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Sony Recalls 73,000 Vaio Laptops Due To Burn Worry
alphadogg writes "Sony is recalling 73,000 Vaio TZ laptops because of a possible manufacturing defect that may cause them to overheat, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. The recall relates to a problem with wiring near the computer's hinge, which could short-circuit and overheat in certain circumstances, perhaps burning the user. One person has suffered a minor burn as a result of the latest defect, and Sony has received 15 other reports of overheating computers, according to the Commission."
guess i'll need to wait until I can call their hotline or something. (1-888-526-6219 if you're that interested...)
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Up to 440,000 laptops now.
Sony made PDA's that ran the PalmOS (the Clié series). They were generally regarded as a very desirable/quality version of a Palm.
Since they ran the same OS/software, it's obvcious that the GP was referring to "Palm" the platform and not the brand of device.
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Not to mention Sony is a member of every **AA anti-piracy group out there.
My major complaint with SONY computers has always been the driver support. If you have to reload them without the OEM discs for any reason you're basically screwed. The machines are full of odd components that only SONY has drivers for and their website is virtually useless.
We've had a few VAIOs come through the shop and they're always a pain to work on.
Well, there are multiple levels of protection in lithium ion battery circuits, they don't always work... There should be a fusible link in the battery pack itself that protects against a full on short. There are current limiters in the battery supervisior circuits. The earlier recall of the exploding-Sony-battery was due to little tiny metal particles in the battery shorting the cell out directly - failing before the failsafe circuitry if you will. But I think this particular failure was just a semi chronic overheat situation that fried some components slowly and caused a failure.
The problem with monitoring the power draw from the BIOS / OS is that if the hardware decides to fritz out, it just might forget to tell the software about it.
Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
Here they say its more like 440,000 recalled. I expect a little variation, but this is a major difference...makes me wonder if one is talking about worldwide, and one local. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7598344.stm
73000 laptops? How about 440000? That's what BBC claims.
My boss had a Sony laptop that wouldn't read TDK CDRs. It worked just fine with the Sony CDRs...