Recall: 56,000 monitors pose fire risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) --International Business Machines Corp. has agreed to recall 56,000 computer monitors that could overheat and pose a fire risk, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.
IBM has received five reports of monitors overheating and smoking, including one report of minor property damage, the safety commission said in a statement. No injuries have been reported.
The recalled IBM monitors include the G51 CRT and G51t Touch Screen cathode ray tube models with the following model numbers on the back of the unit: 6541-02N, 6541-02E, 6541-02S, 6541-Q0N, 6541-Q0E, and 6541-Q0S.
The monitors were sold from June 1997 through December 1998 for about $370 by IBM, MicroTouch Systems Inc. and major retail stores nationwide, including Best Buy, CompUSA, OfficeMax and Radio Shack, the safety commission said.
