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By Tony Bradley on January 22, 2016

 

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Reports began circulating yesterday that Microsoft intended to launch a recall of Surface Pro power cords due to concerns about overheating. The rumor suggested that Microsoft would unveil the details of the program on Friday morning, but Microsoft beat that estimate by a day and announced the official recall program this morning.

A blog post from Microsoft explains, “Today, in consultation with safety regulators, we announced a voluntary replacement program for all Surface Pro AC power cords sold before March 15, 2015, in the U.S. and Canada and before July 15, 2015, in other markets where Surface is sold.”

 

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Does this not come up periodically in terms of issues related to power supplies, etc., usually in relation to the actual charger but still...there seems to be an issue in terms of quality control here that they really should have identified earlier. ;)

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