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IBM Recalls 553,000 Laptop Power Units

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the if-apple-can-do-it dept.

qewl writes "The 56-watt adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the case, the company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. About 225,000 of the adapters are being recalled in the United states. The power adapters were shipped mostly with IBM ThinkPad i Series, ThinkPad 390 and 240 Series and a limited number of ThinkPad s Series laptop computers and have the part number 02K6549, the agency said."

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  1. woah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like IBM has been working a little too closely with Apple.. it's starting to rub off on them.

    1. Re:woah by evilviper · · Score: 5, Funny

      Apple and IBM's problems are nothing. It's Dell that is the reining "inferno" king.

      Monitors, Desktops, Notebooks, batteries, power supplies. If you can name it, Dell has made it, and it's caught on fire...

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  2. I felt... by Mateito · · Score: 3, Funny

    I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 533,000 of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

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  3. what will happen next by virtualone · · Score: 3, Funny

    the recalled machines will be sold to gericom, who puts a new sticker on them and resells them as brand-new-bleeding-edge-desktop replacment. melting through plastic is a side effect that is expected of their machines.

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  4. Boring called. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wants this story back.

  5. blast! by tubbtubb · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am so sick of people stealing Apple's ideas.

  6. Oops... by g-to-the-o-to-the-g · · Score: 3, Funny

    So much for trading my PowerBook in for a Thinkpad, either way I might get burned.

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  7. oh GOOD by i+love+pineapples · · Score: 4, Funny

    The burning sensation's from the LAPTOP... I was wondering how the hell a geek like myself (can't get laid to save my life) caught an STD...

  8. Hot! by HedonismBot · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's just the kind of thing you want on top of your lap...

    There's smoke coming out of your crotch...Is the power unit in your laptop melting or are you just REALLY happy to see me?

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