Forum Moderators: phranque
Toshiba is to replace about 340,000 laptop computer batteries worldwide, the third recall of faulty batteries made by Sony since mid-August.The batteries, used in Toshiba's Dynabook and Dynabook Satellite laptops made between March and May of this year, could lose all their power.
However, unlike Dell and Apple last month, Toshiba said there was no risk of the faulty batteries catching fire.
[news.bbc.co.uk...]
However, unlike Dell and Apple last month, Toshiba said there was no risk of the faulty batteries catching fire.
I'm wondering what the difference could be? Why wouldn't the same battery be an issue in one laptop versus another? The way the machine is manufactured? Operation?
I went to Toshiba's support site (not as easy to find as you would think, by the way) to see if there was more insight. This was all I could find ...
Toshiba Battery Exchange Program Information
Toshiba has identified a problem with some of the batteries in Toshiba portable computers manufactured between March and May of 2006. The affected batteries simply stop working, i.e. they stop accepting a charge, and they no longer supply power to the computer. They do not overheat, or pose any safety related issue or concern.
I added the emphasis here
What makes their hardware different than a DELL or any other laptop running the same battery I wonder? It seems to me if one might ignite then what would stop it from happening in another, in this case a Toshiba laptop?
