BEIJING,
April 26 (Xinhuanet) -- One of the world's largest computer maker Acer Inc.
announced a recall on Wednesday for 27,000 PC batteries which may overheat and
cause a fire, despite it claimed its laptop PC users do not need to
replace any batteries six months ago.
The recall is being made in cooperation with the U.S.
Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The announcement followed a number of high profile
laptop PC battery recalls related to Sony-made cells. The recalls started with
Dell Inc. last August, and continued on to nearly every major PC vendor in the
world, including Lenovo Group Ltd. and Sony Corp. itself.
Acer is the latest company to warn of faulty Sony-made
lithium-ion batteries. Up to now, over 9.6 million laptop PC batteries have been
recalled.
No users have reported problems with overheating
batteries in Acer laptops, the company said, but it is still working with the
consumer agency to conduct the voluntary recall. The company
has provided a list of TravelMate and Aspire brand notebook PCs sold in the
U.S. between May 2004 through November 2006 that contain faulty batteries.
A Web site set up for the battery recall lists
affected laptop models which contains the TravelMate series with 4-digit model
numbers beginning with 242, 320, 321, 330, 422, 467, 561, C20, and the Aspire
series beginning with model numbers 556, 560, 567, 930, 941, 980 and offers
users instructions about how to replace the battery.
Customers should stop using the recalled batteries
immediately, Acer said, and use their AC adapter and power cord until a free
replacement battery arrives after contact the company.
(Agencies)
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