Author Topic: Exploding apples! (Read 798 times)

Kenny · « **on:** September 07, 2006, 12:08:04 pm »

Dunno if this has already been posted, but....

Looks link Dell's not the only ones affected by sony's exploding batteries:

Battery Exchange Program iBook G4 and PowerBook G4
Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances.

The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4.

Kenny · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:09:21 pm »

https://support.apple.com/ibook_powerbook/batteryexchange/?

55starchief · « **Reply #2 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:10:26 pm »

Quoting: Kenny

Dunno if this has already been posted, but....

Looks link Dell's not the only ones affected by sony's exploding batteries:

Battery Exchange Program iBook G4 and PowerBook G4
Apple has determined that certain lithium-ion batteries containing cells manufactured by Sony Corporation of Japan pose a safety risk that may result in overheating under rare circumstances.

The affected batteries were sold worldwide from October 2003 through August 2006 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4.

Yeah heard about this last week, its gonna cost sony a sh!t load to correct this. Must check mine when i get home as i hadnt heard of it affecting the 12" powerbook

FUBAR · « **Reply #3 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:14:40 pm »

Hadn't you? It was in the paper a couple of weeks ago

55starchief · « **Reply #4 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:15:35 pm »

Quoting: FUBAR

Hadn't you? It was in the paper a couple of weeks ago

No i heard it was only early Mac's and 15" powerbooks

FUBAR · « **Reply #5 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:16:02 pm »

aah ok, fair doos then.