Toshiba recalls 340,000 notebook
batteries
Sony fingered again
By INQUIRER staff: Tuesday 19 September 2006, 08:57
TOSHIBA SAID that it is recalling 340,000 battery packs for
Satellite and Dynabook notebooks made between March and May.
Sony made the batteries but the problem doesn't cause them to
explode, according to an Associated Press article cited in the Wall
Street Journal.
Instead the batteries just stop charging or discharge too
fast.
How do you know if you've got an affected product? There appears to
be no notification on the Toshiba web site as yet. AP says 100,000
units are in the States, there are 45,000 in Japan and the others
are in other countries.
