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Dead Vaio VGN-TX17GP Alon 07-24-2007
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Posted by Alon on July 24, 2007, 5:51 am
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 Hi folks.

Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop troubleshooting can
give me a hand. A friend's got a Sony Vaio VGN-TX17GP, an outdated but
fancy 12" laptop. Two days ago (she claims) she was browsing the net
when the screen went black and the HD spun down. It wouldn't boot
afterwards.

Tests indicate it does power up (Wifi and Bluetooth lights on, as well
as battery, although no HD activity is apparent), but certainly does
not boot. I can't be sure whether it ever gets to the BIOS boot
screen, because it's sending no signal either to the internal monitor
or an external one if hooked up. This seems to rule out HD failure,
because at least I'd be getting a Boot sector not found message.
Trying to boot from CD, obviously, doesn't work either.

Now, I'm handy with HW, but not too savvy about laptops. I grabbed a
copy of the service manual and carefully dismantled the thing. I've
double-checked all visible connections (HD cable, FPC, FFC, etc), with
no apparent result. The laptop is obviously past its warranty term,
and sending it to the official service shop will most likely mean
spending =E2=82=AC 90 to be told the thing's dead, so I'd rather try to fix=
it
myself if possible. If anyonce could give me any pointers as to how to
proceed, I'd be very grateful.

TIA!


Posted by stevenlieu on July 24, 2007, 10:03 am
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> Hi folks.
>
> Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop troubleshooting can
> give me a hand. A friend's got a Sony Vaio VGN-TX17GP, an outdated but
> fancy 12" laptop. Two days ago (she claims) she was browsing the net
> when the screen went black and the HD spun down. It wouldn't boot
> afterwards.
>
> Tests indicate it does power up (Wifi and Bluetooth lights on, as well
> as battery, although no HD activity is apparent), but certainly does
> not boot. I can't be sure whether it ever gets to the BIOS boot
> screen, because it's sending no signal either to the internal monitor
> or an external one if hooked up. This seems to rule out HD failure,
> because at least I'd be getting a Boot sector not found message.
> Trying to boot from CD, obviously, doesn't work either.
>
> Now, I'm handy with HW, but not too savvy about laptops. I grabbed a
> copy of the service manual and carefully dismantled the thing. I've
> double-checked all visible connections (HD cable, FPC, FFC, etc), with
> no apparent result. The laptop is obviously past its warranty term,
> and sending it to the official service shop will most likely mean
> spending =E2=82=AC 90 to be told the thing's dead, so I'd rather try to f=
ix it
> myself if possible. If anyonce could give me any pointers as to how to
> proceed, I'd be very grateful.
>
> TIA!

Try to clean the memory, maybe it work. Don't send to Fry or Best Buy
because they'll cost you $90 fee, if they can't fix, they'll tell you
to replace the mother board, so I recommended you to send your laptop
to professional repair at: www.laptopsprofessional.com. They're free
estimate and diagnostic test, No fix-No charge. They're reliable,
quality work and low price guaranteed. Special discount for student.


Posted by ds.laptop.repair on July 24, 2007, 12:23 pm
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> Hi folks.
>
> Perhaps some kind soul with experience in laptop troubleshooting can
> give me a hand. A friend's got a Sony Vaio VGN-TX17GP, an outdated but
> fancy 12" laptop. Two days ago (she claims) she was browsing the net
> when the screen went black and the HD spun down. It wouldn't boot
> afterwards.
>
> Tests indicate it does power up (Wifi and Bluetooth lights on, as well
> as battery, although no HD activity is apparent), but certainly does
> not boot. I can't be sure whether it ever gets to the BIOS boot
> screen, because it's sending no signal either to the internal monitor
> or an external one if hooked up. This seems to rule out HD failure,
> because at least I'd be getting a Boot sector not found message.
> Trying to boot from CD, obviously, doesn't work either.
>
> Now, I'm handy with HW, but not too savvy about laptops. I grabbed a
> copy of the service manual and carefully dismantled the thing. I've
> double-checked all visible connections (HD cable, FPC, FFC, etc), with
> no apparent result. The laptop is obviously past its warranty term,
> and sending it to the official service shop will most likely mean
> spending € 90 to be told the thing's dead, so I'd rather try to fix
> it myself if possible. If anyonce could give me any pointers as to how
> to proceed, I'd be very grateful.
>
> TIA!
>

Try pulling the ram and then attempt to boot the laptop. Provided that
the unit has an internal speaker (which it should), then the laptop
should give post error beeps denoting that there is no ram in the
machine.

No beeps typically means the motherboard is shot.


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Ds.Laptop.Repair at gmail dot com
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Posted by h.STOPgodavari on July 24, 2007, 2:54 pm
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Bear with me. I am reposting this since there were no responses to my previous
post.

The laptop does not even boot. When the power switch is pressed (and held down
as recommended), the "power on" light flashes on and off. Neither the drive
lights nor the keyboards lights come on or even flash (The battery is dead so I
have to work with mains).

It was suggested that the power switch to mother board connection needs to be
re-soldered in older toshibas...

However I run into a problem when I try to dismantle the box. I was able to
separate the case on 3 sides but I cannot separate it on the side with the
power switch. Something is holding the case together, very strongly and I do not
want force it to the point of breaking.

I would appreciate any help in dismantling this computer without damaging it.

Thanks for your help.

regards
hg




Posted by me/2 on July 24, 2007, 10:31 pm
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On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 18:54:52 GMT, h.STOPgodavari@shaw.STOPca wrote:

:>Bear with me. I am reposting this since there were no responses to my previous
:>post.
:>
:>The laptop does not even boot. When the power switch is pressed (and held down
:>as recommended), the "power on" light flashes on and off. Neither the drive
:>lights nor the keyboards lights come on or even flash (The battery is dead so
I
:>have to work with mains).
:>
:>It was suggested that the power switch to mother board connection needs to be
:>re-soldered in older toshibas...
:>
:>However I run into a problem when I try to dismantle the box. I was able to
:>separate the case on 3 sides but I cannot separate it on the side with the
:>power switch. Something is holding the case together, very strongly and I do
not
:>want force it to the point of breaking.
:>
:>I would appreciate any help in dismantling this computer without damaging it.
:>
:>Thanks for your help.
:>
:>regards
:>hg
:>
:>

Have you removed the keyboard and any screws that are hidden
underneath it? I haven't touched one of those in years but I seem to
remember there are one or more screws under there to be removed to
separate the case.

Good luck,
me/2

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