http://techfreep.com/340000-defective-sony-batteries-prompt-toshiba-exchange-offer.htm Daily Tech News and Free Press Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:57:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://techfreep.com/340000-defective-sony-batteries-prompt-toshiba-exchange-offer.htm#comment-430 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:26:58 +0000 http://techfreep.com/340000-defective-sony-batteries-prompt-toshiba-exchange-offer.htm#comment-430 [...] According to the press release from Toshiba, short circuits would occur in batteries if tiny metal particles came in contact with any other part of the battery. Toshiba’s first wave of recalls, launched over a week ago, offered exhanges on 340,000 Sony batteries in which a chemical in the insuation paper could corrode circuitry and render the battery useless. At the time Toshiba vehemently denied the risk of explosive activities as seen in Sony models used in Dell and Apple notebooks: Toshiba’s batteries are not at risk of starting a fire. There is no such hazardous or related issue. [...] […] According to the press release from Toshiba, short circuits would occur in batteries if tiny metal particles came in contact with any other part of the battery. Toshiba’s first wave of recalls, launched over a week ago, offered exhanges on 340,000 Sony batteries in which a chemical in the insuation paper could corrode circuitry and render the battery useless. At the time Toshiba vehemently denied the risk of explosive activities as seen in Sony models used in Dell and Apple notebooks: Toshiba’s batteries are not at risk of starting a fire. There is no such hazardous or related issue. […]

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