HP Battery Recall (HP/Compaq Laptops)

Hewlett-Packard is recalling some 135,000 notebook battery packs that might overheat, melt, and pose a burn or fire hazard. About 85,000 of those batteries were sold in the US and the company says an internal short can occur in the battery cells, which would cause the meltdown. So far there have been 16 reports of overheated batteries. These occur in both HP and Compaq notebooks made between March 2004 and September 2004. So if you think you might have one of these laptops head over to www.hp.com/support/batteryreplacement for more info. Btw, if your the owner of one of these laptops all we can say is: that’s what you get. Next time be smart and don’t buy a retail branded laptop. There are tons of whitebox/boutique sellers out there. If you want one custom built, check out our friends over at www.PBWORKZPC.com