Two NEC Desktop Computer Fires Reported
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Japanese manufacturer NEC disclosed Monday that at least two of its desktop computers in Japan have caught fire after the power supply units inside of the computers malfunctioned.
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Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued a wide reaching recall of about 990,000 power adapters. The power adapters are being recalled because they can overheat and pose a risk of fire and electrical shock.
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Dell, HP and Lenovo may get burned A fire at Lite-On's main flat-panel monitor factory in China could disrupt LCD display supplies across the PC industry.â¦
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Dell Inc. will recall about 990,000  power adapters for some of its laptop computer models because  of a risk of overheating, which could lead to a fire or  electrical shock, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission  said on Friday.
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By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 19--NEW YORK -- Canon Inc. will recall about 800,000 desktop copiers  for free repairs in the United States as an improperly fitted electrical  connection inside the copiers could cause the machines to overheat, emit smoke  and catch fire, the U.S.
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Has recalled the power adapters due to a risk of overheating, which could lead to a fire or electrical shock. WASHINGTON: Dell Inc.
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Certain ThinkPad power adapters pose a fire danger, company warns.
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If you own a Dell, Lexmark, or IBM laser printer there is a recall you need to know about. The printers could short-circuit and cause an electric shock.
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The appliance company announced the recall in due to fires caused by faulty wiring in the machines
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NEC Corp. (6701.T) said on Monday there  had been two cases of overheated power unit parts used in its  Japanese desktop computers catching fire, but no one was  injured.
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At Fry's this afternoon, where I bought two 500GB Firewire drives. Which it turns out I needed because after I got home all three external drives attached to my desktop were reported as damaged beyond repair by the new Mac OS. Coincidence? Lucky that I had exactly the hardware I needed to dig out of the mess? Who knows!
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An error during routine system testing of United's computer system was the preliminary root cause of yesterday's Computer failure.
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(Source: Network Appliance) This reports reviews the findings on a direct performance comparison test conducted by VeriTest on the Network Appliance NearStore VTL600 and EMC CLARiiON DL710 in a variety of scenarios that can be encountered when using virtual tape library technology in typical backup and recovery environments.
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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.
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Dell Inc. is recalling about 2.9 million AC adapters nationwide_ 4.4 million worldwide_ used with notebook personal computers because they can overheat and cause a fire and electrical shock hazard, the company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Friday.
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Japanese authorities yesterday reported the first case of an Apple laptop catching fire in Japan and ordered the US company to investigate the trouble involving the faulty Sony batteries and report back within a week.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 21--RICHMOND -- Two hardware failures in the state's central computer system forced Department of Motor Vehicles offices to close early Wednesday and created problems for other government agencies.