(Nikkei BP Group)
(No.1 High-Tech News Site in Japanese)
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September 3, 1998 (TOKYO) -- Fujitsu Ltd. said Aug. 31 that some of its
battery packs for use in the FMV-BIBLO NA series notebook personal computers
cause malfunctions, and that it has already started supplying replacements.
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The company opened an information office to resolve such battery-pack
problems. The battery packs for the PCs, which total about 110,000 units,
will be replaced with new units for free.
According to Fujitsu, because of problems with quality control during
production, battery liquid in the battery packs can cause short circuits
in the electric circuits of the packs. This causes excessive heat in
the packs. The heat in turn raises the temperature of the covers of
the battery packs, and the covers might become deformed.
About 200 units, equivalent to 0.2 percent of the total, could cause
excessive heat. Fujitsu said a Japanese maker had furnished the battery
packs, but its name was not released. Claims from users totaled about
90 from the summer of 1997 through August 1998.
The PC model was sold from the winter of 1996 through the spring of 1997
targeting high-end office users, company officials said.
More information is at http://www.fmworld.ne.jp/support/qa/biblq/bibl0152.html
(only in Japanese)
(BizTech News Dept.)
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