bigplayer: Dell Battery Recall

[bigplayer]

Dear Dell Customer,

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Dell is voluntarily recalling and offering free replacements for certain notebook batteries that were sold for use with some models of Dell Latitude TM, Dell Precision TM and Dell Inspiron TM notebook computers. It is possible for these batteries to overheat, which could pose a risk of fire.

Potentially affected batteries were sold with the following models of Dell notebook computers or separately as secondary batteries:

* Latitude D410, D505, D510, D600, D610, D800, D810

* Inspiron 510M, 600M, 6000, 8600, 9200, 9300, XPS Gen 2

* Precision M20, M70

In addition, these batteries may have also been provided in response to service calls. The batteries were shipped to customers between October 5, 2004 and October 13th 2005. The words "DELL" and "Made in Japan" or "Made in China" are printed on the back of the batteries. The following battery models, only, are subject to recall:

3K590

C5340

X5308

F5132

U5882

U5867

6P922

C5446

C2603

[Mr. Lee]

> Dear Dell Customer,

> In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
> Commission, Dell is voluntarily recalling and offering
> free replacements for certain notebook batteries that
> were sold for use with some models of Dell Latitude
> TM, Dell Precision TM and Dell Inspiron TM notebook
> computers. It is possible for these batteries to
> overheat, which could pose a risk of fire.

> Potentially affected batteries were sold with the
> following models of Dell notebook computers or
> separately as secondary batteries:

> * Latitude D410, D505, D510, D600, D610, D800, D810

> * Inspiron 510M, 600M, 6000, 8600, 9200, 9300, XPS Gen
> 2

> * Precision M20, M70

> In addition, these batteries may have also been
> provided in response to service calls. The batteries
> were shipped to customers between October 5, 2004 and
> October 13th 2005. The words "DELL" and
> "Made in Japan" or "Made in China"
> are printed on the back of the batteries. The
> following battery models, only, are subject to recall:

> 3K590

> C5340

> X5308

> F5132

> U5882

> U5867

> 6P922

> C5446

> C2603

Eye ya. Glad you didn't get hurt. I had a dell before, you should probably get an IBM next time if you travel with it or a Sony if you just use it at home.
eye ya