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HP expands laptop battery recalls by 54,000 due to fire hazard

World’s No.1 PC maker Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced that it is expanding a voluntary recall of laptop batteries that tend to overheat and catch fire by 54,000.

HP said the recalls involved China-made lithium-ion HP laptop batteries that came with laptops purchased globally in stores and online from August 2007 through July 2008. The defective batteries were also sold separately.

The company said that “less than 3 percent” of the laptops contained the defective batteries and the affected batteries , which can pose a fire and burn hazard, will be replaced for free.

“HP fully stands behind the products it makes and has taken a proactive approach to this situation to ensure the safety of our customers and the integrity and quality of our products,” the company said in a statement.

HP had announced an initial recall 70,000 overheated ACER laptop batteries in May 2009 but the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said HP has received additional reports of batteries that tend to overheat and catch fire, prompting it to expand its recall to include a total number of 31 laptop models.

The commission said the initial recall was prompted by 2 complaints while the subsequent recall was prompted by 38 additional complaints that the batteries overheated and ruptured, injuring those who handled the laptops.

However, the latest recall pales in comparison to what is being billed as the largest computer-related recall in history – the recalls of 10 million Sony batteries announced between 2006 and 2008. In August 2006, following complaints, Dell laptop battery recalled over 4 million laptop batteries made by Sony, prompting Apple, Toshiba and Fujitsu to recall 1.8 million, 340,000 and 338,000 laptop batteries respectively. Other PC makers like Lenovo, Acer, Sharp and Sanyo announced recalls that ranged from 28,000 to 700,000.

CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson said generally batteries can overheat and rupture if they’re charged too long or if the laptops don’t have a good ventilation system to regulate the excess heat.

Experts agree. When handled improperly, some rechargeable batteries can experience thermal runaway (a situation where an increase in temperature changes the conditions in a way that causes a further increase in temperature), resulting in overheating, the experts said. Especially prone to thermal runaway are lithium-ion batteries, they added.

Shares of NYSE-listed Palo Alto, California-based HP, which posted a 28 percent jump in Q2 net profit last week, closed 1.37 percent up at $46.58 on Friday.

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Overheating on DV2000 hp laptop-is there a software that activates the fan?

A while back my laptop crashed and I had to reinstall several things to get it back working. While I am quickly realizing I didn’t download all of the original elements of the computer so that it no longer functions in some ways, I am slowly reactivating several aspects. Could anyone tell me which of the following drivers would reactivate the fan so my computer won’t overheat as easily?

HP has history of overheating laptops. Id suggest getting a cooling pad at any electronics store. Its just a pad that sits under the laptop and has fans blowing on it. It works well.