Dell has announced to recall 4,1 million laptop batteries made by Sony because of security issues related with overheating which can cause… fire! Remember when a Dell laptop exploded on the Japan? That notebook was probably infected with serious overheating problems…

4,1 million batteries correspond to “about 15% of the batteries” sold by Dell between 2004 and 2006, which is the “dangerous period”.

http://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/ has more information on how to get a free battery and checking if the current one is affected or not.

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