Xbox blows up even with a new power cord
Sammy,8, got the cord exchanged on his dangerous XBox - that had sparked when he was playing. When the new cord was plugged into the Xbox it exploded into the face of a friend of Sammy's mother. "I got sparks in my face and the whole apartment smelled of the burn" Anahi Reinoso, 25, says. It has only been a few weeks since MS , the manufacturer of the XBox, had 14.1 million power cords exchanged all over the world. According to the company 30 serious cases about the Xbox have been reported, in 7 of the cases people have gotten burns on their hands. 8 year old Sammy's XBox had been sparking and crackling where the old cord fitted into the XBox. Now the new cord from Microsoft had been pluged in, but when Sammy went to play there was no picture on the tv. This was when Anahi reached over the gaming console to "shake" the cord a bit. "The 'banf' was heard in the whole apartment and the power went out" Nadia Hussein,28, says. The girls and Sammy fled the apartment. After awhile Nadia dared to go in and unplugged all powercords. They immediately contacted MS support and are now to send their XBox in for technical research. "Incredibly sad" Peter Svanfeldt, Sales Manager on MS HDR, says. "I have never heard about a similar case... I do not know if it have to do with the cable, the xbox, the powernet or if it is something different... We are taking this very seriously of course" Anahi Reinoso luckily walked away without visible injury. "I was red and swollen on my chin, but we cooled it off as we we told to by the ER. I am still shocked, Anahi says. Sammy is sad that he can't play his games anymore.
Hey Microsoft!
Up Yours!
