Toshiba Recalls 830,000 Laptop Batteries
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TOKYO -- Major Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp. said Friday that it is recalling 830,000 batteries made by Sony for its laptops, the latest in a growing global recall involving Sony batteries.
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Toshiba Corp. (6502.T) said on Tuesday it  would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries made by  Sony Corp. (6758.T) worldwide due to possible problems with  recharging and transmission of electricity.
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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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By From news reports  Toshiba issued a worldwide recall Tuesday of 340,000 batteries made by Sony for its laptop computers, citing recharging problems. The recall is the latest in a series of embarrassing manufacturing slips for Sony.
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Toshiba Corp.  said on Thursday  it has recalled more Sony Corp.  laptop computer  batteries due to fire risk.
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InfoWorld - Toshiba is recalling a small batch of laptop batteries that could overheat and burn users, a company spokesman said Thursday.
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A fire involving a laptop at Los Angeles International Airport has prompted Lenovo Group and IBM to recall Sony-made batteries used in 526,000 laptops because of concerns about fire.
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(InfoWorld) - Gateway Inc. is recalling 14,000 batteries used in its notebook PCs after four customers reported that their computers had overheated, a similar condition to the massive battery recall that swept the industry in 2006. Dell Inc., Apple Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and other vendorsÂ recalled more than 8 million batteries made by Sony Corp. when customers began complaining that the rechargeable lithium-ion cells could overheat and catch fire after being dropped. Gateway recalled 35,000 batteries in that episode, beginning in October 2006. However, the new recall affects battery cells made by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and assembled into battery packs by Simplo Technology Co. Ltd., of Taiwan, Gateway spokeswoman Lisa Emard said on Tuesday. Gateway, the third-largest PC vendor in the U.S., expects both vendors to help cover the cost of the action. "We're working with our suppliers to cover the cost of replacement battery packs and other direct costs. We expect our costs to be limited to incidental expenses associated with administering the exchange program," Emard said. Simplo and Samsung did not return calls for comment. Even when they offer free replacement batteries, PC vendors face a challenge in persuading laptop users to participate in recalls. Earlier Tuesday,Â Toshiba launched a campaign to remind laptop users to return Sony batteries, after one user's computer burst into flames eight months after the previous recall began. Gateway expects better results from this recall since all the PCs were purchased through direct channels, either over Gateway's Web site and phone lines or through professional direct sales, Emard said. That means Gateway still has the buyers' addresses, and plans to contact them with news of the exchange program. The recall affects certain Gateway 400VTX and 450ROG series notebooks sold between May 2003 and August 2003, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The faulty batteries are identified by part numbers 6500760 or 6500761 and say "made by SMP" on a label pasted on the underside of the battery pack. "The root cause of this failure becomes apparent as the batteries age and perform repetitive charging cycles," Emard said. Of the four customer complaints, one had caused minor property damage while the others simply overheated, she said. Â
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by STEVE HARTSOE  RALEIGH, N.C. - Lenovo Inc. recalled about 205,000 laptop computer batteries worldwide Thursday, warning that they could overheat and cause a fire.  The battery recall was the second for the company in the past six months and comes as Lenovo, the world's No.
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Toshiba Corp. 6502.T said on Tuesday it   would replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries made by   Sony Corp. 6758.T worldwide due to possible problems with   recharging and transmission of electricity.
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Ten days after Dell's record-setting notebook battery recall, Apple Computer Inc. told its customers Thursday to return 1.8 million batteries that could cause their Mac laptops to overheat and catch fire.
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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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The computer maker recalls laptop batteries that could overheat. Yikes.
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- Japanese electronics maker Sony Corp. 6758.T   on Thursday said it will recall certain lithium-ion notebook   computer batteries following complaints of overheating by some   computer makers.
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Toshiba is offering to replace a further 830,000 battery packs containing cells made by Sony.
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WASHINGTON -- Some 526,000 batteries used in ThinkPad notebook computers worldwide are being recalled in the latest problem with batteries made by Sony Corp., the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.
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(InfoWorld) - Toshiba has offered to exchange 340,000 notebook computer batteries, but said they do not pose a fire hazard. Instead, defective batteries could unexpectedly cut power to the notebooks, causing users to lose unsaved work. TheÂ batteries, made by Sony, may fail to charge correctly, causing the power to cut off suddenly if the notebook is not connected to a mains outlet, said Toshiba spokesman Keisuke Ohmori. Reports of lithium ion cells in notebook batteries overheating or catching fire have prompted other computer manufacturers, including Apple Computer and Dell, to issue safety recalls.Â Dell recalled 4.1 million batteriesÂ used in its notebook computers in August, citing a fire hazard, whileÂ Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries, warning that they could overheat. Toshiba's batteries areÂ not at risk of starting a fire, Ohmori said. "There is no such hazardous or related issue," he said. Instead, Toshiba's problems stem from a defect in the interface circuitry between the battery cells and the computer. That defect is caused by corrosion, said a spokesman for Sony, the manufacturer of the batteries. An ingredient used in the insulating paper of batteries manufactured between March and May can corrode components in the batteries' charging circuits, causing them to fail, said Sony spokesman Takashia Uehara. The supplier changed the composition of the insulating paper without notice, he said. Batteries made for other notebook manufacturers also contained the paper, and Sony is working with those companies to see whether there is a problem, Uehara said. He declined to say how many batteries were affected overall. Toshiba's battery exchange offer covers 10 models of Toshiba notebook computer. The company will post a software tool to its Web site shortly, allowing customers to identify whether their computer is affected, Ohmori said.