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Old May 15, 2009, 04:05 PM   #1
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HP recalls 70,000 laptop batteries
Hewlett-Packard has recalled Lithium-Ion batteries used in some of its laptops, as they pose a fire hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said on Thursday.

The recall covers about 70,000 batteries used in the company's HP and Compaq-branded laptops, the CPSC said. It has provided details of the models of HP and Compaq computers covered under the recall on its Web site.
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Old May 15, 2009, 11:16 PM   #2
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Re: HP recalls 70,000 laptop batteries
pretty funny because my girlfriend's laptop model is NOT on the list, yet the battery overheated and died (didn't blow up though) a few weeks ago
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pretty funny because my girlfriend's laptop model is NOT on the list, yet the battery overheated and died (didn't blow up though) a few weeks ago
Do yourself a favor, and look at the other list HERE. On that site there are links to each of the recall lists by date, a list off all effected batteries/laptops to date, and even a dropdown list to choose the model of your laptop at the bottom of the page. You might see hers in that list, and if so, you just scored a free replacement.
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i'm glad i haven't bothered to try and sell any hp's..

Still sticking to preferably intel based Acer Aspire's and Asus Intel based laptops..

Just kinda pissed off that it's hard to find a good intel based laptop with a ATI HD3/4xxx series video.... Almost everything is bloody well Geforce 1xx or earlier versions
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i'm glad i haven't bothered to try and sell any hp's..

Still sticking to preferably intel based Acer Aspire's and Asus Intel based laptops..

Just kinda pissed off that it's hard to find a good intel based laptop with a ATI HD3/4xxx series video.... Almost everything is bloody well Geforce 1xx or earlier versions
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Re: HP recalls 70,000 laptop batteries
nah thanks but i checked the other lists already
she has a dv6618ca (ca = canada i guess?)
very nice laptop with dual-core 64bit AMD proc and 2 seperate hard drives and all ... but wow that battery scared the (&U%(# out of us lol
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