Microsoft Plans Recall Of 14+ Million Cables For XBox - Club CDFreaks

*cerberus* · 17-02-2005

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4274035.stm

Microsoft has said it will replace more than 14 million power cables for its Xbox consoles due to safety concerns.

*VirusHack* · 18-02-2005

"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."

Read the whole thing here

Also you can check your Xbox here

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*Chriso* · 20-02-2005

Am I right in thinking that "Mainland Europe" excludes the UK? If so, I don't need the cable.

*VirusHack* · 20-02-2005

Well im down South in the UK and M$'s site sed I needed one, so what the heck. Better check tho, the link is int my post up there ^^^

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*Chriso* · 21-02-2005

I checked and it said I didn't need one, guess it knows by serial number.

17-02-2005	#1 (permalink)
cerberus CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 2,087	Microsoft Plans Recall Of 14+ Million Cables For XBox <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4274035.stm Microsoft has said it will replace more than 14 million power cables for its Xbox consoles due to safety concerns. __________________ Pioneer 107D fw 1.21 >NIL: Plextor PX-716A fw 1.10 [My Music]

18-02-2005	#2 (permalink)
VirusHack CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 984	M$ recalls 14.1m 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." Read the whole thing here Also you can check your Xbox here \\\\VH//// __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com! Its free! Want to post? Read the forum rules and go right ahead! I do not provide help via PM/e-mail! So don't even think about it. Spread the Fire with FireFox Reclaim Your Inbox with Thunderbird Speed up FireFox My rig: Antec Nine Hundred ATX Gaming Case 700W Jeantech 'Storm' PSU AMD Athlon 64 6400+ X2 'Black Edition' @ 3.2Ghz - Stock (Skt AM2) Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P (nVidia GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset - Rev 1.0 - BIOS F3) 2GB 'DOMINATOR' Corsair dual channel DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400/800Mhz) 140GB Western Digital Raptor - System storage (SATAII 10k RPM 16MB Cache) 400Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - File storage (SATAII 72k RPM 16Mb Cache) BenQ DW1620 (B7W9 - R2) BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E (163.75) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Rev 1) Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue Gaming Mouse "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past." - Kane

20-02-2005	#3 (permalink)
Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,065	Re: Microsoft Plans Recall Of 14+ Million Cables For XBox Am I right in thinking that "Mainland Europe" excludes the UK? If so, I don't need the cable. __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

20-02-2005	#4 (permalink)
VirusHack CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: UK Posts: 984	Re: Microsoft Plans Recall Of 14+ Million Cables For XBox Well im down South in the UK and M$'s site sed I needed one, so what the heck. Better check tho, the link is int my post up there ^^^ \\\\VH//// __________________ Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com! Its free! Want to post? Read the forum rules and go right ahead! I do not provide help via PM/e-mail! So don't even think about it. Spread the Fire with FireFox Reclaim Your Inbox with Thunderbird Speed up FireFox My rig: Antec Nine Hundred ATX Gaming Case 700W Jeantech 'Storm' PSU AMD Athlon 64 6400+ X2 'Black Edition' @ 3.2Ghz - Stock (Skt AM2) Gigabyte GA-M52S-S3P (nVidia GeForce 6100 / nForce 430 chipset - Rev 1.0 - BIOS F3) 2GB 'DOMINATOR' Corsair dual channel DDR2 RAM (PC2-6400/800Mhz) 140GB Western Digital Raptor - System storage (SATAII 10k RPM 16MB Cache) 400Gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 - File storage (SATAII 72k RPM 16Mb Cache) BenQ DW1620 (B7W9 - R2) BFG GeForce 8800GTX 768MB PCI-E (163.75) Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard (Rev 1) Razer Lachesis Banshee Blue Gaming Mouse "He who controls the past, commands the future. He who commands the future, conquers the past." - Kane

21-02-2005	#5 (permalink)
Chriso CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Liverpool, England Posts: 2,065	Re: Microsoft Plans Recall Of 14+ Million Cables For XBox I checked and it said I didn't need one, guess it knows by serial number. __________________ Videos of me playing piano, would be nice to have feedback from you all! [23:49] <Chriso> !seen Boobies [23:49] <JuPiLeR> I found 430 matches to your query; please refine it to see any output. OS: openSUSE 10.3 and Windows XP SP2 PSU: Enermax Liberty 400w - Modular Mobo: Jetway V266B CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2000+ RAM: 256MB Crucial PC2100 + 512MB Corsair Value Select PC2100 HDD: 120GB Maxtor ATA133 8MB Cache + 320GB Western Digital "RAID Edition" ATA100 8MB Cache Gfx Card: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 passive cooled Sound Card: SB Live 1024 DVD-ROM Drive: Asus E-616 CD-RW: LiteON 52246S DVD-RW: NEC ND2510A in external Firewire enclosure (Prolific chipset) USB2 Card: ALI chipset (got an NEC chipset one waiting to go in) Firewire Card: Not sure of chipset...but it seems to work D-Link Network Card My old Voodoo 3 2000 PCI has now retired, still in perfect working order though! Get Firefox! Join CDFreaks

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