Nearly half a million Sony Vaio laptops recalled for overheating

Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptops worldwide due to a wiring flaw that can cause overheating and has resulted in fires. There are over 209 reports of overheating worldwide, with seven cases involving people being burned by their Vaios.

Two years ago a similar problem with Sony laptops involved batteries that could overhead and even burst into flames.

This time the flaw is located within the circuit board inside the display.

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