Toshiba Recalling 41,000 T130 Series Notebooks

Posted 09/02/2010 at 9:16pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Toshiba is now recalling thousands of T130 series laptops owing to overheating concerns, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The models covered under the voluntary recall program are the Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite ProT130. The company issued the recall after being  inundated with reports of the said “notebook computers overheating and deforming the plastic casing area around the AC adapter plug.” While Toshiba has received 129 complaints in all, there have been only two instances each of minor burns and minor property damage.

“The defective harness may, in some circumstances, overheat to the point of melting the computer's base at the location where the AC adaptor plugs into the unit.  To date there have been no reports of serious injury, but the temperature is sufficient to pose a burn hazard if specific parts of the DC-In Jack or plug are touched when they are overheated,” reads a support bulletin on Toshiba's website.

Owners of the affected units (see full list of SKUs) are advised to update to the latest version of the BIOS either through the Toshiba Service Station Application installed on their computers or by downloading the appropriate version from the company's website. “Should the BIOS determine that a harness failure is occurring, external power will immediately be disabled eliminating the possibility of the over heating.  You will then need to contact the Toshiba call center to set up a warranty repair.”