Sony to recall half a million 'too hot to handle' VAIO laptops

Well, this isn't good. Sony's issued a warning that about half a million of its VAIO laptops are at risk of seriously overheating, and could even cause burns. The company says that the heat-monitoring chips of its VAIO F and C series laptops (which were launched in January) could be defective, causing them to overheat and physically warp. Sony says it's received about 40 total complaints about the issue, and that affected customers will be able to download a software fix or contact the company directly to have the laptop picked up for a repair.

[SolidSnake Posted Jun 30th 2010 11:40AM]

I may disagree with what you said N900, buy you are not a fandroid. Stupid trolls...

[Booksmart Devil Posted Jun 30th 2010 11:46AM]

@TheZaccharaSyndicate Lmao @ calling a nokia fanboy (I mean that in a nice way, N900) a "fandroid".

[Matt da Brat Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:16AM]

Sony Vaio... now with special Starship captain voice commands!

"Full ahead, Maximum Warp!"

[Herr Synnberg Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:23AM]

"There is no overheating issue. Stay tuned".

Oh wait, wrong company.

[KirinIchiban Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:33AM]

So they weren't holding it wrong!

[216 Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:35AM]

Well I'll atleast give them kudos for admitting they have a problem. But this kinda thing never looks good on their image

[Dextro Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:37AM]

Sony's selling some Hot stuff lately hum?

[Stealthhawk007 Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:57AM]

You could've said close to 500,000 laptops.. but instead 'half a million' just so you make it sound a lot more and make Sony would look bad. Shame on you

[MastahRiz Posted Jun 30th 2010 11:17AM]

@Stealthhawk007 I especially hate when someone does that with the word 'decade.' That's only 10 years! Not really that long. When I hear some clown saying "wow that took half a decade," I feel like punching him in the face.

[Stealthhawk007 Posted Jun 30th 2010 11:28AM]

@MastahRiz

If it's a mac or iphone Engadget's reporting about, I'm sure it'd be the other way around..

[Joao Cagao Posted Jun 30th 2010 12:38PM]

@Stealthhawk007

And if this post was about an Apple product, it was have four times the number of comments from whining anti-Apple piss ants calling for Apple's head.

[blargg Posted Jun 30th 2010 10:59AM]

I emailed Sony support about my new VAIO F warping from heat. Nice to see them get on it!

[lvsteven Posted Jun 30th 2010 12:03PM]

Wow I had either a Sony vaio or toshiba a505-6030 on my radar.

[Dimples Posted Jun 30th 2010 1:26PM]

Geez! And I almost bought this. Any suggestions which brand/model I should buy instead?




www.Idea2Result.com

[lvsteven Posted Jun 30th 2010 3:39PM]

@Dimples
I have the same question!

[Ant32bit Posted Jun 30th 2010 5:04PM]

@Dimples buy that one. It's a software fix. All new ones will come pre patched or you can do it yourself.

[dazant8477 Posted Jun 30th 2010 6:48PM]

Important Notification for the Sony VAIO F11 and CW2 Series

http://genesis.sony-europe.com/instranet/ccil_sony/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=47558&l=en_GB&m=VPCF11S1E_B

[boc Posted Jul 1st 2010 12:54AM]

Shouldn't Sony be applauded for this action?

They're acknowledging and acting on this issue from only 40 complaints out of 500,000 laptops.

The title is also misleading it's NOT a recall in anyway whatsoever.

There's a software fix for the problem. If you don't want to fix it yourself you can send it in to be fixed for you.

[darok3k Posted Jul 2nd 2010 2:15PM]

LOL, "Too Hot To Handle" was totally taking from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Commercials..

[vgnxxx Posted Aug 19th 2010 9:11PM]

I found these patches in eSupport website.

Improves thermal management
Resolves an issue where the computer may fail to boot to the operating system

• Operating System: Windows® 7 64-bit (all versions)
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=5819&SMB=YES

• Operating System: Windows® XP Home and XP Pro 32-bit
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=5820&SMB=YES

F11xxx Series
• Operating System: Windows® 7 64-bit (all versions)
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?upd_id=5818&SMB=YES