HP recalls more laptops for "fire and burn hazards"

The US Commission for Products and Security announced Tuesday the recall of "battery safety" of about 78,500 HP laptops for what the UPSC calls "fire and fire risks". of burning ".

HP launched the recall in January 2018and expanded it in January 2019, but the news was not widely released due to the closure of the US government. The UPSC finally released the news Tuesday on its website with the following explanation: "NOTE: This recall extension has already been independently announced on January 17, 2019 by the firm due to a permission from the US government. " (We spotted it via Tom's Hardware.)

This is part of a continuing series of HP battery reminders. The January 28 recall involved about 51,000 models, but 41,000 were recalled in June 2016 and 100,000 in January 2017bringing the total of the last two and a half years to almost a quarter of a million.

The recall concerns laptops sold between April 2015 and December 2018. By HP:

Batteries affected by this program may have been shipped with HP Probook 64x (G2 and G3), HP ProBook 65x (G2 and G3), HP ProBook 4xx G4 (430, 440, 450, 455, and 470), HP x360 310 G2, HP ENVY M6, HP Pavilion x360, HP 11 Notebook PCs and HP ZBook Mobile Workstations (17 G3, 17 G4 and Studio G3) sold worldwide from December 2015 to April 2018. They were also sold as accessories or provided as a replacement from December. 2015 to December 2018 for the above products, as well as for additional products through HP's HP or an authorized service provider, including some HP Mobile Thin Client products.

HP also warns that it was essential to check your battery even if you had already done so and that you have not affected it. However, if you have already received a replacement battery, you are not affected by this extension.

If you think that your laptop meets the requirements (it does not apply to all models sold during this period), you can download the validation utility from the reminder page for check it.