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Sony: 535,000 VAIO F and CW Series notebooks face potential overheating issue

Sony has a potentially big issue on their hands considering nearly 535,000 laptops in the F and CW Series might have an overheating problem. Basically the heat-monitoring chips of the laptops don’t accurately monitor the heat produced by the laptop, and this problem is caused by a flawed BIOS. The machines can overheat enough to more »

Acer recalls laptops due to severe overheating

Acer has announced a recall of over 22,000 laptops due to a major overheating problem. The computers have a defect in the microphone wire beneath the palm rest, which can lead to short circuiting and overheating. In some cases the overheating was severe enough to cause the external casing to show signs of melting. The more »

T-Mobile Dash owners quietly receive new batteries

Owners of the T-Mobile Dash has been receiving little gifts in the mail as of late, which are coming in the form of new batteries. It turns out that the current batteries that were made by Dynapack are experiencing some issues with overheating, the new batteries are made by Celxpert. While T-Mobile claims the issue more »