> IIRC, the 5300 had a flaming battery recall for repair. Only one or
two started cooking, but it was enough to bring them all back.
Bit of an urban myth that, IIRC
My understanding is that the 5300 was planned to be released with Li-on
batteries but a couple of the prototype batteries overheated due to
manufacturing problems with the batteries. The 5300 was therefore released
with Ni-Mh batts instead.
The 5300 REP was due to power connector and bad plastics problems.
Thank you for the sanity, Malcolm!
The 5300 never had any flaming problems. It was SONY Li-Ion
batteries that had a problem during recharging that could cause them
to over heat, melt, or worse, though thankfully this was discovered
in production and not in the field. Some 5300s with Li-Ions did
escape Apple's factories, but AFAIK all were successfully recalled
and replaced with NiMH versions.
Peace,
Drew
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