On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Rich Koziol wrote:
As in my previous post, I got a Lenovo 3000 N100.
Hopefully it does not have a problematic Sony-cell-based
battery pack.
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<http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2019371,00.asp>
Lenovo Investigates Laptop Fire; Analysts Say Recall Likely
09.22.06
News Analysis: Lenovo engineers are examining a ThinkPad that
caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport. Could there
be another recall?
By John G. Spooner and Scott Ferguson
Lenovo Group has experienced a single notebook battery pack
failure similar to those seen recently by Apple Computer and
Dell, leading analysts to believe it too may have to issue a
battery pack recall.
The battery pack, housed inside an IBM ThinkPad T43, caught
fire at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month,
Lenovo officials in Raleigh, N.C., confirmed. Lenovo, which
purchased IBM's PC group in May 2005, obtained the LAX
ThinkPad, and the early stages of an investigation by its
engineers in Yamato, Japan, have determined that the pack
contained Sony battery cells of the same type that have been
involved in overheating incidents and fires reported by Dell
and Apple, Ray Gorman, a Lenovo spokesperson, told eWEEK.
Given that Lenovo is still investigating the incident, it is
too soon to say what its next move will be, Gorman said.
But, while the chances of a notebook battery pack overheating
or catching fire due to a battery problem [improperly
manufactured lithium-ion battery cells produced by Sony were at
the root of the recall of 4.1 million battery by Dell on Aug.
14 and the recall of 1.8 million battery packs by Apple on Aug.
24] are slim, analysts believe that Lenovo may have no choice
given that it appears to have experienced a similar problem to
that of Dell and Apple.
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