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The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced a recall of a limited number of Apple PowerBook batteries. The batteries in question are for the 15-inch aluminum PowerBook G4 and were manufactured during the last week of December 2003. If you purchased your PowerBook prior to January 2004, the recall will not affect your machine. Affected batteries are model number A1045 with serial numbers beginning with HQ404, HQ405, HQ406, HQ407, or HQ408. According to Apple, they have received four reports of batteries overheating, albeit with no injuries reported.
Apple has had some bad luck with PowerBook batteries in the past, especially with the PowerBook 5300. Those Li-Ion batteries such as Sony PCGA-BP1N battery , Sony PCGA-BP2NX battery , Sony PCGA-BP2NY battery , Sony PCGA-BP2R battery , Sony PCGA-BP2S battery , Sony PCGA-BP2T battery , Sony PCGA-BP2V battery , Sony PCGA-BP4V battery , Sony PCGA-BP71 battery , Sony VGP-BPL2 battery , Sony VGP-BPS26 battery , Sony VGP-BPS26A battery had the occasional problem of bursting into flames, which led to their replacement with NiMH batteries. This issue has to do with a battery manufacturing defect, and Apple is "not financially responsible for the recall," according to Apple spokesperson Natalie Kerris. Apple pegs the number of affected batteries at up to 28,000. Consumers who have batteries covered by the recall should immediately stop using them and contact Apple via its battery exchange site or at 800-275-2273.
ThinkPad owners take note: Lenovo has issued a recall of over 208,000 extended-life batteries. Made by Sanyo, the batteries were offered by Lenovo as a build-to-order option with some R60, R60e, T60, T60p, Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, and Z61p ThinkPads. The Sanyo batteries in question are nine-cell, longer-endurance batteries and can be identified by the part number "FRU P/N 92P1131" on the battery label.
Batteries covered by the recall were sold from November 2005 to February 2007. So far, Lenovo has received four reports of batteries overheating and damaging the notebook. According to the US Consumer Product and Safety Commission's voluntary recall notice, the overheating resulted in minor injury to one laptop owner.
Unlike the Sony batteries that occasioned last year's recall that affected millions of Dell, Lenovo, Apple, Toshiba, and other laptop owners, the problem with the Sanyo batteries is not the result of a design defect. Instead, the batteries are at risk of overheating if the laptop or battery is struck forcefully on one corner, as might happen if the laptop were dropped onto a hard surface.
Owners of the affected batteries are advised to contact Lenovo directly either through its Battery Program website or by calling (800) 426-7378.
Last year's recalls have spurred the IPC's OEM Critical Components Committee to work on developing a new lithium-ion battery standard. The group's goal is to standardize the design and manufacture of li-ion batteries, which should result in safer batteries and possibly even lower prices for consumers, as many batteries would be interchangeable between laptop brands.