The Toshiba Overheating Problem

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It seems that Toshiba laptops are hot property at the moment but not in a good way, as the governments of Canada and the US have stated that Toshiba is implementing a voluntary recall for some of the popular Satellite models, because there is a burn risk to users.

According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission and its northern counterpart Health Canada, the issue with the Toshiba Satellite laptop is due to a faulty component, so far this issue appears to be only affecting Satellite T135, Satellite T135D and Satellite Pro T130 models.

Toshiba are working with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in order to resolve the overheating issue for consumers. However, so far, it seems that the best they have come up with is voluntary recall of the affected laptops.

Here is the extended list of the affected Toshiba Satellite laptops:

Satellite T135D-S1326, T135D-SP2012L, T135-SP2909R, T135D-SP2012M, T135-SP2013L, T135-SP2013M, T135D-S1322, T135-S1330, T135D-S1328WH, T135D-S1328RD, T135D-S1328, T135D-S1327, T135D-S1325WH, T135D-S1325RD, T135D-S1325, T135D-S1324, T135D-S1320, T135-SP2911R, T135-S1312, T135-S1310WH, T135-S1310RD, T135-S1310, T135-S1309, T135-S1307, T135-S1305WH, T135-S1305RD, T135-S1305, T135-S1300WH, T135-S1300RD, T135-S1300, T135-SP2911C, T135-SP2911A, T135-SP2910R, T135-SP2910C, T135-SP2910A, T135-SP2909C, T135-SP2909A. Satellite Pro T130-W1302, T130-EZ1301

These laptops were sold through online retailers as well as stores over a period from August 2009 to August of this year; the price would have been between $600 and $800. It is estimated that there are around forty one thousand laptops worldwide affected by this problem.

This overheating product recall follows the announcement that Toshiba had received around 130 complaints of overheating, with some stating that the plastic casing around the AC adapter plug unit had started to melt. This clearly represents a burn hazard and as such this warning and voluntary recall is fully justified.

In the mean time Toshiba has released BIOS revisions for consumers, once installed it will disable the external power input should there be a failure, but this will mean that the internal battery such as Toshiba PA3285U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3191U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3166U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3331U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3098U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3084U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3395U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3250U-1BRS Battery, Toshiba PA3356U-1BRS Battery cannot be recharged once it has run down.