Sony Recalls 3.5M AC Adapters For Slim PS2s

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday September 13, 2005 @07:51AM from the deja-vu-ala-xbox dept.

nevergleam writes "Sony is recalling over 3.5 million power adapters upon reports that they are overheating. According to The Times Online, there has been one incident of minor shock, and four incidences of property damage. There is a web site available to see if the recall applies to your unit." From the article: "The adaptors were made between August and December last year for the slimline PlayStation 2. About 2.3 million of the affected machines were sold in Europe, with the remaining 1.2 million sold in Asia, Australia and North America."

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Re:no way.. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-09-13 08:48 · Score: 1, Funny

Hmm... it appears Sony has had another common problem with the X-Boxes. Both had bad DVD drives in the orginals, now we have overheating power adaptors. Coincedence? I think not.

It's probably just a crappy port.

Come to mention it, both Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb's last names both start with a 'P' and have those little dots in their names... I'm onto them now.

Actually, neither Dr Pepper nor Mr Pibb include a period in the name.