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IBM/Lenovo just annouced that it will recall about 526,000 laptops worldwide due to potential fire hazard. This was the fourth recall concerning Sony Batteries. First one was Dell, then Apple, then Toshiba, and now Lenovo/IBM.

Here’s the affected notebook models.

ThinkPad notebook computers between February 2005 and September 2006: T Series (T43, T43p, T60); R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e); and X Series (X60, X60s). The batteries have the following part or model numbers, found on the battery label: ASM P/N 92P1072, 92P1088, 92P1142 or 92P1170; or FRU P/N 92P1073, 92P1089, 92P1141, 92P1169 or 93P5028. - thestar.com

A few days ago, we blogged about a thinkpad notebook bursting into flames in an airport.

[via thestar.com ]