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Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Asustek and other laptop retailers are facing a shortage of laptop batteries because of a recent fire at the LG Chem Ochang plant in South Korea, a major supplier of the said item.

To give you guys an idea of the severity of the problem, an executive from Asustek gave word that the shortage could possibly affect up to 40 percent of second-quarter shipments. No word from them yet if this means that their laptops will also be increasing in price.

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Have trouble finding an extra or replacement battery for your laptop? Both Dell and HP say they are experiencing a laptop battery shortage after a March 3 fire knocked out a major supplier of the batteries.

Besides Dell and HP, the fire that gutted a plant owned by South Korea’s second-largest battery maker, LG Chem, is also affecting Asus, maker of the popular Eee PC laptop.

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