Acer Recalls Certain Ultra-Thin Notebooks For Consumers

From X-bit Labs: Acer, the world’s No. 2 maker of personal computers, initiated voluntary safety recall of its Acer Aspire Timeline thin notebooks that are based on Intel Corp.’s consumer ultra low-voltage (CULV) platform. Apparently, the company’s ultra-thin laptops may overheat in certain conditions.

The affected units are Acer Aspire Timeline models AS3410, AS3810T, AS3810TG, AS3810TZ and AS3810TZG manufactured prior to September 15, 2009. In the affected units the microphone cable may overheat when extreme pressure is applied repeatedly to the left palm rest. As a result, the unit’s case may become deformed and the system may malfunction.

“Acer has voluntarily instituted a safety recall program to proactively replace the microphone cable in the affected units to eliminate any risk of overheating,” an official statement by the company reads.

End-users who wish to check whether their units are affected and need to be serviced should visit a special page at Acer’s customer care web-site.

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