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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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      Slashdot gets worse every day... Pipedot: News for nerds, without the corporate slant
  2. Boring called. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It wants this story back.

  3. weird by kg_o.O · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The computers were sold between January 1999 and August 2000 They received SIX reports after 4 years since releasing this stuff and they're recalling the whole series? Weird.. A power adapter CAN break after 4 years of intense usage.. it just happens, right? :)

  4. Part Number isn't everything by thpr · · Score: 5, Informative
    The power adapters ... have the part number 02K6549, the agency said.

    The computers were sold between January 1999 and August 2000

    Note that IBM shipped a revised product under the SAME part number after August 2000... if you think you qualify, make sure to look at the details - it has to have HOLLOW pins look here to be part of the recall.