14 million Xbox units need a new power cord
by Ben Zackheim 
{ Feb 17th 2005 at 9:45AM }
MSNBC is reporting that Microsoft has issued a recall of 14
million Xbox power cords. The cords have been overheating, causing burned skin and carpet. The company is promising the
cords within 2 weeks of the request. They advise you to turn off your console when not in use, in the meantime. That's
always a good thing to do, anyway, of course.
[Thanks eugene and fatoni]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Chris Norman @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
What the Xbox needs is a wireless power cord.
SetupWeasel @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
For all I've said about the PSPs defects, at least it won't burn your house down. Microsoft has had it fixed in new models for a year, so they had to know about it for that long. Why the hell has it taken them so long to recall the cords?
MSNBC can't even end the article without praising XBOX Live. God this is discraceful.
Robert @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
Chris, now THAT would be nice! Unfortunately, that would fall under the "truly innovative" category, which Microsoft just does not do...
For the meantime, I'll just use my Xbox power cable to keep me warm on those cold nights.
Chris Stone @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
"MSNBC can't even end the article without praising XBOX Live. God this is discraceful."
It appears this was written by Reuters which is not owned my Microsoft (that at least removes the intra-corporation bias). I suppose MSNBC could have tacked on the XBOX Live stuff at the end, but the (C) is still just in Reuters' name.
Jess @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
Now - will they replace the Xbox's that have mysteriously died (like mine)? I'm guessing this was caused by the faulty power cord, but if a new cord doesn't fix the problem then what???? Waiting for my new cord before i pass further judgement...
Joey Geraci @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
Yea, this still really doesn't even the score between xbox and ps2. How many millions of ps2's have had major faults that have required replacing of the ENTIRE UNIT, since it came out in 2001.
nuff said
Adam @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
I just recieved my new power cable, it looks nothing like the picture on the joystiq main page. It looks just like my old, and apparently defective, power cable. I'm looking for an opinion here, was there a mixup, or is the picture on the main page wrong?
Ray Tokley @ Dec 18th 2005 8:46PM
Last December I moved to 3 leiston road, Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 1SB This is from 362,Panfield Lane, Braintree, Essex CM7 5RS I did phone yourselves to let you know as you sent the first cord to the Lowestoft address please could you alter your records to our new address as we will now not be receiving any mail from Braintree Address.
Thanking you.