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This and That Technology Tips
Got a Dell Laptop? Read this email
August 16, 2006
Volume 6: Issue 8
On Tuesday, August 15, 2006, Dell announced the largest consumer recall in US history. Turns out their batteries may spontaneously catch fire and/or explode on approximately 18% of their laptops shipped from April 2004 to July 18th, 2006. These batteries were manufactured by Sony.
The easiest way to tell if your battery needs to be exchanged is to go to this website: https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/
(Don't worry if you get a security error when opening this site - it's the correct site).
If your laptop isn't on this list, you are not affected:
Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710
Some stories of burning laptops from the NY Time's article
Dell has been bedeviled by reports of burning laptops in recent months. In June, a Dell notebook burst into flames during a conference in a hotel in Osaka, Japan. In that case, an analysis showed the fire was probably caused by microscopic metal particles produced during the manufacturing process. In July, firefighters in Vernon Hills, Ill., were called to an office of Tetra Pak, the food processing and packaging company, to extinguish a notebook fire hot enough to burn the desk beneath it.
Got a Treo 600? Treo 650? Treo 700p? Read this notice...
Schedule: Monday (8/28/2006), Tuesday (8/29/2006), Thursday (8/31/2006)
Time: 6 pm PST (9 pm ET) for about 60-90 minutes
Registration: http://www.treo650course.com/
How would you like to be more successful and save your precious time? Your Treo has the potential to do that. If you're anything I was, you know there are portions of your Treo that you know will help you, but you haven't had time to figure out how to use them. Fortunately, we have spent years educating ourselves so we can educate you to get the most out of your Treo. Do you really have hours to dedicate to reading that dictionary-size manual? Probably not. Let us in show you in less then 5 hours how to effectively use your Treo so you can immediately walk away comfortably knowing how to use all the features that are important to you and your business.
Recommendation: Since there have been only 33 reported incidents out of 4,100,000 possible batteries, I personally wouldn't be concerned while I awaited my new battery. I would continue to use my laptop with the battery - turning it off when the battery got too hot. I would definitely check my battery against the website and order a replacement one immediately.
ITM Computing Offer: If you need assistance figuring out if you need to replace your battery and replacing your battery when you get it back from Dell, come to our office and we'll do it at no charge. Please call 408.732.8500 or contact us at http://www.itmcomputing.com/contact_computer.php to make an appointment, as we're not always in the office as we're serving you onsite, our loyal customers.
Additional Resources:
NY Times: http://tinyurl.com/q5gaa
PC Mag: http://tinyurl.com/kprwr
Hope you enjoyed the ride....
Clyde Lerner, In The Moment Computing
Phone: 408.732.8500
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