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What caused ignition and smoking?


Seven burn accidents happened due to defect of code of game machines "Xbox" of Microsoft


By JCPRESS

The doubt to the cause of the accident and the consumer correspondence has risen concerning an ignition and a smoking accident of family-use game machines "Xbox" of Microsoft Corporation that announces that this company will voluntarily replace about 14.1 million the power cords in the world.

"Seven of a total of the slight burn accident has occurred in the United States, Britain, and Canada though the burn accident doesn't happen in Japan," according to Microsoft Corporation in Japan.

Microsoft Corporation in Japan describes the reason why an ignition and a smoking accident do not happen in Japan, "It is because the voltage of Japan is low", and points out the difference of the voltage of Japan and various foreign countries.

However, the voice with insufficient measures for safety of this company concerning the same product that exceeds the border becomes strong.
It is because this company doesn't clarify the manufacturer name of the power supply code, and this company is not announcing "Exchange" excluding the homepage.