Michael Knutson
07-06-2010, 05:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/sony-offers-software-fix-for-overheating-vaios-700146' target='_blank'>http://www.techradar.com/news/compu...ng-vaios-700146</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Sony has issued a software fix to prevent a recent batch of Vaio laptops from overheating. Over 500,000 new laptops could be affected by the problem, in what could well turn out to be a PR disaster for the consumer electronics giant."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/lpt/auto/1278435574.usr17748.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>Sony Vaio owners continue to be plagued by overheating problems. After the massive battery recall of 2006, estimated to have cost Sony $250 million, the latest problem impacts about a half million laptops. Sony has issued a software fix that updates the system BIOS. ( <a href="http://genesis.sony-europe.com/instranet/ccil_sony/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=47558&l=en_GB&m=VPCCW2S1R_W" target="_blank">Link</a> ) </p>