9 models of Sony Vaio using Nvidia chips

After more than a year, the Japanese electronics firm has admitted that some versions of its laptops have been equipped with defective graphics chips, which can make the device too hot or inactive .

Since July 2008, Nvidia has recommended a chip error due to defects in production and packaging. At that time, Sony announced that the trouble did not affect the Vaio line. However, the company recently said that models including VGN-AR1xx , VGN-AR2xx , VGN-AR3xx , VGN-FZ1xx , VGN-FZ2xx , VGN-FZ3xx , VGN-FZ4xx , VGC-LT1xx and VGC-LT2xx may be having trouble.

Sony will repair it for free and increase the warranty period up to 3 years (usually 12 months) for faulty computers (such as video playback on laptops with distortion, repetition or blank screen .).

Earlier, Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard also announced a list of computers using Nvidia chips and implemented a free repair or replacement program. However, up to now on websites like HP Lies there are still many complaints from users that they have to pay when repairing the device.

Nvidia also spent more than 300 million USD on warranty and replacement products.