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HP R707 fire hazard

p2p news / p2pnet: Hewlett-Packard says there’s a fire hazard in its HP R707 digital cameras.

"HP customers who have the R707 Camera are asked to obtain and install a free firmware upgrade from HP," says the company, continuing:

"When the R707 camera is used with a non-rechargeable battery, such as a Duracell CP-1, the camera can cause the battery to overheat resulting in a burn and fire hazard while the camera is connected to the ac adapter or camera docking station."

Updated firmware can be downloaded here.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 7th, 2006 at 8:44 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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2 Responses to “HP R707 fire hazard”

Reader's Write Says:
June 7th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
Scary that a software bug can cause a fire.
Reader's Write Says:
June 7th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
“Scary that a software bug can cause a fire.”

It just sounds like the camera is trying to charge a non-rechargeable battery. The new firmware probable just turns off the in-camera charger.

HP R707 fire hazard

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