Of course thanks to the engineering of CRT's it should only affect one of the earth's hemispheres (in this case the northern). CRT's have to be built for the specific hemisphere that they are used in. On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 10:17:39PM +0930, Romana Challans arranged a set of bits into the following: > IBM warns more monitors may be fire hazards > http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,39020351,39115999,00.htm > > David Becker > CNET News.com > August 29, 2003, 09:30 BST > IBM on Thursday expanded its recall of certain 15-inch monitors, saying > hundreds of thousands more units have a potentially faulty part that > could create a fire hazard. > > The computing giant issued the original recall last March, covering its > G51 and G51t models of 15-inch CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors. The > company said that models produced between June 1997 and September 1997 > resulted in 117,000 units recalled worldwide, 56,000 of which were in > the United States. The monitors had a component that could fail and emit > smoke. IBM said it has received seven reports worldwide of monitors > overheating, with one resulting in "minor property damage." > > The updated recall notice, posted on Thursday on IBM's Web site and that > of the US Consumer Product Safety Commission, expands the recall to > cover monitors made between June 1997 and September 1998. The expanded > recall covers a total of 235,000 monitors worldwide, with 119,000 in the > United States. The number of recalled units represents roughly a third > of the 685,000 units produced throughout the monitors' lifecycle of June > 1997 to April 1999. > > > "After we did the recall in March, we received two more reports of > smoking," said Bob Page, an IBM spokesman. "One of the reports fell > outside (the earlier recall period) by four days. So, as a result, we > extended the recall by one year to September 1998." > > > The monitors were made for IBM by Taiwan-based manufacturer Lite-On > Technology and sold under the IBM brand at major retailers such as Best > Buy, CompUSA and RadioShack. > > > To identify whether a monitor is covered by the recall, consumers need > to look at the label on the back, which includes its model number and > manufacturing date. The recall covers G51 monitors with a model number > of 6541-02N, 6541-02E or 6541-02S, and manufacture date between June > 1997 and September 1998. Model numbers for the G51T are 6541-Q0N, > 6541-Q0E and 6541-Q0S. > > > IBM advises customers with affected monitors to stop using the equipment > and contact Big Blue to arrange for inspection and repair or, if > necessary, replacement. US customers should call the IBM Repair Centre > at 1-866-644-3155. International customers should consult IBM's Web > directory to find the correct number for their country. > -- > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? > Romana Challans > Computerbank Australia Incorporated - SA Branch > http://sa.computerbank.org.au/ > ?????????????????????????????????????????????????? > > _______________________________________________ > The opinions expressed herein are solely those of the individual, and do not > express the opinions of Computerbank Australia Incorporated (CAI) in any way. > _______________________________________________ > > computerbank mailing list > computerbank@lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/computerbank > Web page: http://www.computerbank.org.au
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