Exploding batteries - Revision history

Thinker: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission page

2006-09-29T01:14:34Z

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission page

Whoopie at 20:48, 28 September 2006

2006-09-28T20:48:45Z

Thinker: Recall program

2006-09-28T20:28:43Z

Recall program

Thinker: Alan Cox loses LCD screen, hair on arm

2006-09-23T12:20:09Z

Alan Cox loses LCD screen, hair on arm

Thinker: Battery safety moved to Exploding batteries

2006-09-22T11:12:53Z

Battery safety moved to Exploding batteries

Thinker: exploding ThinkPad acked by Lenovo

2006-09-22T11:12:04Z

exploding ThinkPad acked by Lenovo

Thinker: some links

2006-09-19T14:46:08Z

some links

Thinker at 17:07, 17 September 2006

2006-09-17T17:07:52Z

New page

Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, Dell and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models. Some airlines have [http://techfreep.com/virgin-atlantic-bans-dell-apple-laptops.htm banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries] during flights.

There is also a documented case of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion].

No recall has been issued for ThinkPad laptops. Quoting an [http://www.uis.harvard.edu/technology_services/lenovo_batteries.pdf announcement by Lenovo from 2006-08-17]:<br />
::''While no make or model of battery is 100% immune from failures or overheating, to date we have not seen any unusual pattern of problems in Lenovo or ThinkPad notebooks. Lenovo is not planning a battery recall at this time.''

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−	Lenovo has recently announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries.	+	Lenovo has recently announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries. See the [http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml06/06270.html U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission] page for affected part numbers.

	===Background===		===Background===

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−	Lenovo has recently ~~announced a Lenovo has~~ announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries.	+	Lenovo has recently announced a [http://www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram battery recall program] for some ThinkPad batteries.

	===Background===		===Background===

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 Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/14/dell-recalls-4-1-million-batteries/ Dell] and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models containing [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/sony-ordered-by-japan-to-investigate-battery-problems/ Sony] cells. Some airlines have [http://techfreep.com/virgin-atlantic-bans-dell-apple-laptops.htm banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries] during flights.
 There is also a documented case, [http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39162642,00.htm acknowledged by Lenovo], of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion]. In another case, a 3rd party battery [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/another-thinkpad-battery-explodes exploded] in Alan Cox's laptop.
-No recall has been issued for ThinkPad laptops. Quoting an [http://www.uis.harvard.edu/technology_services/lenovo_batteries.pdf announcement by Lenovo from 2006-08-17]:<br />
+Earlier, an [http://www.uis.harvard.edu/technology_services/lenovo_batteries.pdf announcement by Lenovo from 2006-08-17] stated:<br />
 ::''While no make or model of battery is 100% immune from failures or overheating, to date we have not seen any unusual pattern of problems in Lenovo or ThinkPad notebooks. Lenovo is not planning a battery recall at this time.''

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 Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/14/dell-recalls-4-1-million-batteries/ Dell] and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models containing [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/sony-ordered-by-japan-to-investigate-battery-problems/ Sony] cells. Some airlines have [http://techfreep.com/virgin-atlantic-bans-dell-apple-laptops.htm banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries] during flights.
-There is also a documented case, [http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39162642,00.htm acknowledged by Lenovo], of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion].
+There is also a documented case, [http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39162642,00.htm acknowledged by Lenovo], of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion]. In another case, a 3rd party battery [http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/22/another-thinkpad-battery-explodes exploded] in Alan Cox's laptop.
 No recall has been issued for ThinkPad laptops. Quoting an [http://www.uis.harvard.edu/technology_services/lenovo_batteries.pdf announcement by Lenovo from 2006-08-17]:<br />
 ::''While no make or model of battery is 100% immune from failures or overheating, to date we have not seen any unusual pattern of problems in Lenovo or ThinkPad notebooks. Lenovo is not planning a battery recall at this time.''

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−	Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, Dell and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models. Some airlines have [http://techfreep.com/virgin-atlantic-bans-dell-apple-laptops.htm banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries] during flights.	+	Several cases of exploding Li-Ion batteries have been reported lately, for various laptop models. Consequentally, [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/14/dell-recalls-4-1-million-batteries/ Dell] and Apple have issued a recall of some of their laptop battery models containing [http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/24/sony-ordered-by-japan-to-investigate-battery-problems/ Sony] cells. Some airlines have [http://techfreep.com/virgin-atlantic-bans-dell-apple-laptops.htm banned use of Dell and Apple laptop batteries] during flights.

	There is also a documented case of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion].		There is also a documented case of a [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2069019 ThinkPad T4x battery explosion].

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