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IBM To Repair Smoking Monitors

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-isn't-that-nice-of-them dept.

Rio writes "A local6.com story says IBM is recalling to repair 56,000 G51 and G51t computer monitors because the circuit board can overheat and smoke, posing a fire hazard. IBM has received several reports of monitors overheating and smoking, including one report of minor property damage, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Comission." And I thought all that smoke was just my mobo overheating.

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  1. smoke by kin_korn_karn · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The engineers were obviously smoking something themselves and couldn't tell the monitors had problems