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WARNING! Transformer could have caused a fire!!!

I was laying in bed last night when I plugged in my Transformer to charge it and the ac adapter started to buzz and when I touched it the ac adapter started to spark. The ac adapter was 0B-1LF
Just wanted everyone to know and to be careful.

If it does start a fire, I smell lawsuits.

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lambofgod13 said:
Whose the maker? What phone is it for?
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Are you high?

frosty5689 said:
Are you high?
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More likely, reading the thread from the "new posts" link in the header, didn't notice which forum the thread was in, and assumed the OP meant "Transformer" as in "ac adapter", not as in a brandname.

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lambofgod13 said:
Are you always an asshole? Im usin xda app its not very informative on posts so excuse ME!!
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Don't start a fire man.
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lambofgod13 said:
Are you always an asshole?
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Lamb of God huh?

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This could very well be an issue with your electrical, and less with the adapter.
That said, Asus has shown itself to be pretty bad at making consistently good products, so a few bad (even very bad, apparently) apples/chargers wouldn't surprise me in the least.

I believe you. Someone else's here actually melted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13894929&postcount=15

Segnaro said:
I believe you. Someone else's here actually melted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13894929&postcount=15
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Wow I swear I remember purchasing a asus tf and not acer tf. Asus qc is crap with some tf including mines

dazz87 said:
Wow I swear I remember purchasing a asus tf and not acer tf. Asus qc is crap with some tf including mines
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Whoa, Asus has a defense dept contract to manufacture mines?

Damn, that charger got jacked up. I have always used Asus motherboards in my computers (Maximus IV Extreme, currently) and never had any problems. I did get the "faulty charger" with my TF, but it never showed any signs of trouble from the week I had it.

Mine gets hot but not hot enough to melt. Was it plugged into the wall directly, extension cable, or power strip? You in the US?
I had a charger for my MacBook melt and shoot sparks, and even though it was way out of warranty they still replaced it for me at the apple store. Now I always use surge protectors and other high quality power strips.
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lambofgod13 said:
Are you always an asshole? Im usin xda app its not very informative on posts so excuse ME!!
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I didn't mean any harm when I said that. I take it back if you feel offended by it
I kinda figured you were probably reading the "New Posts" using the xda app.
Anyways, back on topic. Like some others have said, it might be caused by a sudden voltage spike from the outlet. Where do you live and is it plugged into the wall directly? I know some countries have really "dirty" power and instability killing electronics all the time.

diecast17 said:
I was laying in bed last night when I plugged in my Transformer to charge it and the ac adapter started to buzz and when I touched it the ac adapter started to spark. The ac adapter was 0B-1LF
Just wanted everyone to know and to be careful.
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Did you end up contacting Asus about this?
If yes, what did they say or do about it?

We didn't start the fire, It was always burning , Since the world's been turning, We didn't start the fire

If you do a little searching, you will see that similar issues have occurred with the charger. It appears that the contacts between the charger body and the country adapter are very fragile and can easily result in a high resistance connection which then heats up the plastic case and allows the connection to get even worse. I am sure ASUS does not manufacture the charger, but rather buys it on the open market to their specs. I would never leave my TF charging and leave the house or go to sleep.

there was a thread here about 0B-1F (i 'm pretty sure there was supposed to be an "L" in it).
a member here was told that those "power supplies" were faulty.

Fill the dock conneciton holes on bottom of the tablet?

Has anyone found a place to purchase some rubber fillers or something to fill the two holes on the bottom of the tf300t?

i found rubber cement or epoxy to work effectively. a permanent solution.
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pendragon11 said:
i found rubber cement or epoxy to work effectively. a permanent solution.
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I dont think I would do that because I am planning on purchasing the dock in 1-2 months. I know the Prime came with rubber plugs, just wondering if they would fit in the tf300

The Cookiemonster said:
I dont think I would do that because I am planning on purchasing the dock in 1-2 months. I know the Prime came with rubber plugs, just wondering if they would fit in the tf300
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If anything, I bet they'd be as close as you can get to anything that would fit the TF300. In fact, I've seen a video of someone using a TF700 in a TF300 dock, so I bet the slots are nearly identical. I'd say take the gamble and get TF700 plugs if you can find them.

Yeah I can't seem to find anyone selling them though :/
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The Cookiemonster said:
Yeah I can't seem to find anyone selling them though :/
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Have you tried contacting Asus?
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wetbiker7 said:
Have you tried contacting Asus?
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I will do that soon, but I hate dealing with Asus support.

