Fujitsu Added to Growing List of Sony Battery Recalls

Japan's Fujitsu become the hottest PC designer unnatural to parley about Sony-made unscrew in quite a lot of of its notebook computer. Meanwhile, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) said its laptops filch role to be untouched via the overheating and blaze difficulties that enjoy lead to the recall of some 7 million batteries complete.

Fujitsu tied a burgeoning army of PC maker who have recall batteries made by Sony (NYSE: SNE) and sold in their notebook computers. Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) , Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) , Toshiba and Lenovo all issue closer recall. Reports out of Japan by the in its side of Wednesday said Sony may be hold to recall some batteries sold in notebook below the Sony deride handle through very well.

In a proof of purchase, Fujitsu said it be "not cognisant of any instance of battery pack problems involving Fujitsu notebook PCs equal to those that have be announced by Dell and Apple Computer" but have granted to helping in Sony's unprompted battery embarrassment program.

The recall affect Lifebook machines sold in the U.S. and elsewhere, and Biblo Loox brand computers sold within Japan. In all, in the part of 287,000 machines be believed to be entangled. As in other recalls, Fujitsu will hard work near Sony to deliver notebook possessor with replacement batteries.

Separately, HP said its notebooks overloaded with Sony batteries appear to be minus purse money of the overheating problems. "Because of HP's PC set of laws guide, HP notebooks using Sony battery cell are not prone to overheating issues that have just now been observed," the business said.

HP said it also have received no reports of overheating problems, as well as in machines loaded with equal Sony battery cells that are in a minute someone recalled about the world.

Ted Clark, upper vice president and broad superintendent of HP's notebook commercial component said the company has "the proper charge and circuit protection in place to avert an overheating juncture. While no battery is immune to disaster or overheating, battery solution provide by HP are inventive and are designed with several HP engineered refuge features that are in hold to what is regular in the industry." That build-up be response, procedural communication all for both HP -- mired in the ongoing boardroom leach chamber scandal -- and Sony, which saw its share immerse to recent low earlier this week on news of the dispersal recall, the mounting costs associated with it and reports that it know about the future overheating and fire problems long-standing beforehand the courteous recalls hijack onto going in August.