Acer in Talks with Sony Over Battery Recall

Acer is in talks with Sony over joining its voluntary laptop battery replacement program. It is reported that Acer has not received any complaints from users over notebook overheating or catching fire. “Previously, we believed there were no problems with our batteries, but now we’re in discussions with Sony, just to make sure,” said Stella Chou, an Acer representative in Taipei.

Acer is one of the world’s largest PC vendors. It makes well-known TravelMate and Aspire notebooks.

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I own an Acer laptop bought between 2004-2006 and heard on the news that batteries for my PC were being recallled. What do I need to do? M. Fourtane

I’d like to know what to do about the batteries recall. I bought this back in Nov 2006 Do I need to remove it and exchange it and where do I go. Thanks

please let me know where to send my battery. my battery gets warm. sometimes. when that happens.i pet the computer on a box. this helps.or i shut down. until it cools down

This is the latest article about Acer’s battery recall:

http://laptoping.com/acer-battery-recall-travelmate-aspire.html

You can find info there.

I Purchased An Aspire One Deal at staples with a 3 gig ram and larger hard drive back in summer 08 if i was lucky i booked 20 hours on it then did not use for 3months i fired it up in Dec. to show off and worked fine shut it down when i turned it on the NEXT DAY IT WAS DEAD WHAT the F it off warranty now or what IF YOU BUILD A MACHINE DON’T U TEST ANY MORE ????????
U LOST A CUSTOMER 4 LIFE EH……