Toshiba recalls 100,000 laptop batteries risk of melting

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Owners of Toshiba laptops take note - the company is recalling over 100,000 laptop batteries because of a risk they can overheat and melt.

The recall covers 39 models of Toshiba Portege, Satellite, and Tecra laptops fitted with Panasonic lithium-ion battery packs. Not only were the battery packs installed into new laptops, but they were also sold separately and also installed by Toshiba as part of a repair.

How can you tell if your laptop is affected?

Affected battery packs have part numbers that begin with G71C (G71C*******). You can find the part numbers are printed on the battery pack.

A complete list of battery pack part numbers included in this recall can be found on the firm's website at Battery Replacement Information.

Consumers are urged to go to Toshiba's website and click on the battery pack utility link...
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Read more: Toshiba recalls 100,000 laptop batteries due to risk of 'overheating and melting' | ZDNet
 
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Thanks for the heads up, just checked my model and its not affected
 

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    Toshiba Satelitte C655-S5547
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    Intel Core i3-2350M@2.30GHZ
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    This laptop was originally bought in like new condition off Amazon in September of 2014 with Windows 7 Home Premium installed and about 6 months later I got a e-mail from my school telling me I could get all kinds of software free for my computer and then decided to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional, about a week later I wanted to give Windows 8.1 a try, well after failing on using it the first ti
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