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This week (Week ending May 16th, 2009), HP has announced a voluntary recall of laptop batteries. Its estimated that about 70,000 batteries that were made in China for both the HP and Compaq brands are at Risk.  These batteries have a chance of overheating, which could cause then to do anything from catch fire up to exploding if the batteries rupture. Not all HP/Compaq batteries are affected by this recall.

   You can find specific model and serial number information for each of the affected batteries at the Consumer Product Safety Commission Website http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221.html (http://www NULL.cpsc NULL.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221 NULL.html) or from the HP website at http://bpr.hpordercenter.com/hbpr/ (http://bpr NULL.hpordercenter NULL.com/hbpr/) .

Some of the affected models are -

HP dv2000, dv2500, dv2700, dv6000, dv6500, dv6700, dv9000, dv9500, dv9700

Compaq A900, C700, F700, V3000, V3500, V3700, V6000, V6500, V6700

HP G6000, G7000

Compaq 6720s

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