The US Consumer Product Safety Commission just made the Apple stamp battery callback official . It ’ll affect 1.1 million Sony - made batteries in the US alone . Between all thePS3‘s bad insistency and these batteryrecalls , it ’s not go to be an well-situated year for Sony , is it ?
Name of Product : Rechargeable , lithium - ion assault and battery with cells manufactured by Sony for certain previous iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 notebook computers only .
Units : About 1.1 million shelling packs ( an additional 700,000 battery packs were sell outside the U.S. )
Battery Cell Manufacturer : Sony Energy Devices Corp. , of Japan
Computer Manufacturer : Apple Computer Inc. , of Cupertino , Calif.
Hazard : These Li - ion battery can overheat , place a fire fortune to consumers .
Incidents / Injuries : Apple has receive nine reports of assault and battery overheat , include two report of minor Robert Burns from do by overheat computers and other reports of venial property equipment casualty . No serious injuries were reported .
Description : The recalled lithium - ion barrage were used with the following computers : 12 - column inch iBook G4 , 12 - inch PowerBook G4 and 15 - inch PowerBook G4 . consumer should remove the battery from the computer to view the model and serial numbers labeled on the bottom of the whole .
More detail , let in how to know if yours is faulty , and how to get a new battery , after the saltation .
computing machine model name Battery simulation number Battery serial number 12 - column inch iBook G4 A1061 ZZ338 through ZZ427 3K429 through 3K611 6C510 through 6C626 12 - column inch PowerBook G4 A1079 ZZ411 through ZZ427 3K428 through 3K611 15 - inch PowerBook G4 A1078 and A1148 3K425 through 3K601 6N530 through 6N551 6N601 No other Apple notebook computers are involve in this recall .
piece in : Japan , Taiwan and China
curative : consumer should stop using the recalled batteries immediately and get through Apple to fix up for a surrogate battery , complimentary of cathexis . After transfer the recalled battery from their iBook or PowerBook , consumer should plug in the AC adapter to power the computer until a replacement assault and battery arrives .
Consumer middleman : : middleman Apple at ( 800 ) 275 - 2273 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. CT Monday through Sunday or lumber on to Apple ’s World Wide Web site at http://support.apple.com/batteryprogram to check the barrage fire ’s serial number and request a successor barrage .
Apple Battery Recall[Thanks Colin ]
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