The Toshiba recall affects about 41,000 T-Series notebooks due to a burn hazard.After receiving 129 reports of overheating computers, the U.S. Consumer Production Safety Commission and Health Canada, with the cooperation of Toshiba, announced a voluntary recall of the product on Thursday.The notebook computers can overheat at the notebooks plug-in to the AC adapter, which poses a burn hazard to consumers. Of the 129 reports submitted, two had minor burn injuries that did not require medical attention and two reports of minor property damage.Specifically, the recall involves Toshiba Satellite T135, Satellite T135D, and Satellite Pro T130 notebook computer models. The computers were sold at electronic stores and other retailers nationwide and online, from August 2009 to August 2010.Consumers are instructed to stop using the recalled products unless otherwise instructed.According to SlashGear, Toshiba advises consumers to download a new BIOS which can detect when the computer is overheating. It will then disable the external power and display a message to the user. Toshiba has offered free repair to those that get the error message.
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