Battery recall continues

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 20, 2007

After the well known Sony notebook battery issues sparked off worries among numerous companies last year, the problems aren't over yet, with Gateway having it's second recall in under a year. The notebook maker has now announced that it is to recall a further 14,000 batteries - on top of the 35,000 Sony batteries it recalled in October. This time round the batteries for the 400VTX and 450ROG laptops manufactured between May and July 2003 are to be replaced, with the battery model numbers being 6500760 and 6500761 respectively. If you suspect you may be affected by this, visit this Gateway site to find further instructions.

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WarEagleAU · Jun 20, 2007

why is it so hard for battery makers to get their products right? This is why Im put off on getting me my own personal laptop. I use and older DELL LATITUDE D610 at workwith windows 2000. Id be hesitant with any of the "newer" models that are guilty of this recall

mdm-adph · Jun 20, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
why is it so hard for battery makers to get their products right? This is why Im put off on getting me my own personal laptop. I use and older DELL LATITUDE D610 at workwith windows 2000. Id be hesitant with any of the "newer" models that are guilty of this recall

Call me a xenophobic asshole if you want to, but I'm sure a lot of the problem lies with the increased production that's been given to our new totalitarian (and quality-ignorant) friends in the East.

Benpi · Jun 20, 2007

Hey everybody, I'm in Europe right now WOOO! in Rome, going to Croatia tomorrow.

Duracell FTW

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 20, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
why is it so hard for battery makers to get their products right? This is why Im put off on getting me my own personal laptop. I use and older DELL LATITUDE D610 at workwith windows 2000. Id be hesitant with any of the "newer" models that are guilty of this recall

Quality?

Whats that? :wtf:

GJSNeptune · Jun 20, 2007

Benpi said:
Hey everybody, I'm in Europe right now WOOO! in Rome, going to Croatia tomorrow.

Duracell FTW

What the fuck?

Don't let a recall scare you. It's not like every single one is going to catch fire or something. It's a precaution. If you need a laptop, get one. Go with Dell or HP instead of Gateway for now.

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 20, 2007

GJSNeptune said:
What the fuck?

Don't let a recall scare you. It's not like every single one is going to catch fire or something. It's a precaution. If you need a laptop, get one. Go with Dell or HP instead of Gateway for now.

A recall really shouldnt impact a choice of where to buy. (Unless it was a poorly designed model)

Why?

Because they've "isolated" the problematic batterys are should have them away from being sent into public use.

If a company doesn't do this they'd likely be fined pretty heavily by a government org.

How do I know this?

I work in a company and see how they handle defects -personally-

GJSNeptune · Jun 20, 2007

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 20, 2007

GJSNeptune said:
Wow.

If you haven't noticed this is a universal sony battery recall.. so I doubt you're going to be able to avoid sony batterys at ANY manufacturer.

And I'd say buying from HP/dell are likely to get you into the NEXT batch of defective batterys, rather. :roll:

WarEagleAU · Jun 20, 2007

you guys are right, it shouldnt deter me. The laptop will be for the wife anyways ::evil grin::

Id go with Toshiba or HP. Toshiba has this awesome laptop screen and its just bad ass. The one Id like to get can have a graphics card added for some decent gaming !

Jimmy 2004 · Jun 20, 2007

Read about a Toshiba catching fire just the other day...

GJSNeptune · Jun 20, 2007

Guess the moral is not to buy a laptop.

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 21, 2007

Jimmy 2004 said:
Read about a Toshiba catching fire just the other day...

I read about a house catching fire too.

We all need to go live in cardboard boxes!

Also, there was this department store on fire..

so we musn't continue to shop!

IT IS VITAL TO STAYIN ALIEEEV!!!11111

1 out of 15 million laptops.

Yeah, Id say you got some nice chances there.

I however will proceed to take my chances with this revolver and single bullet...

**SPIN**

**BANG**

Dark Ride · Jun 21, 2007

Dippyskoodlez said:
I read about a house catching fire too.

We all need to go live in cardboard boxes!

Also, there was this department store on fire..

so we musn't continue to shop!

IT IS VITAL TO STAYIN ALIEEEV!!!11111

1 out of 15 million laptops.

Yeah, Id say you got some nice chances there.

I however will proceed to take my chances with this revolver and single bullet...

**SPIN**

**BANG**

You need to cut back on the sarcasm Dippy

Dippyskoodlez · Jun 21, 2007

Dark Ride said:
You need to cut back on the sarcasm Dippy

but its so much fun! :laugh:

Ok, I've had like nothing to do all day.

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