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Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors
matgyver writes "Both CNET and CNN are reporting that Dell is recalling 4.4 million AC adapters worldwide. About 990,000 of those were sold to US consumers, 1.5 million to US businesses, and the rest where outside the US. The adapters were sold with laptops between 1998 and 2002 and included Dell's Latitude, Inspiron, and Precision laptops. The part numbers for the adapters are 9364U, 7832D and 4983D. Apparently the adapters run the risk of overheating and can be a fire and electrocution risk."
Apparently the adapters run the risk of overheating and can be a fire and electrocution risk.
/. user #56 out of rug. Sale complete with charred remains of previous owner.
Oh just great.
(reaches for power supply)
Now I have to retur-{{{{ZOT}}}}
Slashdot UID #56 up for auction at Ebay -- again! Sale by family to help pay for electrical fire damage and getting the smell of crispy
The dangers of knowledge trigger emotional distress in human beings.
You're getting a fire!
If brevity is the soul of wit, then how does one explain Twitter?
Ha! And my friends called me an idiot when I keeped buying new batteries for my laptop instead of just recharging the old one.
Once again, I was proven right in the end.
"A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph. The rear differential locks up. The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside. Now, should we initiate a recall? Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C. A times B times C equals X. If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."
The ratio of people to cake is too big
...who once had to endure one snide remark after another about PowerBooks being fire hazards, I suppose it can now be said that all laptop computers are cremated equal.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, write technology blogs.