HP Recalls Batteries

AP Wire HP Recalls Laptop Batteries October 14, 2005 9:33 a.m.

Hewlett Packard Co. is recalling about 135,000 battery packs for some HP and Compaq laptop computers because of reports they overheated and melted, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced Friday.

The lithium ion rechargeable battery packs are used with H-P Pavilion, Compaq Presario, HP Compaq and Compaq Evo laptop computers. The recalled packs bear a barcode label starting with GC, IA, L0 or L1, and were sold from March 2004 through May 2005. The company has received 16 reports of the batteries" overheating; four cases occurred in the U.S. The company said customers should stop using the laptops and contact H-P for a replacement by calling 888-404-7398 or visiting www.hp.com/support.