RSSLexar Recalls 66,000 USB JumpDrives
By Nate Mook | Published July 7, 2006, 12:14 PM
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday a recall of 66,000 Lexar USB memory sticks that ship under its JumpDrive brand. The devices have a potential for overheating, and could cause burns to customers, the CPSC said in an advisory.
Affected are the JumpDrive FireFly and Secure II products that were sold between April and May 2006. Customers can choose to immediately replace their JumpDrive with a different model of the same size, or the same model if they wait for two weeks. Lexar is providing a registration form for requesting a new device.
Ok, so Lexar burns our a$$.. News at 11 ;-)
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|dejavu.
Remember about 3-4 yrs ago when they have really massive call back on their 'High-Performance' Compact Flash 1Gb in US,Asia, and Europe.
Its all over again. Shame.
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|So that's where that burn welt on my left 'nad came from-- i'm calling the Johnny Cochran Law Firm(it's very much going strong, in spite of his unfortunate passing on.... btw, and they specialize in malpractice & injury settlements these days. What a legacy turnabout-- from chasing Broncos to chasing ambulances).
Ooh, i'm so excited already-- wonder what closing ditty they'll give the jury:
"If his burn zit don't split,
you must not acquit!"
"If his burn don't allay,
you must make them pay!"
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|You want to go to James Sokolove. He will even take care of bleeding/swollen rectum resulting from poorly designed toilet plungers and 150 watt lightbulbs.
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|Yeah, heard of him: http://www.jimsokolove.com/
As his name implies, you're right.
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|doesn't surprise me either...I've heard Lexar is all over the map on performance.
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|This is why I don't mess with Lexar drives anymore. The one I have now is a PNY and it works flawlessly.
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|Doesn't really surprise me... my own drive gets surprisingly warm, and it's inside a rubber-ish casing.
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