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Dell Recalls Millions of AC Adaptors

Posted by michael on from the huh-huh-fire-fire-fire dept.

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."

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  1. Risky? by mfh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently the adapters run the risk of overheating and can be a fire and electrocution risk.

    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 /. user #56 out of rug. Sale complete with charred remains of previous owner.

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    1. Re:Risky? by Idarubicin · · Score: 5, Funny
      Slashdot UID #56 up for auction at Ebay

      Bah! The parent was just looking for an opportunity to flaunt his obscenely small UID.

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  2. Dude! by Shadow+Wrought · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're getting a fire!

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  3. Ha! I was right! by paragon_au · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Only those manufactured by "Delta" in Thailand by Derling+Whirvish · · Score: 5, Informative
    Not all AC adapters with those part numbers are affected. It involves only those manufactured by Delta Electronics in Thailand. I have a 09364U but it is manufactured by Astec in China and is not recalled.

    Go to this page and see if yours are the ones actually recalled.

  5. Re:I don't think this is a new problem. by Cthefuture · · Score: 5, Funny

    "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."

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  6. As a Macintosh user... by trudyscousin · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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.

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  7. Common part by LightStruk · · Score: 5, Informative
    First IBM, now Dell? A month apart? I'm betting there's a common part inside these that's failing--it's probably not just these two companies.
    Right you are - in both cases the AC adapters were made by Delta Electronics of Thailand.