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    HP Recalling 70,000 Laptop Batteries Due to Fire Concerns

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    Michelle Maisto
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    May 15, 2009
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      Certain Hewlett-Packard lithium-ion notebook batteries are being recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced, after two reports of overheated batteries resulting in fires that caused minor property damage, though no injuries.
      Roughly 70,000 of the batteries were sold at computer and electronics stores, hp.com and hpshopping.com from August 2007 through March 2008 for between $500 and $3,000; battery packs were sold separately for $100 to $160.
      The recalled batteries are used with the following HP and Compaq notebooks:
      HP Pavilion:
      dv2000, dv2500, dv2700, dv6000, dv6500, dv6700, dv9000, dv9500, dv9700
      Compaq Presario:
      A900, C700, F700, V3000, V3500, V3700, V6000, V6500, V6700
      HP:
      G6000, G7000
      HP Compaq:
      6720s
      Notebook model numbers can be found on the white service label on each battery, below the bar code. Batteries that may be subject to recall, according to the CPSC, will have one of the following bar code labels (the – symbol is a placeholder for other numbers or letters):
      62940–AXV—-
      65033–B7U—-
      65033–B7V—-
      65033–BGU—-
      65035–B7U—-
      65035–B7V—-
      65035–BGU—-
      65035–BGV—-
      67059–V8U—-
      67059–V8V—-
      The batteries should be removed from notebooks, and users are being instructed to contact HP for a free replacement battery. HP’s recall hotline is (800) 889-2031 and the CPSC’s recall hotline is (800) 638-2772. HP’s Battery Replacement Program can also be contacted through its Website, here.

      In a letter to customers on the HP Web site, the company says it is participating in the voluntary recall as part of its commitment to quality and service. “We are proactively notifying you of this issue and are prepared to replace all verified, affected battery packs,” the letter states.

      Michelle Maisto
      Michelle Maisto has been covering the enterprise mobility space for a decade, beginning with Knowledge Management, Field Force Automation and eCRM, and most recently as the editor-in-chief of Mobile Enterprise magazine. She earned an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University, and in her spare time obsesses about food. Her first book, The Gastronomy of Marriage, if forthcoming from Random House in September 2009.

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