Sony VAIO PCG-GRZ660 Laptop (2.40-GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB RAM, 40 GB Hard Drive) | List Price: $1,799.00
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Platform: Windows XP Home Edition
Brand: Sony
Binding: Personal Computers
Warranty: 1 year warranty
heat up & shutdown - same problem [Posted on 2005-12-03]
I got the same problem here,
After 1 1/2 years, the machine runs slow, perhaps due to heat issue. It is probably the cause of killing half of my RAM.
This line of product from Sony is not recommended.
Dont buy a Sony! [Posted on 2006-04-23]
Dont buy a Sony. This is the worst notebook i have ever owned. Overheats!!! It is a major problem. I spent months in a runaround with tech support. It should never have been sold on the market. Pay a bit more and get and IBM, thinkpad. They are the best notebook madefor years. Buy a SONY at your risk. They should have stuck to televisions.
Sony Don't Buy It! [Posted on 2006-07-19]
I will never buy a Sony Vaio again. In writing this review, I was required to choose a star on a scale of 1-5 stars. Let it be known that I chose one because it was the lowest rating available. In reality, I choose ZERO! Overheating, random shutdowns, slow processing despite the processor speed are the main reasons for advising anyone interested in Sony to stay away. Any negative comments concerning this computer that attend to similar problems as mentioned here are 100% true. In fact, any positive comments offered up, could only have been submitted early on by new owners of this lemon of computers. Tech support was poor, they wanted me to send the computer back, pay import taxes, if charged (incidentally, Sony Japan, where I am, wouldn't honor the warranty even though the computer was less than a year old). Also the DVD burner(Toshiba - think before you buy one of these, as well) gave out just before it was a year old. Recently, I bought my children an HP with an AMD Sempron and DVD burner. It has outperformed the Sony hands down.
Overheated Sony [Posted on 2006-10-14]
We also have experienced the overheat/shutdown problem. It was sent to Sony under warranty and returned with the same problem. To use this laptop you need to prop the back of the unit up on a book or something to allow air under it.
Great Laptop [Posted on 2007-01-28]
I have owned and used over ten laptops and the Sony Vaio is still my favorite. A lot of people complain about heat problems...yes this is true and I can explain why.
The cooling fan and cooling fan airduct that keeps the CPU cool is prone to collect dust and needs to be clean. This is true with all laptops but since the Sony is running a fast CPU, it need all the cooling power it can get.
Using a can of compressed air every six months to blow out the dust will keep your laptop cool and running great !
Take my word...buy a Sony Laptop and you will be amazed with the speed and reliability !!!
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