Incendiary laptop

N

nobody

This time it's Thinkpad, but the suspect is the same - Sony made
battery

http://today.reuters.com/news/artic...modLoc=Home-C4-Business-ousiv-1&from=business

<quote>
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Sony (6758.T: Quote,
NEWS, Research) said on Saturday it is investigating a fire incident
on a Lenovo (0992.HK: Quote, Profile, Research) laptop PC that
reportedly used a Sony-made battery.

Media reports said a Lenovo notebook computer equipped with a Sony
battery caught fire at Los Angeles International Airport last weekend.

The incident came after Dell (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) and
Apple Computer (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) last month recalled
almost 6 million Sony-made batteries, saying they could produce smoke
and catch fire.

A Sony spokesman said the Tokyo-based company is looking into the
matter, without specifying. He also said, however, he is not aware of
an official confirmation that a Sony battery was used at the PC.

Officials at Lenovo's Japanese unit were not immediately available for
comment.
</quote>
 
Y

Yousuf Khan

This time it's Thinkpad, but the suspect is the same - Sony made
battery
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Well, you had me checking my batteries. My Thinkpad has ... Sanyo
batteries. Actually, my Gateway also has Sanyos.

Yousuf Khan
 
K

krw

Well, you had me checking my batteries. My Thinkpad has ... Sanyo
batteries. Actually, my Gateway also has Sanyos.
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Ack! My ThinkPad T42p at work has a Sanyo but my personal T60 has
a Sony.
 
Y

YKhan

krw said:
Ack! My ThinkPad T42p at work has a Sanyo but my personal T60 has
a Sony.
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Better go check with Lenovo in a couple of weeks (assuming you're still
alive, of course). :)

Yousuf Khan
 
K

Keith

You can still get to the Thinkpads through the IBM site?
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Sure. AFAIK, the Lenovo pages are just an alias for the IBM site.
There were a lot of IBM ThinkPads sold. My T60, bought in April,
even has the tri-color IBM logo on the case, though the boot splash
screen says Lenovo. I had to send it back for service and I called
the IBM service number, but sent it back to Solectron. ;-)

Lenovo employees are still on the internal network too.
 

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