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.
Such sad news for SOny
http://ca.reuters.com/ar...ews/idCAT15049220080905
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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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