Batteries with risk of overheating: safety recall for notebooks and mobile workstations
5.1.2018
Translation: Eva Francis
Certain HP notebook and mobile workstation batteries have the potential to overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers. Therefore, HP has announced a worldwide safety recall program.
The issue
In January 2018, in cooperation with various government regulatory agencies, HP informed about safety issues with lithium-ion batteries of certain notebook computers and mobile workstations, posing a fire and burn hazard to customers. Affected devices were sold all over the world – more than 50,000 in the US.
How can I check if my device is affected?
If you own one of the listed products, download the HP Battery Program Validation Utility here and check if the battery in your notebook computer is affected: Download Battery Program Validation Utility
Validation using the utility generally takes less than 30 seconds.
Martin Jud
Senior Editor
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