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Burn hazard leads to recall of popular laptops

Relaxnews
Thursday 01 July 2010 00:00 BST
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On June 30 Sony announced it would voluntarily recall 535,000 Sony Vaio laptops shipped to the US, Asia, Japan and Europe amidst fears the laptops may overheat and become a hazard to consumers.

The product recall involves Sony's VPCF11 Series and VPCCW2 Series (F and C-Series) Vaio notebook computers. The laptops have been on sale since January 2010.

Around 39 reports of deformed keyboards and casings have been linked to the temperature-control defect. No injuries have been reported.

"The computers are available in many colors and have "VAIO" on the front outside panel" said the US Consumer Product Safety Commission in a June 30 statement.

"The model numbers can be found on the bottom of the computers."

In January 2010 Acer voluntarily recalled 22,000 of their laptop computers due to a similar potential burn hazard.

Consumers who have purchased one of the recalled products should visit http://esupport.sony.com/US/f1cw2update for further instructions.

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