The Cookiemonster said:
I will do that soon, but I hate dealing with Asus support.
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I started looking at the openings after reading this thread. The only one I would care to cover would be the port. Looks like I'm going to end up making something for it that won't damage the pins. A plug of some sort would be nice when a keyboard isn't attached.
If you do contact Asus, I would appreciate you sending me a PM letting me know their answer. Thanks
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I'll probably contact them at the end of the week. I'll let you know what they say.
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Wireless charging dock

Anyone have any idea on when or if LG are going to start selling the wireless docking charger it was one of the big things Google hyped up before release.
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The charging orb? Google has it on sale right now.
Edit: Well, I thought they did. A friend of mine ordered one. I just can't find them. WTF?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962570 post #812
Its from a third party site. Just a pre-order with estimated stock in march.
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Number of tf300ts

Hey all... I wanted to see how many people have had more than one tf300t... from warranty at best buy or buying another
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applesaregoodforeating said:
Hey all... I wanted to see how many people have had more than one tf300t... from warranty at best buy or buying another
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Only one for me

One with the dock.

cmendonc2 said:
Only one for me
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Really? I have had 3 and the third one had to be RMA'd
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One, still working like a champ.
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best buy
I would like to hear anyone's experience with best buy
Oh... and I am my original purchase

One with the dock, but it probably has to be RMA'd. Unrecoverable bootloader error. Not a message that you want to see in Fastboot mode.
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How much costs the RMA for "Unrecoverable bootloader error"? Is it really the $ 202 for the whole mainboard?
Somewhere in a polish forum I've read that a user got it the RMA for around $ 20.. but maybe his was just softbriked?!
Well, Asus should have to possibility to delete easily all partitions and reflash fastboot via apx, don't they?

Showme1 said:
I would like to hear anyone's experience with best buy
Oh... and I am my original purchase
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One here running like a champ. Have best buy 1 yr warranty
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Second for me but with newegg had to be rma'd but free replacement.
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ProxiStyx said:
How much costs the RMA for "Unrecoverable bootloader error"? Is it really the $ 202 for the whole mainboard?
Somewhere in a polish forum I've read that a user got it the RMA for around $ 20.. but maybe his was just softbriked?!
Well, Asus should have to possibility to delete easily all partitions and reflash fastboot via apx, don't they?
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They're not very smart, the devs here could design a better bootloader for the tf300 than Asus

I bought mine with the keyboard dock, as a refurbished model from woot last november. Haven't had any issues with it at all

Showme1 said:
I would like to hear anyone's experience with best buy
Oh... and I am my original purchase
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Best buy was a lot more helpful than Asus... they let me exchange it 3 times without losing or using my replacement plan.
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I'm on my third tablet. My first had a dead pixel but was otherwise perfect. Walmart exchanged it with no hassles. The second started out perfect, but within a couple weeks, the touch input gave out. I would get ghost presses by lightly squeezing the left edge of the tablet (no more force than was required to hold the tablet with one hand; that was how I first noticed the ghost touches), then I would get random ghost touches regardless, and within a couple days, it didn't respond to touch input at all. That one also got returned without hassles.
This third tablet has been great minus the I/O issues. If the I/O could be fixed, my tablet would be perfect.

My first TF300 hand issues with the touch screen and went back to best buy for an exchange. Before that I had an TF101 whet through had to exchange my first two TF101 and the third one screen went out after about a year, so I upgraded to the TF300.
I I/O issues with just about all Asus tablets and the fact that I'vd had to exchange every Asus tablet at lest one leads me to think this will be my last Asus tablet. Even though I love Asus tablet and dock combo but, I'll probably be going with a Samsung next time.

mike-y said:
I bought mine with the keyboard dock, as a refurbished model from woot last november. Haven't had any issues with it at all
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The TF300 I have is from that same sale last year. IO seems to be better with a custom ROM. Only real issue mine has is that the micro SD slot broke last week and the card will not stay inserted. Not a big deal for me though.
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Sparkimus said:
The TF300 I have is from that same sale last year. IO seems to be better with a custom ROM. Only real issue mine has is that the micro SD slot broke last week and the card will not stay inserted. Not a big deal for me though.
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it would be a big deal for me 'cause i use micro sd card a lot,
but how did it break?
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nooktablet said:
it would be a big deal for me 'cause i use micro sd card a lot,
but how did it break?
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Not really sure. I was using the tablet to listen to music and browse the web before bed and when I was putting it up I noticed the card was sticking out and I couldn't click it back in.
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broken screen

hey guys i need some advice, my kids just stood on my wifes nexus and the screen cracked, its 5 onths old but i never sent off the warrenty, so i was wondering if there was anyone in the uk who could repair it for me or will asus fix it for free under warrenty?
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robgee789 said:
hey guys i need some advice, my kids just stood on my wifes nexus and the screen cracked, its 5 onths old but i never sent off the warrenty, so i was wondering if there was anyone in the uk who could repair it for me or will asus fix it for free under warrenty?
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I am pretty sure they will charge you for the repair considering it was not a factory defect but they may repair it for a discounted price if its under warranty. Not sure but it couldn't hurt to contact Asus and ask.
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I'll have to try and phone them in the morning and keep my fingers crossed
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