Microsoft recalls 14.1m Xbox power cables


VirusHack used our news submit to tell us about this story he spotted over at the Register.
Apparently, there is a bit of a safety problem with Xbox power
cables.




Microsoft
today asked Xbox owners around the world to return their consoles" power
cables in a bid to prevent them suffering singed body parts. The recall
takes in some 14.1m power cables shipped into Europe before 13 January,
2004 and in other territories before 23 October, 2003. The Xbox debuted in
the US in November 2001, and to date more than 20m of the consoles have
shipped. The recall covers over 70 per cent of that installed
base.

Those
of you with one of these Xboxes that may be part of the recall, can
visit over at the Register for the full story.

Source: The Register

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