IBM ruft ca. 500.000 Netzteile zurück

[Tiny"BadBoy"RK]

Unde zwar diese hier:


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Name of product: AC Power Adapters
Units: About 225,000
Importer: International Business Machines (IBM) Corp., of Armonk, N.Y.
Manufacturer: Delta Electronics Inc., of Taipei, Taiwan
Hazard: The adapters can overheat, cause damage to the circuit board and melt through the housing, which poses a fire and electrical shock hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: IBM has received six reports of incidents, including some with minor property damage. No injuries have been reported. Description: The recalled 56W AC power adapters were shipped primarily with IBM ThinkPad i Series, 390 and 240 Series, and s Series notebook computers. The adapters have three hollow pins at the AC inlet and part number 02K6549 on a label on the top of the unit. The IBM logo appears on top of the unit. Adapters with solid pins are not included in this recall. Sold at: Electronics and computer stores nationwide, the IBM Web site, phone orders, mail-order catalogs, and resellers sold the adapters with the ThinkPad computers from January 1999 through August 2000. The adapters also were sold as an accessory during that time for about $55.
Manufactured in: China. Remedy: Consumers should unplug the recalled adapters from the wall outlet immediately and contact IBM for a free replacement unit.
Consumer Contact: Call IBM at (800) 410-5629 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or log on to IBM’s replacement unit Web site at www.AdapterProgram.com

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EDIT:
Auf deutsch:
http://www.computerbase.de/news/hard...booknetzteile/

[thcyash]

würd mich nicht wundern, wenn sie noch die Netzteile für die T-Serie zurückrufen ;-)

[Graf]

würd mich nicht wundern, wenn sie noch die Netzteile für die T-Serie zurückrufen ;-)

Joa die werden auch ganz schön heiss, aber wollen wir nicht hoffen das sie sich entzünden...

[Jammer]

mmh gut zu wissen das ibm nicht perfekt ist

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