Apple Battery Recall

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EDIT: Oops, wrong Apple link. Fixed:
https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/

http://www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-24-2006/0004421452&EDATE

Apple just issued a recall on iBook and Powerbook batteries sold since 2003. My iBook is affected, and I'm sure others in OSCR will be affected as well.

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As per Josh's suggestion in the "Dell battery recall" thread, if you have a client with a Dell or Apple laptop, you should do them a favor and check if their laptop is affected by either recall. Here is a list of models and affected battery serial numbers:

DELL:
Affects the following models:

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

The following battery models, only, may be subject to recall:
1K055 C5446 F2100 KD494 W5915 Y1333
3K590 C6269 F5132 OR331 X5308 Y4500
5P474 C6270 GD785 M3006 X5329 Y5466
6P922 D2961 H3191 RD857 X5332
C2603 D5555 J1524 TD349 X5333
C5339 D6024 JD616 U5867 X5875
C5340 D6025 JD617 U5882 X5877

APPLE:
Computer model
12-inch iBook G4
Part: A1061
Ranges:
ZZ338 - ZZ427
3K429 - 3K611
6C519 - 6C552

12-inch PowerBook G4
Part: A1079
Ranges:
ZZ411 - ZZ427
3K428 - 3K611

15-inch PowerBook G4
Part: A1078 and A1148
Ranges:
3K425 - 3K601
6N530 - 6N551
6N601

If affected, the Dell site is https://www.dellbatteryprogram.com/ and the Apple site is https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/

[sfontes]

wheeeee!
*misses the recall*
haha my battery is 6C513.
woot.

[lnp]

I'm part of the recall, but I'm just considering it getting a new, fresh battery. I was never really scared of my laptop. :-)