Lenovo dangerous battery alert
p2pnet.net news:- If you own a Lenovo ThinkPad, you may need to switch out your batteries. But it has nothing to do with last year’s Sony disaster when it was forced to recall millions of Sony batteries which had the potential to burst into flame.
Lenovo was one of the many companies affected.
This time, the Lithium-ion extended-life batteries in question were made in China for Japan’s Sanyo Electric Co, says the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, and, “Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.”
If the battery is struck “forcefully on the corner, such as from a direct fall to the ground, the battery pack can overheat and pose a fire hazard to users,” says the alert. “This is not an internal battery cell defect.
“Lenovo has received four reports of batteries overheating and damaging the notebook. This caused damage to the notebook computers, minor property damage and, in one case, minor eye irritation to one consumer.”
The company sold the extended-life batteries with new ThinkPad notebook PCs or as optional or replacement batteries for the following ThinkPad notebook models: R Series (R60 and R60e), T Series (T60 and T60p) and Z Series (Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, and Z61p).
“The recalled 9-cell batteries have the following part number, which can be found on the battery label: FRU P/N 92P1131,” says the commission.
About 100,000 battery packs were sold in the US, with an additional 105,000 battery packs sold worldwide, it states.
Replacements are free.
Contact Lenovo at (800) 426-7378 go to www.lenovo.com/batteryprogram to find out if your battery is part of the recall and to receive a replacement battery.
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