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The recall is an expansion of one announced in January 2018. BY MARK HACHMANH
P has recalled 78,500 batteries
used in its laptops and mobile
workstations, due to
overheating issues which
can cause fire and burn hazards.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission announced the recall on
Tuesday, but noted that the recall expansion
was previously announced on January 17 by
HP, and delayed due to the government
furlough. It’s considered an expansion of the
previous HP battery recall of January, 2018(go.pcworld.com/hprc), which affected
50,000 batteries. HP has received eight new
reports of battery packs in the U.S. overheating,
melting, or charring, including one report of
minor injury and two reports of property
damage totaling $1,100, the CPSC said.
Specifically, the batteries were either sold
inside of or as accessories to: HP ProBooks
(64x G2 and G3 series, 65x G2 and G
series, 4xx G4 series), HPx360 (310 G2), HP
Pavilion x360 11-inch Notebook PC, HP 11
Notebook PC, HP ZBook (17 G3, and Studio