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Acer Recalls 22,000 Notebooks Due To Burn Hazard

Posted by Soulskill on from the hot-product dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Acer, today announced a voluntary recall of 22,000 notebook computers. Acer has received three reports of computers short circuiting, resulting in slight melting of the external casing. No incidents occurred in the United States. No injuries have been reported."

2 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Re:3 Cases - already a recall? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Agreed. Please, for the sake of your penis, return the laptop if you have one. Take it from me, there's nothing worse than a penis burn.

  2. Yuo fail 1t? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Obligated to 3ar0e