Samsung Electronic says a laptop battery melts
A battery in a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) notebook computer melted on Sunday, officials from the company and South Korea’s fire department said.The notebook battery emitted smoke after being used for about three and a half hours on a pillow, a fire department official in Seoul told Reuters by telephone.
The battery burned a bed and a floor a bit, but did not cause a big fire, he added.
A Samsung’s spokesman said the notebook was the P10 model, which was produced in 2002 but did not give further details such as a producer of the battery.
“We are checking details of the incident,” James Chung, the company spokesman, said by telephone.
Last month, a battery pack in a LG Electronics Inc’s (066570.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) notebook computer exploded while in the sleeping mode.
Tags:battery pack, company spokesman, fire department official, half hours, laptop battery, lg electronics inc, notebook battery, notebook computer, profile research, research notebook, reuters, samsung, samsung electronics, samsung electronics co, samsung electronics co ltd, seoul, south koreaRelated Posts
May 27th, 2008 at 8:52 am
Thank you for this outstanding article.I thought Centrino was the best technology for laptop battery performance.