Sony recalls hazardous Vaio notebooks

By Tim Conneally | Published September 4, 2008, 7:28 AM

Sony this morning announced the recall of certain Vaio TZ series notebooks after a number of consumers reported overheating, with one even resulting in minor burns.

The notebooks, according to Sony, contain "irregularly positioned wires near the computer's hinge and/or a dislodged screw inside the hinge [that] can cause a short circuit and overheating."

Included in the recall are the Vaio VGN-TZ100, VGN-TZ200, VGN-TZ300 and VGN-TZ2000 series with 11.1" screens.

The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission has advised owners of these notebooks to stop using them immediately and contact Sony for further instructions.

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Who in their right mind even buys a Sony Vaio!

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Here we go with more Sony issues I guess it could be worse they aren't exploding.

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Yet

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you forgot to add the all important:

*Wringing Hands* with *Evil Laughter*.

;)

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This laptop will self destruct in 5 seconds...

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Why on Earth would you *warn* them, man??!?

Sheesh...

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A warning?!

...Sorta defeats ole Darwin at work...

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Remember its Sony.

That feature costs extra.

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Good one.

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