After two reports of flaming Laptop Battery, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday that Hewlett-Packard is voluntarily recalling 70,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with several models of its HP and Compaq laptops.
HP's Pavilion dv9500 is one of 21 HP laptops affected by Thursday's battery Laptop Battery recall.
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The recall affects nine models of HP Pavilions, nine models of Compaq Presarios, two models of HPs, and one Hp laptop battery model sold between August 2007 and March 2008. For the full list, see the CPSC's site.
There were two separate reports of batteries that "overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage" but no injuries, according to the CPSC report.
HP is instructing consumers who may be part of the recall to remove the battery from their notebook and contact HP to find out if theirs is affected. HP says it will provide a free replacement Compaq PP2100 battery. For more information, see HP's Battery Toshiba Laptop Battery Replacement Program site.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP is the world's largest computer vendor, and like many of its peers in the industry has been part of several similar battery recalls. The most recent incident involved 100,000 Sony-made batteries faulted for overheating late last year. HP had sold 32,000 of the affected batteries in its laptops. But that was tiny by comparison to the massive recall caused by Sony Compaq Presario R3000 battery in 2006.
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