Toshiba, the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada recently announced that Toshiba is recalling some 41,000 of its T-series of Satellite laptops.
Toshiba has received 129 reports of overheating computers; most of the reports include deformed plastic around the AC adapter connection. There were two reports of minor burn damage and two reports of minor property damage.
The affected models include: Satellite T135, Satellite T135D, Satellite ProT130. The recalled laptops were sold from retailers, e-tailers, toshibadirect.com, and other websites from August 2009 to August 2010 for between 600 USD and 800 USD.
They confirmed that the problem was due to faulty DC-In harnesses which were used to manufacture certain Satellites laptops. Toshiba declared that is serious about the above mentioned event and said in a report that there are no reports of serious injury as of now due to the defect and warns users that the temperature can be hazardous to them. The initial solution provided by Toshiba is the BIOS revision release through which the customers can check whether their laptop is affected or not. If the BIOS detect any overheating then the external power will be disconnected immediately, so that it can eliminate the risks of any injury. Owners of the affected notebooks download the company’s latest BIOS here:
http://laptops.toshiba.com/about/consumer-notices
If the problem persists, don’t forget to call Toshiba to provide the necessary warranty repair.
The recall affects laptops sold in both the U.S. and Canada.
Not a long time ago, Toshiba was involved in a European misunderstanding, regarding an advertising for the World Cup.
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