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Some Sony Vaio laptops are overheating, remedy to issue is unclear [Update]

, Jun 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Massive recalls in the notebook market are nothing new. There were hundreds of thousands of notebooks from a variety of makers recalled in years past due to fire hazard from faulty batteries. Read The Full Story

HP has expanded a battery recall on some of its notebooks for fire hazard

, May 24th 2010 Discuss [0]

It seems like every time I think battery recalls for notebooks are over, they start back up again. There were huge recalls back in 2008 on notebook batteries that were overheating and posed a fire risk. In some of the higher profile cases, the notebook batteries actually exploded and caused damage to property. Read The Full Story

Targus Universal Wall Power Adapters Recalled Due to Reports of Burned Consumers

, May 6th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's never good for a company to have to recall their product. Furthermore, it's down-right awful when they have to recall their products because they're hurting people, but that's exactly what's happening to Targus right now. Unfortunately for the company that manufactures the Universal Wall Power Adapter for laptops, it has had to make a major recall after reports started coming in of over-heating connector tips. Read The Full Story

Nokia recalls 14M AC-3E, AC-4U, and AC-3U mobile phone chargers

, Nov 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

The last time Nokia issued a massive recall on its mobile devices it was for faulty battery packs. Nokia today issued a recall that covers about 14 million mobile phone chargers that the company says were built by a third party. Read The Full Story

Coby Electronics issues recall on TF-DVD-8501 portable DVD players

, Oct 23rd 2009 Discuss [0]

Over the last few years, the cause of many recalls on all sorts of electronics products like notebooks has been faulty batteries. A few years back a wide range of notebooks were recalled due to faulty batteries that posed a fire hazard. Coby Electronics and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a product recall on a Coby portable DVD player. Read The Full Story

Walmart recall 1.5m bargain DVD players over fire risk

, Aug 21st 2009 Discuss [0]

At just $29, Durabrand's DVD players were selling like hot cakes at Walmart stores.  Unfortunately it turns out that they're also going up in flames like hot coals, so the retailer is having to recall around 1.5m of them.  Apparently there have been twelve reported cases of the Durabrand player overheating, with five going on to catch fire and cause "property damage". Read The Full Story

Acer Predator gaming PCs pose fire hazard; recalled

, Mar 19th 2009 Discuss [2]

The Acer Predator line of gaming PCs is well known for its blazing fast speed and high octane graphics capability. But did you know they could potentially "blaze" a hole through your desk? Well, maybe not quite, but they definitely pose a fire hazard, so says the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Read The Full Story

Canon 5D mirror design flaw calls for immediate repair

, Feb 3rd 2009 Discuss [4]

Canon USA has sent out emails to notify the original 5D users, citing a weak design in main mirror attachment could cause the mirror to come loose. A service notice regarding the mirror issue was posted today at 5D’s support site. A repair to reinforce the strength of mirror attachment is imminent, and will be provided to 5D owner, free of charge. Read The Full Story

Maxell Japan recalls DVD-R media, labeling ink were to blame

, Jan 26th 2009 Discuss [0]

I quitted achieving data in DVD optical recording media ages ago, but my Aunt Sally in Osaka still can’t get enough of the lowest cost per gigabyte’s optical storage. She wouldn’t be please though, to hear that stacks of al-cheapo Maxell DVD-R of hers are being recalled due to manufacturing error. Hitachi has initiated a recall on its Maxell- DVR optical disk lineup due to labeling ink issues that could contaminate disk surface to dirt. Read The Full Story

Rage Wireless Guitar recalled; battery leak to blame

, Oct 22nd 2008 Discuss [1]

Well this is definitely not cool! According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Rage Wireless Guitars for the Wii are not safe for consumers! 57,000 of the guitars have now been recalled and there's no word if this product will make it back to the market.   Read The Full Story

Raon Digital recall Everun Note: overheating, blue-screens & dodgy battery gauge

, Sep 22nd 2008 Discuss [0]

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 the preinstalled e-dictionary and/or PDA authentication". Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO TZ overheat problem prompts free test & repair program

, Sep 4th 2008 Discuss [2]

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 has so far been announced in the US, UK and Hong Kong. Read The Full Story
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