FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 11, 1999
Release # 99-077
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Company Phone Number: (800) 781-3296
CPSC Consumer Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Media Contact: Kim Dulic, (301) 504-7058
Iomega Contact: Jason Thompson, (212) 371-5999
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CPSC, Iomega Corp. Announce Recall of Power Supply Units for External Jaz Disk
Drives
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), Iomega Corp., of Roy, Utah, is recalling about 60,000 power
supply units for use with certain Iomega external Jaz disk drives. The two-piece
plastic housing of the power supply can separate, exposing internal electronics. This
poses a serious electrical shock hazard to consumers.
Iomega is aware of three reports of the power supply to these disk drives breaking.
No injuries have been reported.
These power supply units were sold with Jaz 2 gigabyte (GB) disk drives,
remanufactured Jaz 1GB disk drives and as replacement or supplemental power
supply units. These power supply units are black, 4-inch long boxes that plug into the
Jaz disk drives. Consumers should unplug the power supply units before examining
them. Model number GPC14-2001 is written on the gray identification label located on
the bottom of the units. The serial number, located on a white label in the lower
right-hand corner of the identification label, begins with any three digits from 837
through 907. The Underwriters Laboratories certification, "MADE IN INDIA" and
"jaz" also appear on the identification label.
Computer retailers, specialty retailers who build systems for small businesses and
computer catalogs sold the power supply units with Iomega Jaz disk drives and
separately between September 1998 and March 1999. The Jaz 2 GB drives sold for
about $349, and the remanufactured Jaz 1GB sold for about $199. The power supply
units alone sold for about $30.
CPSC advises consumers to immediately stop using the recalled power supply
units. For information on receiving a replacement power supply unit, consumers
should call Iomega at (800) 781-3296 anytime.
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