Tag Archive for 'recall'
It can’t be in too many hands as of yet, but the Everun Note is about to be snatched out of them and dragged back to base. Raon Digital have recalled the compact touchscreen notebook over “failure symptoms” that include high-pitched fan noise, blue-screening, overheating processor, inaccurate battery monitor levels or “an error related to [...]
Sony has begun a free test & repair program for certain models in its VAIO TZ range, after a fault in the screen hinge can cause dangerous overheating. Apparently in excess of 200 notebooks have overheated, with seven people suffering light burns. The program affects any TZ bought between May 2007 and July 2008, and [...]
Just when I was beginning to think we were out of the woods with this whole battery fire mess a gentleman’s Apple notebook catches fire in Japan and he sues over it. Apple Japan and Sony have agreed to pay the 1.3 million Yen, or about $13k.
Approximately 600 photo frames are being recalled by the Gift Wrap Company of Atlanta, Georgia and Consumer Product Safety Commission due to excess levels of lead found on the frame’s surface paint. The ‘Made in China’ 4”x6” hanging photo frames were sold at Babies R Us stores nationwide from August 2007 through November 2007 [...]
The first wave of W910i’s are all being recalled by Orange. Why? Because the phone function is somehow causing the device to switch off after 10 seconds and its also not answering calls.
Well, that kinda makes a phone, well, not a phone, doesn’t it? Some people who are returning them, are getting exchanges, and then [...]
If you have a portable DVD player made by Toshiba, listen up. There has been a voluntary recall issued for the power adapters for certain models of Toshiba’s portable DVD players.
Do you have a Canon PowerShot A650 IS? I have to ask, how are your shots turning out? My guess is that the ones shot in bright lighting conditions aren’t so great. In fact, most of them shoot so poorly that Canon has issued an official recall of the camera.
Well Sony shouldn’t feel bad, they’re not the only ones recalling batteries these days. Now mobile phone giant Nokia is reaclling roughly 46 million cell phone batteries.
The batteries affected are model number BL-5C and were manufactured between December 2005 and November of 2006. Quite a few Nokia phones use this battery ranging from the 1100 [...]
If you purchased a Sony camera back in 2005, you might want to listen up. Sony has issued a recall on 350,000 digital cameras. Don’t worry, for once this recall is not related to a battery issue, though the camera could be a danger to your safety.
If you happen to have an ATI Radeon HD 2400 or 2600 card that isn’t working quite right, AMD is aware of the problem, and some of the graphics card makers have already issued a recall.
An issue was recently discovered with AMD’s official diagnostic and validation software that allowed the defective cards to slip through. [...]
