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Gateway Recalling Old Notebook Batteries (400VTX and 450ROG)
Just when we thought all the battery recall madness was over, Gateway’s voluntary recalling 14,000 lithium-ion batteries that shipped with the Gatewayy 400VTX and 450ROG series notebooks. The company says that under certain conditions, these battery packs can overheat and create a potential fire hazard. The affected battery packs were shipped between May 2003 to August 2003 in the United States.
Lenovo Recalls ThinkPad Batteries
Lenovo announced a major notebook battery recall today after fice customers complained about their ThinkPads overheating after dropping them. The recall is for 208,000 9-cell batteries manufactured by Sanyo and sold by Lenovo from November of 2005 until February 2007.
This recall is unrelated to past recalls of batteries manufactured by Sony. Lenovo and Sanyo have [...]