.

Sony believes the battery problems are isolated to some 2.15Ah batteries manufactured between October 2004 and June 2005.

“Machine settings were adjusted more frequently than usual on one line from October 2004 to June 2005, and we believe that a combination of such adjustments may have affected the quality of cells in certain manufacturing lots, creating the potential for such cells to overheat on rare occasion,” said a Sony representative.

Sony says it has not received any reports of overheating on any of the batteries produced after 2006.

HP, Toshiba, and Dell have each set up their own websites where customers can fill out a form and receive a replacement battery pack by mail for free. Even if customers have checked these sites before, it is recommended they do again.

Affected models so far include: HP Pavilion dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000; Compaq Presario v2000 and v2400; and HP Compaq nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230, nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120 and nx9600; Toshiba Satellite A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X and M50/M55; and Dell Inspiron 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150 and 5160.

If your laptop is one of those models mentioned above, contact your seller/retailer and ask for a replacement.

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3 Responses to “Sony Laptop Batteries Cause Overheating of Laptops”

Joy on November 2nd, 2008 10:41 pm

Yung Toshiba ko Fren minsan umiinit din ng todo kaya pinapatay ko kaagad kasi pati ako umiinit narin kakakapa ng keyboard..ayos lang Halloween Fren parang wala lang wahehehe.

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News and Events reply on November 3rd, 2008:
Joy,

Oo nga fren pansin ko rin sa laptop ko yan. Ang gawin mo, bilhan mo ng maliit na electric fan - one that can be attach to the USB port. Maraming tindang ganun ngayon fren. Dito mga 300 pesos lang . An additional fan will prevent the laptop from overheating.

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michellle/billy on November 3rd, 2008 10:14 am

hi kuya jess,

tagal ko na d nakakadalawa here.

happy halloween po

uso narin trick or treats dyan ha.

d rin ako nakadalaw sementeryo ng mga kamag anak ko.

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