HP orders worldwide product recall over laptop batteries prone to fire hazard

[ItsMitch]

HP has ordered an international product recall on its laptops as it's batteries due to them being potentially prone to fire hazard. Makes me think back to something that had fire problems  cough samsung cough

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Computer manufacturer HP has today announced that some of its laptops may contain faulty and potentially dangerous batteries. HP is asking owners to contact its customer service team immediately for a replacement battery. 

The news comes at the tail-end of a disastrous week for computer manufacturers. This HP laptop news is hot on the heels of the Spectre and Meltdown processor problems – security risks that affect practically all modern computing devices.

In a statement released on Friday afternoon, HP revealed that a selection of its laptops manufactured between 2015 and 2017 are affected by a battery fault that makes them a potential fire risk. HP is advising laptop owners to check immediately if their model is one of the affected ranges.

 

The affected products are the following: 

 

HP has kindly produced a bit of software to detect if your PC is affected which can be found here: https://batteryprogram687.ext.hp.com/en-GB/Home/ProgramSummary

HP urges people to contact them immediately for a free battery replacement and they have urged not to take it to a 3rd party.

Soooooo my thoughts are that it's been 5 days into this year and it's already shit, GOING TO BE A VERY FUN YEAR FOR TECHIES

 

Source https://www.which.co.uk/news/2018/01/hp-issues-worldwide-recall-of-faulty-laptop-batteries/

[Bit_Guardian]

Put another way, get all the bad news and doom&gloom out of the way up front, makes for a great year.

[SilkyDistress]

oh boi get your fire extinguishers out HP owners.

[Dabombinable]

And my brother only just got one of their Probook G5 (which makes all other laptops in the house look primitive).....
How many times is HP going to screw up with the batteries in their laptops?

[AnonymousGuy]

My Elitebook is safe, which is good for my employer because replacing a bagillion batteries deployed in the field would probably suck pretty bad.

[Dabombinable]

3 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

My Elitebook is safe, which is good for my employer because replacing a bagillion batteries deployed in the field would probably suck pretty bad.

I'd really hate to be in a business's IT department when a manufacturer starts a recall of something essential to the company.

[LucaMH]

big chunk of our ZBooks are hit -.-'

[Zodiark1593]

Today's Wan Show should be particularly interesting.

[ItsMitch]

Just now, Zodiark1593 said:

Today's Wan Show should be particularly interesting.

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[mr moose]

41 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

And my brother only just got one of their Probook G5 (which makes all other laptops in the house look primitive).....
How many times is HP going to screw up with the batteries in their laptops?

Toshiba do a pretty good job of botching batteries too.    At least HP are offering free replacements and not trying to sweep it under the carpet.

[Dabombinable]

Just now, mr moose said:

Toshiba do a pretty good job too.    At least they are offering free replacements and not trying to sweep it under the carpet.

*looks at a certain well known company*

[Eduard the weeb]

this isn't good for them its probably not the same number off units as the note 7 but entire companies may have to return there laptops and that should severely slow down work flow and there gonna need new laptops.

[NumLock21]

24 minutes ago, SC2Mitch said:

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I wonder how YouTube thumbnail will look like.

[ItsMitch]

Just now, NumLock21 said:

I wonder how the thumbnail will look like.

I can already vision what it'll be like

[NumLock21]

Just now, SC2Mitch said:

I can already vision what it'll be like

Care to illustrate it for us. Can use MS paint.

[captain_to_fire]

25 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

*looks at a certain well known company*

Apple

[mr moose]

31 minutes ago, Eduard the weeb said:

this isn't good for them its probably not the same number off units as the note 7 but entire companies may have to return there laptops and that should severely slow down work flow and there gonna need new laptops.

With any luck this will be the impetus manufactures need to ensure they are engineering the batteries right and not cutting corners for size/performance. 

[GDRRiley]

27 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Care to illustrate it for us. Can use MS paint.

I got one its bad

Spoiler

 

[Bananasplit_00]

so none of the 15.6" Zbooks? damn was hopeing i could get a new laptop from school while they take this pice of shit in for 8 months of repairs lol

[Hejoji]

For goodness sake. I helped my sister with her HP M7 laptop sometime last year. When I went to download a driver on HP's site there was a banner displaying a recall notice on the page. The power cord was defective. Something about it being prone to overheating and possibly catching fire.

[dizmo]

Yet another reason I don't suggest HP laptops. 

[Matu20]

Fuck, batteries are having a bad 2 years.

[AlTech]

Rip. I know too many people with HP laptops.

[Stefan1024]

Does anyone know who manufactured the cells in the faulty battery packs? I had problems with Sanyo cells beforem

[vorticalbox]

9 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

I wonder how YouTube thumbnail will look like.