Dell Blames Sony For Exploding Batteries

WingaWinga MrSouth Africa Icrontian
edited August 2006 in Science & Tech
Apparently Dell chose the Sony Corporation to supply a large consignment of batteries for their notebooks and wants to pass the buck and blame Sony for its public relations nightmare.

According to a source from Dell, Sony was chosen to deliver a large batch of batteries based on their reliance to be trustworthy. However of the batteries delivered from 1 April 2004 to 18 July 2006, some may be faulty and can lead to them exploding. Dell has started to recall over 4 million notebooks that contain the errand batteries. The recall starts at entry-level notebooks and spans the full range up to the high-end XPS series.
The following models are subject of voluntary battery recall:

Latitude D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D800, D810

Inspiron 6000, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 500m, 510m, 600m, 6400, E1505, 700m,710m, 9400, E1705

Precision M20, M60, M70 and M90 mobile workstations; and

XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170 and M1710
Like Sony doesn't have enough problems.

Source: The Inquirer

Comments

  • airbornflghtairbornflght Houston, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    Winga wrote:
    Apparently Dell chose the Sony Corporation to supply a large consignment of batteries for their notebooks and wants to pass the buck and blame Sony for its public relations nightmare.

    According to a source from Dell, Sony was chosen to deliver a large batch of batteries based on their reliance to be trustworthy. However of the batteries delivered from 1 April 2004 to 18 July 2006, some may be faulty and can lead to them exploding. Dell has started to recall over 4 million notebooks that contain the errand batteries. The recall starts at entry-level notebooks and spans the full range up to the high-end XPS series.


    Like Sony doesn't have enough problems.

    Source: The Inquirer

    Now we are gonna find out who sony contracted the work out too to make the batteries, cause if they made them inhouse, they have some explaining to do.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited August 2006
    exploding batteries...please..i wish they just exploded...they totally go on FIRE...they burn through the whole dang laptop..thankfully my battery was made in korea
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