Tag: Fire hazard

ICYMI, the U.S. CPSC has announced the formal recall of Asus ROG Z690 Maximus Hero motherboards. This boards had the potential to cause fire and burn hazard as it had a major manufacturer fault.

Sayan Sen · Aug 19, 2022 with 2 comments

According to reports online, CyberPower CP1350PFCLCD and CP1500PFCLCD UPS models are potential fire hazards. Recently a video was posted by a user showing one such unit go up in flames.

Sayan Sen · Jul 10, 2022 · Hot! with 37 comments

ASUS has confirmed that the reversed capacitor problem that was detected earlier is potentially causing the issues on its ROG Maximus Hero Z690 motherboards. The firm has initiated a recall program.

Sayan Sen · Dec 30, 2021 with 5 comments

The $599.99 Maximus Hero Z690 motherboards could be going up in flames due to a silly error from ASUS' manufacturing. Analysis shows that the board's capacitor is placed incorrectly, causing failure.

Sayan Sen · Dec 29, 2021 · Hot! with 27 comments

Amazon's Alexa proposed to a 10-year-old child to perform a dangerous "outlet challenge" from TikTok. Thankfully for the kid, its mother was close by and shared this incident on Twitter.

Sayan Sen · Dec 28, 2021 · Hot! with 34 comments

Tesla's Big Battery at Geelong, Victoria, caught fire earlier today. The responsible authority has since deployed fire firefighting teams there, and a warning for the locals has also been issued.

Sayan Sen · Jul 30, 2021 · Hot! with 13 comments

Amazon, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a recall of a dozen models of its AmazonBasics power banks. Those with the units are advised to unplug them.

Vishal Laul · Mar 13, 2018 · Hot! with 2 comments

The battery packs in some models are a potential fire hazard. The batteries present in ceratin Celsius and Lifebook models can overheat and cause damage although there has only been one case so far.

Faheemmuddeen Patel · Feb 11, 2018 · Hot! with 0 comments

Lenovo announced that it is recalling some models of its fifth-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, as they may have an unfastened screw that could damage the battery and cause a fire hazard.

Rich Woods · Feb 8, 2018 · Hot! with 6 comments