After the bad press Sony have got over the last couple of years for battery recalls (and most recently the recall of over 400,000 of their own laptops), you would think they would have sorted their issues out, or examined exactly what was going on in manufacturing that is producing this shoddy technology. But on the surface, it doesn’t appear they’ve done anything.

News appears today, that the battery in your Toshiba, HP, Dell, Acer or Lenovo could be potentially dangerous. The affected batch from Sony – produced between October 2004 and June 2005, is prone to overheating and could even catch fire. And it’s not just a few either, there are an estimated 100,000 batteries produced during this period that might have the same fundamental flaws.

Laptops that are currently on the affected list are: HP Pavilion dv1000, dv8000 and zd8000 – Compaq Presario v2000 and v2400, and HP Compaq nc6110, nc6120, nc6140, nc6220, nc6230, nx4800, nx4820, nx6110, nx6120, nx9600; Toshiba Satellite A70/A75, P30/P5, M30X/M35X and M50/M55 – Tecra A3, A5 and S2; Dell Latitude 110L, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610 – Inspiron 500M, 510M, 600M, 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, and 5160 and Precision M20.

Use the links here to check to see if your battery is up for recall, for various makes of laptops: HP – Toshiba – Dell

If you own a different model of laptop by one of the listed manufacturers, I would check anyway, just to be sure. And if there isn’t a link for your laptop, check with the retailer that sold it to you, or contact the company directly. The batteries have the potential to catch fire, so double check with family members too that may not have access to this article.

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