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More than two years after the largest battery recall, the electronics industry, the Sony batteries were again, as the defendant in more than 40 incidents in the world of laptop overheating.

Sony and the Consumer Product Safety Commission on Thursday afternoon that Sony supports the withdrawal of 100,000 laptop batteries made by Sony 2.15Ah lithium-ion cells. Five thousands of them were sold in the U.S., and 65,000 in international markets. Sony has said that he had 260 million of these batteries since 2002.

According to the CPSC, 32000 Hewlett-Packard laptop, 3000 Toshiba notebooks, laptops from Dell and 150 are to be said. Sony said its Vaio notebooks are not included in the recall since it covers a different type of battery.

2.15Ah The lithium-ion battery is not the same Sony battery used in the massive withdrawal by 2006, according to the company. This is also so far seems to be at a much lower than in 2006, when more than 8 million notebook batteries have been recalled.

Sony said the first information on problems with the batteries 2.15Ah in June 2005. Since then, the PC manufacturer, the reports than 40 incidents of overheating in the world. Some of the overheating of the smoke and flames, leading to the “burn”, and about half of the cases included “minor damage to the property,” said Sony and the CPSC.

Sony believes that the problems of the battery are isolated in some 2.15Ah batteries manufactured between October 2004 and June 2005.