Lenovo recalls 500,000 batteries
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Computer-maker Lenovo announces the recall of more than 500,000 laptop computer batteries made by Sony.
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Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group  Ltd.  said on Thursday it is recalling 205,000  ThinkPad computer battery packs made by Japan's Sanyo Electric  Co. Ltd.  because they pose a fire hazard.
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Toshiba is recalling 5,100 laptop batteries sold around the world after three instances of the batteries catching fire, two in Japan and one in Australia. Affected batteries were manufactured by Sony in December 2005 for Toshiba's Dynabook, Dynabook Satellite, Satellite and Tecra lines.
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Consumers are being asked to return 526,000 laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. because they could catch fire, the latest in a record-setting recall involving nearly 7 million computers.
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Sanyo, which manufactured faulty batteries, may shre the cost of recalling those batteries with Lenovo.
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By NO BYLINE  TOSHIBA is to recall and replace 340,000 faulty batteries manufactured by rival Sony and used in its laptop computers, the third product recall suffered by Sony in just over a month.
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Dell Inc.'s record-setting recall of 4.1 million notebook computer batteries raised safety concerns about the power source of countless electronic devices, but experts said the problem appears to stem from flaws in the production of the laptop batteries, not the underlying technology.
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Toshiba is recalling worldwide 340,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. for its laptops, the latest in a series of embarrassing battery problems for Sony.
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(InfoWorld) - Japanese electronics company Sanyo Electric and computer vendor Lenovo Group are discussing how to pay for theÂ recall of over 200,000 laptop PC batteries, and may end up sharing the burden. "We are discussing the recall with Lenovo right now," said Akihiko Oiwa, a spokesman for Sanyo. He said it's too early to say how the companies might pay for the recall. A Reuters report said the two companies will share the cost, but Oiwa said that is not yet certain. The companies have determined that the battery packs suffer from a faulty design, but they are not immediately dangerous unless they have been dropped or otherwise damaged, he said. The companies are recalling the batteries to ensure the safety of users, who could end up with overheating or smoking laptop batteries. The recall is unrelated to the manufacturing problem that left metal shards inside battery cells made by Sony and caused some to overheat and catch fire.Â Sony's troublesÂ could lead to the recall of as many as 9.6 million batteries and cost the company an estimated Â¥51.2 billion ($433.5 million). Oiwa declined to comment on how much the latest recall might cost Sanyo or Lenovo. The recall affects batter packs sold by Lenovo as an option on certain versions of ThinkPad notebook PCs in the R series, T series and Z series model lines. The faulty packs have the part number FRU P/N 92P1131. Â
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Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd.   6702.T said on Wednesday it would recall 287,000 notebook PC   batteries made by Sony Corp. 6758.T, bringing the number of   Sony batteries recalled to more than 7.5 million.
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Hitachi Ltd. 6501.T said on Friday it   will recall 16,000 batteries made by Sony Corp. 6758.T for   laptop computers, joining a growing list of PC makers recalling   Sony batteries.
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Apple has recalled 28,000 of the batteries used in its 15in aluminium PowerBook G4 laptop computers sold earlier this year in the US and via its online and retail stores, after receiving four reports of the batteries overheating.
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In the wake of two massive recalls of laptop batteries, Matsushita has announced it is recalling 6,000 batteries in its Panasonic laptops, as loose springs on the battery cover can enter the battery, which can result in overheating when dropped or mishandled.
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Apple Computer Inc.  will  recall 1.8 million lithium-ion notebook computer batteries  after nine devices overheated, causing minor burns to two  users, U.S. safety regulators said on Thursday.
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IBM is recalling more than 500,000 AC adapters made for their ThinkPad notebooks between January 1999 and August 2000. These adapters may overheat, resulting in melting, posing a fire and electrocution hazard.
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TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. said Tuesday it has begun recalling 6,000 lithium-ion batteries used in Panasonic-brand notebook computers in Japan on concerns they might overheat.
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A Lenovo laptop computer bursting into flames at Los Angeles International Airport last week was most likely the result of a defective Sony battery, according to a Lenovo spokesman