Sony Vaio notebook PCs at risk of overheating

Reports have cited that more than 500,000 Vaio laptops produced by Sony are at risk of overheating, but the company has placed a solution on its website.

In a Reuters report, Sony released a statement that said thirty-nine incidents of overheating have been reported, all of which were found outside of Japan. Fortunately, no burn body parts have been reported and only damaged casings of the laptops. Most commonly, these certain faulty laptops would have been purchased January through April 2010. In the United States, there already has been an announced recall of 233,000 units, which went in effect Wednesday. Also, Vaio's from the F and C series are under risk of overheating as well as custom-made computers from the aforementioned series. However, despite the recall, users of the Vaio's can easily go to Sony's main website and download a piece of software that eliminates the issue. There are no approximate numbers of how much Sony will have to pay from the recall or already reported problems. Overheating from laptops are one of the more common reasons people might get burn marks and end up in the hospital. It is always safer to use a flat surface rather than ones lap. If you're lounging about with your laptop, it is safer to use a bed tray or even specially designed laptop cooling pads that double as a mobile desk. But, it is always keen to do some research on certain models of cooling pads, as some of them might not aid in keeping your laptop cool. For more information, such as finding your model number and downloading the update from Sony's website, read this simple guide on PC World. But, Sony can auto-detect your models number at the website, too.