[clug] Dell recalls 4 Million batteries..

Chris Smart chris at kororaa.org
Tue Aug 15 03:33:15 GMT 2006


In case anyone owns a Dell purchased between April 1st 2004 and July 18th 
2006, this might be worth mentioning.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/08/15/1155407776670.html

"In recent weeks there have been a number of reports of Dell notebooks 
catching fire, the most well-known case happening in Osaka, Japan two months 
ago when a laptop computer was photographed as it burst into flames.

The batteries were sold with the following units:
Dell Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
Inspiron: 6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 
700m, 710m, 9400, E1705
Dell Precision: M20, M60, M70 and M90 mobile workstations
XPS: XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and XPS M1710."

-c
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