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HP Recalls 135,000 Battery Packs

Started by Chachazz , Oct 14 2005 11:40 PM

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Chachazz

Posted 14 October 2005 - 11:40 PM

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10/14/05 7:55 AM PT

"Hewlett Packard is recalling about 135,000 battery packs for some HP and Compaq laptop computers because of reports they overheated and melted, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced today.

The lithium ion rechargeable battery packs are used with HP Pavilion, Compaq Presario, HP Compaq and Compaq Evo laptop computers.

The company has received 16 reports of the batteries' overheating; four cases occurred in the United States.

The recalled packs bear a barcode label starting with GC, IA, L0 or L1.".....

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