Sony today announced a voluntary recall of the VPCF11 Series and VPCCW2 Series notebooks and advised consumers to stop using the recalled laptops due to burn hazard possibilities. Sony has received 30 reports of units overheating resulting in deformed keyboards and casings.

The overheating issue can be fixed by a BIOS firmware update, which is available on Sony’s support website. Sony says consumers can also call Sony or visit Sony Style retail stores nationwide for help with installing the update. This firmware will prevent the computer from overheating. The firmware update will also be available through the VAIO Update software program installed on the recalled computers.  A prompt will appear when users log on.