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If you purchased an NVIDIA Shield tablet sometime within the last year to get your gaming fix, you’re in a bit of a pickle. A recall released by the company today says that the battery found within certain models “can overheat and pose a fire hazard.”
So, stop using that thing immediately, or your ‘Call of Duty’ session could see you coming under a whole different kind of fire.
To check to see if your gaming tablet is actually a potential flaming ball of death, this website will give you the proper instructions to confirm and ship the product back for recall.
➤ NVIDIA
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