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Sony Vaio won't turn on.
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Posted by: drake0013
Hopefully, I am posting this in the right place...
I have a Sony Vaio V505 laptop. When plugged in the AC adapter cord lights up like it is getting power. However, I think that the connection inside the laptop is bad, because the battery eventually died and now I can't get it to turn on. I bought another AC cord to make sure the cord itself wasn't the problem. I tried to research this problem, but wasn't sure what to search for. From what I could find it seems like the connection inside needs to be fixed. I can't even figure out how to get the back of the laptop off, though. Is this something that I should be able to fix myself? I really don't have the money to ship it off to Sony to be fixed since it is about 6 months over warranty. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
Posted by: matt.modica
You said it was over warranty, so you must of had it for awhile, right? Did anything happen that could of caused this? I would not go opening anything up because you may damage some other stuff. If you want to try to fix this on your own, start by trying a new battery.
Posted by: drake0013
I have had the computer for 18 months. So, it's not too old. I am pretty sure the battery isn't the problem because the computer should still work when it is plugged in even if the battery is dead.
Posted by: matt.modica
You should take it to a computer instalation store. Just don't go pulling stuff apart because something else will probably break (no offense, but the inside of a computer is very sensitive and some components can get ruined just from being touched or nuged the slightest bit). If I had to guess, I would say that you have a faulty power regulator (means exactly what it says, regulates how much power, if any goes to each of the different components).
Posted by: nobug
Believe it or not, this simple fix solved this problem.
Un-Plug the Viao.
Take out your battery.
Hold the power-on button for 30-seconds to 1 minute.
put battery back in Vaio.
Plug computer back in.
Turn on.
This caused our Vaio to work normally again for 6 months...then we had to do this again.
Solution was given to us by a tech-guy in Sweden.
Good Luck!
Posted by: pdnielsen
Gotta love those Swedish tech guys. Goranpaa lives in Sweden too - and gives all sorts of wonderful advice on OTS. I half expected to see a reply from him on this thread.
Posted by: kestrel1
I had a vaio with a similar problem after it had been dropped. After taking it apart I found that one ribbon cable had moved slightly. After replacing this correctly the machine has been fine ever since.
This was not my personal machine, just one that a teacher had been using. They are not that careful.
Posted by: pdnielsen
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Originally Posted by kestrel1
This was not my personal machine, just one that a teacher had been using. They are not that careful.
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I'm somewhat glad my oldest sister doesn't use a laptop. She's a teacher and her arthritis is starting to affect her hands. So she sometimes has a tendency to drop things. She was overwhelmed with joy when I gave her a computer with a split keyboard for Christmas '06. I have the same type myself even though I don't have arthritis in my paws yet. It helps me type better though since my stroke.
Posted by: goranpaa
pdnielsen, thanks for the kind words before.
Well, I dont like laptops really. They are good in the respect of the small footprint and mobility. But I dont like the few and pretty hard to do upgrade possibiltys....Unless you are a laptop tech that is.
The day, when they make the videochip upgrade easier. And the video chips more available (and less pricey), and the cooling better. I will get more pro laptops.
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