Toshiba Waves the Recall Flag Again on Sony Laptop Batteries

Engadget.com reports:

Yet again, we're faced with another recall on potentially defective laptop batteries, and yet again, these cells in question could catch fire when you least expect it. The latest round of recalls by Toshiba allows for some 10,000 Sony-made batteries to be replaced after a trio of fire incidents over the past ten months got its attention.

[MannyHarlem141]

its like they keep all the good batteries for themselves lolz.. i have a VAIO and i've never heard such inefficacies in the batteries they use for their own Laptop

[the_round_peg]

http://www.reghardware.co.u...

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-...

Sony's VAIO recall is still going on.

[OneBubbleBastard]

I think some fired MS employees are working now on these SONY batteries..

[Odion]

ok just for fun MS has the red rings of death, what do we call these Sony batteries

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I would suggest flamin Energizers.....

;) just for fun. and yes..this has ZERO to do with the PS3 for the record....fanboy safe....I think.

[ArduousAndy]

nah dlacy13g I like you I really do but come on. Burnacell is ALOT better cause i made it up :)

[BenzMoney]

I vote Burnacell (lmao!!)

All in favour of Burnacell, hit agree.

All in favour of Flamin' Energizer, hit disagree.

EDIT:

Bubble for Andy for that one, people at work are looking at me funny for laughing to myself. haha... way to go, make me look like a slacker.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

I will concede...burnacell is nice. With that train of thought...burnacell or burstacell or torchacell? .....ehhh...I still like your burnacell.....Clearly I lack the creative gene. ;)

Burnacell for the win!

edit: Ok every time I think of this issue of a flaming battery and the act of powering up the laptop I am reminded of the Human Torch from the Fantastic Four and his phrase: "Flame On!"

[ArduousAndy]

couldn't have done it with out you Dlacy

[razer]

This has nothing to do with the PS3 or Xbox 360 so lets not try and turn this into a flamewar.

I've never had a problem with my Sony battery on my laptop.

[BenzMoney]

...deliberately left out of the console sections of this site for that exact reason.

[ShiftyLookingCow]

I was laughing like crazy when I first read in Inquirer almost two years back about one of the D(H)ell Laptops blew somewhere in Japan. The picture was very funny.

[Phantom_Lee]

lucky for them this is not as big as before
but still, its a wake up call

[BenzMoney]

I wonder what it is, exactly, that's causing these problems in the first place. I haven't been able to find any information about exactly what is at fault on the batteries. I mean, for a battery to explode/ignite then something is seriously wrong. Just overheating or what?

[ArduousAndy]

but it could be that its taking in way to much energy which is causing an overload.

Its how spider-man beat electro once and if its true in comics its true in the real world

[SKUD]

U SO CRAZY!

[cdzie1]

Sony and Toshiba are locked in a huge battle for High Def, yet Sony provides batteries for Toshiba’s laptops.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Business certainly does make for some strange bed partners don't you think?

[MannyHarlem141]

and that is precisely why sony sabotages toshibas batteries!

[PS3n360]

maybe this only happens with laptops that have HDDVD drives in them hmmmmmm.

[DaEnforcer]

"The latest round of recalls by Toshiba allows for some 10,000 Sony-made batteries to be replaced after a trio of fire incidents over the past ten months got its attention. "

3 out of 10.000? Ahem such number doesn't indicate that there is generelly something faulty with the batteries, it were most likely just damaged batteries.

[snoop_dizzle]

lap tops many times are on your lap, you might want to play it safe than have your balls on fire and the rest of you as well.

I don't know about you, but i would choose the former. Considering its putting you at risk for some serious injury.

But yeah that # does seem kinda low

[kewlkat007]

Sometimes these companies have indirect conflict of interest, with one another. Similar to Sony and Samsung's 2 billion dollar new plant venture, to produce 7th gen LCD panels, when they are in direct competition. Then again Samsung make BD players...

[Xi]

sony quality at work.

[FinalomegaS]

and I can say the more sony moves forward every year, they keep taking more steps backwards in the hardware quality side.Guess your paying for the Brand.

~Arm

[iceice123]

I'll take that over exploding batteries any day ahahaha Sonyfangirls!

[bootsielon]

You say that as if it was happening inside PS3... if that helps you sleep at night, think so.

Anyway, I bet Toshiba likes this move, as they hate to be losing the format war.

[tomfoolery]

look out!!!!!!exploding batteries of death!LOLLOL

[DaEnforcer]

3 out of 10.000 haha how many 3fixme has failures? 33% buahahahahaha

[dale1]

its old news