Fujitsu Recalled LifeBook Batteries

Fujitsu on Friday offered replacements for certain Sony-made batteries used in Fujitsu’s notebooks. It was reported that the recalled batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard. The affected batteries are used in Fujitsu’s LifeBook laptops which were sold outside Japan, as same as in Japanese FMV-Biblo Loox notebooks.

The affected batteries are used in LIFEBOOK P1510 and P7120, LIFEBOOK S7020, S7020D, S7025 and S7025D and LIFEBOOK C1320, C1320D and C1410. Also, FMV-BIBLO LOOX P70R, P70S, FMV-BIBLO LOOX T50M, T50R, T50RN, T50S, T50SN, FMV-BIBLO LOOX T70M, T70M/T, T70MN, T70R, T70R/T, T70RN, T70S, T70S/V, T70SN and FMV-P8210 use recalled Sony batteries.

Update: Fujitsu Ltd. said on Wednesday that the number of recalled batteries will be 287,000.

According to Fujitsu, there isn’t any battery pack problem involving Fujitsu notebook PCs similar to those that have been announced recently by Dell and Apple Computer.

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