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HP recalls 135,000 battery packs
Hewlett-Packard has recalled 135,000 notebook batteries because of possible overheating issues:
The recalled product was imported from China and Taiwan and used with Pavilion, HP Compaq, Presario and Evo notebooks manufactured from March through September of last year. These machines have a bar code label starting with GC, IA, L0 or L1. The battery packs were sold separately for between $100 and $130.
This news article was written on October 17, 2005, quoting CNET News.