Another Notebook Battery Recall- HP

By James Kendrick | Friday, May 15, 2009 | 4:02 PM CT | 3 comments | Tweet This

HP has recalled 70,000 notebook PC batteries due to concerns about overheating and subsequent hazards. Notebooks with the affected batteries were sold between August 2007 through March 2008 and are listed by HP:

HP Pavilion

Compaq Presario

HP Compaq

dv2000
dv2500
dv2700
dv6000
dv6500

dv6700
dv9000
dv9500
dv9700

A900
C700
F700
V3000
V3500

V3700
V6000
V6500
V6700

G6000
G7000

6720s

Only minor incidents due to overheating have been reported, but the company is not taking any chances. Contact HP directly if you have one of the listed notebooks for instructions on what actions should be taken.

(via Gearlog)

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Comments (3)

And here is another reason why non-replaceable batteries in PCs might not be such a great idea!

Boca — 4:54 PM on May 15, 2009 Reply
HP hasn’t had much luck with their dv6000 and dv9000 notebooks apparently. First the nVidia fiasco with the faulty GPU soldering and now this battery recall.

I should be really happy my space-heater zd7000 is still working and has helped me through all these years, but man, if I could just put a GTX 280M inside and a qx9300…

Luscious — 5:45 PM on May 15, 2009 Reply
Where to get the recalled batteries?

James Fan — 12:12 PM on August 13, 2009 Reply