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【赛迪网讯】8月15日消息，据国外媒体报道，戴尔于美国时间本周一（14日）宣布，召回410万块可能引起火灾的笔记本电池。据美国消费者产品安全***会称，这是消费电子产品领域迄今为止最大规模的召回行动。
据《***》报道，戴尔公司称，这些存在瑕疵的笔记本电池是由索尼公司成产的。从2004年4月到今年7月18日期间售出的部分戴尔笔记本电脑配置了这种电池。
据戴尔递交给消费者产品安全***会的文件显示，从去年12月至今，戴尔共接到6起电池发热量过高或起火事件。但所幸的是没有造成人员伤亡。戴尔在文件中称，这些问题是由于索尼在制造电池的过程中存在失误所致。
消费者产品安全***会还指出，该电池问题不仅仅存在于戴尔公司。也就是说，使用索尼电池的其他笔记本厂商也可能需要召回。据悉，索尼的这种电池几乎提供给了所有的主流笔记本厂商，包括惠普、东芝、联想和苹果。
据悉，在戴尔此次召回的410万块笔记本电池中，有270万块随笔记本电脑在美国市场售出，另外的140万块被销往海外市场。在该期间内，18%的戴尔笔记本均存在该问题。
据初步预计，此次召回将给戴尔带来超过3亿美元的经济损失。戴尔称，这将在很大程度上影响公司当前的利润。而这些瑕疵电池的制造商索尼也承认，对此次事件负责。索尼称，在将财务上支持戴尔的召回行动。
去年10月16日，戴尔已经宣布召回了22000块有潜在风险的笔记本电池。当时，美国消费者产品安全***会当时称，戴尔只接到三起问题报道，而且没有造成人员伤亡。
而最近两三个月以来，戴尔笔记本相继曝出四起着火事件。对于部分起火事件，戴尔此前称，主要是由于锂离子电池所致，但起火的真正原因尚未查明。
索尼承认瑕疵电池造成戴尔笔记本起火 支持召回
2006-08-15
编者按：戴尔日前宣布召回410万块可能引起火灾的笔记本电池，并称这些存在瑕疵的笔记本电池是由索尼公司成产的，从2004年4月到今年7月18日期间售出的部分戴尔笔记本电脑配置了这种电池。今天索尼对外发出声明，承认部分电池产品面临过热甚至着火的风险，表示全力支持此次将问题电池召回并更换的计划。（详细请看：索尼连累戴尔召回410万笔记本电池 或祸及HP联想）
近日，戴尔公司发布了对由索尼提供电池芯的戴尔品牌锂离子电池的召回声明。此次涉及的电池配备在戴尔特定几条产品线的型号之上，销售日期为2004年4月 1日至2006年7月18日。在一些特定的极端条件下，由于电池芯中一些金属粒子的存在，电池面临的过热甚至着火的风险会有所增加，风险机率会由于特定的系统配置而产生差异。尽管索尼对电池进行使用年限和耐热方面的检测，然而还是会有一些因素会影响到事故发生的机率，且无法在供货之前被检测出来。
索尼从戴尔公司获悉了因电池引发的有限数量的事故报道，其中在美国有六起，在这些事故中财产损失是轻微的，且未造成人员伤害。虽然发生事故的风险非常之低，但出于对消费者安全保障和对重要客户的高度重视，索尼全力支持此次将问题电池召回并更换的计划。此外，索尼已对制造过程做了相应改变使这一问题得到解决。据我们了解，目前戴尔的制造和售后服务机构中已没有问题电池了。
此外，索尼公司的VAIO品牌笔记本电脑不受此次电池召回的影响。
有些人会问此文的出处，很报谦让有些人失望了，英文版来自于***
Dell to Recall 4.1M Laptop Batteries
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 15, 2006
Filed at 12:38 a.m. ET
DALLAS (AP) -- Dell Inc. said Monday it will recall 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony Corp. because they can overheat and catch fire.
Round Rock-based Dell negotiated conditions of the recall with the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission, which called it the largest electronics-related recall ever involving the agency.
A Dell spokesman said the Sony batteries were placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18 of this year.
''In rare cases, a short-circuit could cause the battery to overheat, causing a risk of smoke and/or fire,'' said the spokesman, Ira Williams. ''It happens in rare cases, but we opted to take this broad action immediately.''
The battery packs were included in some models of Dell's Latitude, Inspiron, XPS and precision mobile workstation notebooks. Dell planned to launch a Web site overnight that would describe the affected models. Williams said the Web site would tell consumers how to get free replacement batteries from Dell.
Rick Clancy, a Sony spokesman, said the companies have studied problems with the battery packs intensely for more than a month, after getting reports of about a half-dozen fires or smoking laptops in the United States.
Lithium-ion batteries have been around for about a decade and are used in devices such as cell phones and digital music players. Clancy said tiny metallic particles sometimes short-circuit the battery cells, adding that configuration in an electronic device can contribute to problems.
''But it begins with the (battery) cell, and we acknowledge that,'' he said. ''That's why we're supporting Dell in this recall.''
Clancy said Sony would help Dell pay for the recall, but neither he nor Dell officials would estimate the campaign's price tag or say how the companies would divide the cost.
The larger potential cost for Dell is that such a huge recall could dampen future notebook sales.
Dell rival Hewlett-Packard Co. said it does not use Sony batteries and was not affected by the recall. Apple Computer Inc. is investigating whether its notebook batteries meet safety and performance standards, spokeswoman Lynn Fox said.
There have been numerous recent news reports about Dell laptops bursting into flames, and pictures of some of the charred machines have circulated on the Internet.
Dell, the world's largest maker of personal computers, confirmed that two weeks ago, one of its laptops caught fire in Illinois, and the owner dunked it in water to douse the flames. Other reports have surfaced from as far away as Japan and Singapore.
Monday's move was at least the third recall of Dell notebook batteries in the past five years.
Dell recalled 22,000 notebook computer batteries last December after symptoms that were similar to those that prompted Monday's recall. The company also recalled 284,000 batteries in 2001.
Consumers with affected laptops should only run the machines on a power cord, said Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The safety agency knows of 339 incidents in which lithium batteries used in laptops and cell phones -- not just Dell products -- overheated between 2003 and 2005, Wolfson said.
The list of incidents ranges from smoke and minor skin burns to actual injuries and property damage, Wolfson said.
Most of the incidents reported to the CPSC occurred around the home, but transportation-safety officials have become increasingly concerned about the threat of a laptop causing a catastrophic fire aboard a commercial jetliner.
For Dell, the recall comes as it battles other questions about quality and customer service. Last year, Dell absorbed a charge against earnings of $338 million to repair faulty computer components.
Dell's sales have grown this year, but less rapidly, causing shares in the company to lose nearly one-half their value in the past 52 weeks. The shares closed Monday -- before news of the recall -- at $21.24, up 17 cents on the Nasdaq Stock Market. They fell 24 cents in after-hours trading.
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