NEC recalls fire-risk desktop PCs

nightzip SG

NEC recalls fire-risk desktop PCs

By Tony Smith
18th December 2006 15:54 GMT

NEC Japan has asked anyone who bought in a Valuestar H all-in-one desktop PC manufactured between November 2003 and June 2004 to contact the company for a free replacement after two of the machines caught fire, the company said today.

The machines are believed to have contained faulty power supply units which produced sparked to produce smoke and flames. No one was injured, it appears. However, to prevent such an outcome, NEC said it would replace machines potentially containing the same PSU.

The recall covers models PC-HV3007A and PC-VG11NWZEF, the latter sold exclusively through NEC's Japanese online store. The model numbers are displayed on the back of the Valuestar's display unit, and NEC urged all owners to check their machines to see whether they are due a replacement, even if they use their computers only occasionally.

According to a Reuters report, some 14,600 such PCs shipped in Japan. NEC has yet to put a figure on the cost of replacing the machines.

nightzip SG

Fujitsu admits its laptop 'overheated and sparked'

By Tony Smith
30th October 2006 10:06 GMT

A Fujitsu-made notebook has caught fire in Japan, the manufacturer admitted late last week. The incendiary incident is the first of its kind to be be officially recognised in a machine lacking a Dell, Apple or ThinkPad logo, and should sound a warning to other vendors caught up in this year's massive battery recall.

Fujitsu was notified of the notebook's self-combustion on 24 October, it said, after a customer reported their machine "overheated and sparked". An investigation revealed the laptop had contained a Sony-made battery covered by the recall Fujitsu put in place on 4 October.

Fujitsu said the event was the "first and only" report of its kind it has received, and that the incident was an "extremely rare case".

Nonetheless, it warned all notebook users whose laptops may be included in the battery recall - full details here - should remove the battery from their machines immediately, "unless absolutely necessary".

To date, many notebook vendors who've recalled Sony-made batteries claim to have received no reports of their machines going up in smoke. Fujitsu's admission suggests that they've simply been more lucky than some of the firms who initiated early battery recalls. ®

shinta SG

Originally posted by nightzip:
[b]Fujitsu admits its laptop 'overheated and sparked'

By Tony Smith
30th October 2006 10:06 GMT

A Fujitsu-made notebook has caught fire in Japan, the manufacturer admitted late last week. The incendiary incident is the first of its kind to be be officially recognised in a machine lacking a Dell, Apple or ThinkPad logo, and should sound a warning to other vendors caught up in this year's massive battery recall.

Fujitsu was notified of the notebook's self-combustion on 24 October, it said, after a customer reported their machine "overheated and sparked". An investigation revealed the laptop had contained a Sony-made battery covered by the recall Fujitsu put in place on 4 October.

Fujitsu said the event was the "first and only" report of its kind it has received, and that the incident was an "extremely rare case".

Nonetheless, it warned all notebook users whose laptops may be included in the battery recall - full details here - should remove the battery from their machines immediately, "unless absolutely necessary".

To date, many notebook vendors who've recalled Sony-made batteries claim to have received no reports of their machines going up in smoke. Fujitsu's admission suggests that they've simply been more lucky than some of the firms who initiated early battery recalls. ®
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i think u posted this one before...

nightzip SG

opps...sorlie... Mr. Green

kenn3th SG

Originally posted by nightzip:
[b]NEC recalls fire-risk desktop PCs

By Tony Smith
18th December 2006 15:54 GMT

NEC Japan has asked anyone who bought in a Valuestar H all-in-one desktop PC manufactured between November 2003 and June 2004 to contact the company for a free replacement after two of the machines caught fire, the company said today.

The machines are believed to have contained faulty power supply units which produced sparked to produce smoke and flames. No one was injured, it appears. However, to prevent such an outcome, NEC said it would replace machines potentially containing the same PSU.

The recall covers models PC-HV3007A and PC-VG11NWZEF, the latter sold exclusively through NEC's Japanese online store. The model numbers are displayed on the back of the Valuestar's display unit, and NEC urged all owners to check their machines to see whether they are due a replacement, even if they use their computers only occasionally.

According to a Reuters report, some 14,600 such PCs shipped in Japan. NEC has yet to put a figure on the cost of replacing the machines.
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WOW! replacement for a old pc!?
wah! then they get a new one

ditzy SG

If starhub free laptop and desktop got such issues, will they strike 1 year off your existing contract? Laughing