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In 2006 The Inquirer reported laptop battery problems that affected Dell, Sony and Apple as of September 2006, with rumours of problems at Toshiba and Lenovo.In June 2006, The Inquirer published photographs of a Dell notebook PC bursting into flames at a conference in Japan; [6] The New York Times reprinted The Inquirer's photographs. [7]
The batteries on any of these computers purchased between April 2004 and July 18, 2006, were supposed to be removed and the computers run on AC power until replacements arrived. Problematic Sony batteries led to battery recall programs at other laptop companies, including Hitachi, [37] Toshiba, [38] Lenovo (IBM) [39] and Apple. [40]
2006: Sony notebook computer batteries recall: Worldwide: August 2006: Dell recalls over four million notebook computer batteries, after several instances where the batteries, made by Sony, overheated or caught fire. Most of the defective notebooks were sold in the US, however, some one million faulty batteries could be found elsewhere in the ...
The firm formerly known as Toshiba is recalling 15.5 million AC laptop adapters due to the potential for burn and fire risks. The firm, now called Dynabook, said it had received 679 reports of the ...
Toshiba Corp. (TOSBF) is recalling about 41,000 laptop computers because the computers may overheat, causing the area where the A/C adapter connects to the computer to melt and possibly burn. The ...
Toshiba Satellite laptops are being recalled after more than 100 reports of overheating -- a problem cause users to get burned, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada said.
A battery recall in August 2006, as a result of a Dell laptop catching fire, caused much negative attention for the company though later, Sony was found responsible for the manufacturing of the batteries, however a Sony spokesman said the problem concerned the combination of the battery with a charger, which was specific to Dell. [46]
One year after issuing a recall of tens of thousands of computer batteries, Hewlett Packard has expanded the recall to include another 54,000 batteries used in Compaq and HP notebooks, the U.S ...