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The world's second largest behind HP's PC maker Dell also said that as replacement parts or a backup power supply batteries laptop battery sold separately the price but also because March 3 Ochang LG Chemical factory fire caused by a shortage of supply had to raise prices upward.

LG Chemical is South Korea's second-largest battery manufacturers. An ASUS high-level media Tuesday morning, said the fire led to a worldwide battery shortage, for the second quarter of Asustek shipped affects up to 40%.

Dell spokesman refused to reveal the battery pack is sold separately account for the proportion of Dell's overall sales, but this figure may be limited because of Dell's main products are fully assembled desktop computers, notebook computers and business servers. "We have sold battery TravelMate 4500 packs, which for people to buy as a backup battery pack prices have risen," Dell spokesman Jess Blackburn said that while refusing to disclose prices.

He added that Dell's "not right (fire accident) will affect the prices of products in our comment." Here the product is notebooks.

"The industry is experiencing these problems due to the battery supply," Blackburn said. "As a result, the price is subject to the impact of the current supply situation. But we are working with supply chain partners to find ways to reduce the impact on customers."

LG Chemical laptop battery industry competitors, including Samsung SDI and Japan's Sony Corporation. LG Chemical has said it is expected to Ochang plant will Aspire 1410 resume production within two or three months.

HP spokesman Mike Hockey said the company is working with LG Chemical Industry on the current situation "on a regular basis to exchange."

"(The accident) on the HP and other OEM manufacturers have yet to affect the details of the study," Hockey said in a e-mail statement, say so. "We are actively working with the battery manufacturing industry co-operation, hoping to get extra batteries."

Macquarie Securities analyst Daniel Chang said first-quarter notebook battery supply has long been strained, but this time the fire driven PC makers turn to for help from vendors such as Sony and Panasonic.

In the most recent quarter, notebook computers Aspire 1680 for the Group contributed 30% of the income, the same as the proportion of desktop software with the peripheral products, including battery pack combined sales of the company's total revenue ratio is 17%.

PC makers may be able to rely on computer memory, such as prices decline in the cost of other accessories to offset the rise in the battery. Citigroup analyst Glen Yeung on February 29 in a report that Dell is likely to February 1 the company's fourth fiscal quarter ended increase in the memory inventory.

"Our survey shows Dell did in their fourth fiscal quarter to take advantage of the memory prices are low, the establishment of a certain amount of memory inventory," Glen Yeung wrote in the report so. "Although the industry vendors may not agree, but we believe that in March of memory prices will continue to decline."

Analysts will be Dell's fourth-quarter rise in gross profit due to falling prices of memory and other accessories, according to Citigroup TravelMate 2300 data memory prices in the third quarter down 40-45%.