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  • 6 September 2010 09:09

Media Statement re. Satellite T130 Issue

Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd today advised that Australian consumers have reported no incidents of overheating around the AC adaptor plug area in the Satellite T130 notebook.

Saturday 4 September 2010

Toshiba (Australia) Pty Ltd today advised that Australian consumers have reported no incidents of overheating around the AC adaptor plug area in the Satellite T130 notebook.

The US, Canada and European markets have experienced a limited number of incidents regarding the issue which have been addressed swiftly with a BIOS download from their local country websites.

The Update will determine if there is a potential issue and if so, immediately disable external power of the product, preventing it from overheating.

Should Australian consumers be concerned, they can log on to http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/support/item/382 to seek further information.

Since the launch of the world's first mass-market notebook computer, the Toshiba T1100 in April 1985, Toshiba has remained a pioneer in the development of mobile computing.

Demand for Toshiba notebooks remains strong with the company expecting to reach its 100million shipments of notebooks worldwide, later this year.

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