How do I Find Out if my Laptop's Battery is Affected by the Dell Battery Recall
Program?
In October 2008, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission made an announcement affecting a small number of
battery packs sold by Dell. Pursuant to that announcement Dell has added 268 part identification numbers to the
Battery Recall Website. The battery model numbers affected by the 2008 Sony announcement are indicated by an
asterisk in the table below and the affected part identification numbers have been added to this database.
Potentially affected batteries were sold with the following models of Dell notebook computers or sold separately as
secondary batteries:
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Latitude: 110L, D530
·
Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160
These batteries may also be used in the following systems:
·
Latitude: D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610
·
Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M
·
Precision M20
Step
Procedure
1
Checking the Laptop Model
Check if your laptop model is any of the listed below. On Dell laptops you can find the model on the upper left
hand corner, above the keyboard:
·
Latitude: 110L, D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D530 D600, D610, D620, D800, D810, D530, D620ATG
·
Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 1100, 1150, 5100, 5160, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100,
9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
·
Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
·
XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710
How Do I Find Out if my Laptop's Battery is Affected by the Dell Battery Recall Program? (Continued)
Step
Procedure
2
Locate the battery which is usually on the underside of the laptop. See illustration below.
If your battery IS listed, please schedule an appointment through Helpdesk at 510‐642‐0434 (phone) or send a
message to helpdesk@haas.berkeley.edu
2
1
3
Step
Procedure
3
If your battery looks like any of the following batteries, it may be affected.
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Step
Procedure
4
Check the serial number on the battery. The serial number is usually 5 alpha numeric characters.
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How Do I Find Out if my Laptop's Battery is Affected by the Dell Battery Recall Program? (Continued)
Step
Procedure
5
Check if your battery's serial number match any of these:
1K055
C5446
F2100
KD494
W5915
Y1333
OR331
3K590
C6269
F5132
X5308
Y4500
GD785
5P474
C6270
M3006
X5329
Y5466
D2961
RD857
X5332
OU091*
6P922
H3191
C2603
J1524
TD349
X5333
W1436*
D5555
C5339
JD616
U5867
X5875
D6024
C5340
D6025
JD617
U5882
X5877
Step
Procedure
6
If your battery IS NOT listed in the chart above, your battery is not part of the recall.
If your battery IS listed, please schedule an appointment with Helpdesk by calling 510‐642‐0434, or email them
at helpdesk@haas.berkeley.edu
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