This is the second time in two months that Sony’s name has been linked with overheating problems that has initiated recall on more than 100,000 batteries found in Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell Notebook Computers. “The lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers,” reported the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

The batteries which are being talked about were sold by the company either along with the lap tops or individually. From December 2004 through June 2006 these batteries were sold on Hewlett-Packard laptops; on Toshiba laptops, they were sold from April 2006 to October 2005, and on Dell laptops they were sold from November 2004 to November 2005.

The consumers have been advised by the U.S. Product Safety Commission to remove the recalled batteries from their computers at once and then call the the computer manufacturers for a free replacement.

This comes after two months when Sony was ordered to recall over 70,000 VAIO notebooks, for overheating problems in the wiring system this time.

This is not the first time that Sony is in news for such reasons. Back in August 2007, Sony was forced to repeat the experience with the DSC-T5 digital cameras.