Toshiba recalls 41000 T Series laptops over burn hazard

It is now time for Toshiba to recall its 41,000 T Series laptops because of a burn hazard. According to US Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, these laptops apparently carry the risk of overheating AC adapters which can them. Units in questions are Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130 notebook computers sold from August 2009 through August 2010, which is about 41,000 units globally.

This action was taken after Toshiba received 129 reports of the computers overheating, including two reports of minor burn injuries and two reports of minor property damage

Toshiba has urged the consumers to download the latest BIOS version which can be downloaded from http://laptops.toshiba.com, for the immediate action. This BIOS version is capable to detect if the notebook computer is overheating and will disable its external power source automatically with a warning message prompted on the screen to remind them to contact Toshiba immediately for repair or exchange at no charge.