Dell Recall Millions Laptop Batteries
Filed in: Gadgets — August 18th, 2006
Dell is calling back 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries and offering free replacements for the batteries. The infected Dell batteries are battery cells manufactured by Sony. Is your battery affected? Here is a simple guide for you.
These are the Dell notebook computers affected:
- Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
- Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
- Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
- XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710
Also, your battery may affected if it has one of the following marks:
- Made in Japan
- Made in China
- Battery cell made in Japan, Assembled in China
If your notebook battery is listed in the above, then identify if your battery is affected by checking the battery model number, which is printed on the back of the battery:
Locate the battery model part number:
Check if your battery model part number is listed in the table below:
My battery is affected, now what?
Ok, you are one of owner of the affected 4.1 million batteries, and you deserved a free battery replacement from Dell. 
Now, goto this Dell battery recall page to submit your battery PPID(battery model number). If Dell confirmed your battery is affected, then you can order a replacement battery from the page.
Read also Dell details on notebook battery recall.
My two cents
This is the biggest battery recall by Dell. Surely it causes a lot problem to Dell and its customers. By the way, Dell in Malaysia seems not to be affected.
My family has two dell notebooks. one is checked and fine, the other one hasn’t checked yet. It is with my younger brother now. I am gonna ask him to check the battery.
How about yours? Is your Dell notebook affected?
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