Sony Vaio F and CW series recalled due to heat problem VPCCW26FG

Sony is to recall over half a million laptops of its CW and F series due to a potential overheat problem. This problem is due to a bug in the firmware of the Sony Vaio CW series and Sony Vaio F series laptops. Sony has released a new firmware update to fix this issue that results in overheating and deformation of the laptop casing. Click Sony Vaio Firware update download to download and install the firmware update that solves the heating problem.

This utility updates the BIOS to version R0170Y7 and provides the following benefits:
Improves thermal management
Resolves an issue where the computer may fail to boot to the operating system

The update is applicable for the following operating systems and laptop series.

List of Sony vaio laptop series that are recalled

Models	Operating Systems
Models	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
VPCCW21FX	Yes	No
VPCCW21FX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW21FX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW21FX/P	Yes	No
VPCCW21FX/R	Yes	No
VPCCW21FX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX/P	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX/R	Yes	No
VPCCW22FX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW23FX	Yes	No
VPCCW23FX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW23FX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW23FX/P	Yes	No
VPCCW23FX/R	Yes	No
Models	Operating Systems
Models	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
VPCCW23FX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW26FX	Yes	No
VPCCW26FX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW27FX	Yes	No
VPCCW27FX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW27FX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW290X	Yes	Yes
VPCCW29FX	Yes	No
VPCCW29GX	No	Yes
VPCCW2AFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2AFX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW2BFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2BFX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW2CGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2CGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2DGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2DGX/B	No	Yes
Models	Operating Systems
Models	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
VPCCW2EGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2EGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2FGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2FGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2GGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2GGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2HGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2HGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2JGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2JGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2KGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2KGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2LFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2LFX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW2LFX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW2LFX/P	Yes	No
VPCCW2LFX/R	Yes	No
Models	Operating Systems
Models	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
VPCCW2LFX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW2MFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2MFX/PU	Yes	No
VPCCW2MFX/WJ	Yes	No
VPCCW2MGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2MGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2NFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2NFX/LU	Yes	No
VPCCW2PFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2PFX/L	Yes	No
VPCCW2PFX/R	Yes	No
VPCCW2PFX/W	Yes	No
VPCCW2QGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2QGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2RGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2RGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2SGX	No	Yes
Models	Operating Systems
Models	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit	Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
VPCCW2SGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2TGX	No	Yes
VPCCW2TGX/B	No	Yes
VPCCW2UFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2UFX/B	Yes	No
VPCCW2VFX	Yes	No
VPCCW2VFX/B	Yes	No

Download the update and be careful to make sure that the installation is not interrupted. This is very important. :) 01 Jul, 2010