The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) today announced Apple Computer's voluntary recall of rechargable Lithium batteries for the iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 computers.
The recall is due to an internal short causing the battery to overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers and involves batteries manufactured by LG Chem Ltd., of South Korea. There are approximately 128,000 units in the United States.
The recalled lithium ion batteries are used with the following computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4. The recalled batteries include those with model numbers A1061, A1078 and A1079 and serial numbers that begin with HQ441 through HQ507 or 3X446 through 3X510. Consumers should remove the battery from the computer to view the model and serial numbers labeled on the bottom of the unit. No other PowerBook or iBook batteries are involved in this recall.
Login to Apple's website to check your batteries serial number.
Full information on the recall is available at CPSC
Posted on Sunday, 22 May 2005 @ 12:45:01 UTC by robin (1320 reads) [ Trackback ]
