IBM and Lenovo recall Sony batteries
It just gets worse for the Sony and their battery debacle...

If you own a IBM/Lenovo laptop make sure your not affected by this recall.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Lenovo has recalled just 526,000 ThinkPad notebook battery packs because of a risk of fire. The battery packs were made by Sony.

Although only one report of a fire has been noted, that incident occurred on an airplane at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this month, inside a ThikPad T43 notebook. Lenovo promptly obtained the notebook and began investigations.

To be safe, Lenovo has recalled ThinkPad battery packs associated with the following model numbers: the T Series (T43, T43p, T60); R Series (R51e, R52, R60, R60e); and X Series (X60, X60s), according to Lenovo.

The battery packs and notebook PCs were sold between February 2005 and September 2006, Lenovo said.

The batteries may be identified with an "ASM" or a "FRU" number; affected ASMs include 92P1072, 92P1088, 92P1142, 92P1170, and 92P1174. Affected FRU (field replaceable units) include the following codes: 92P1073, 92P1089, 92P1141, 92P1169 or 93P5028, and 92P1173 or 93P5030.

Customers are encouraged to call Lenovo at (800) 426-7378 anytime or log on to Lenovo's battery recall web site to determine if they have an affected battery.

Read all about it here, courtesy of pcmag.com:

-Eric