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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Thanks, but after a day it doesn't go on anymore, back to the same thing. However, after trying to turn it on a few times, it did go on eventually. Oh well.
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    So, reporting the results - a success! Opened up the laptop (Vaio's make it convenient to get to the inside parts, you only have to remove 30 screws) and took a heat gun to the video card area for about 3 minutes, let it cool, put it back together, and turned it on to see the "Vaio" logo pop up...
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    It's actually an AMD card, so yeah ;) Definitely will check out the RAM, I'll check the CPU / heatsink too while I attempt to fix the soldering. Thanks!
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Well, looks like the warranty is indeed expired, plus repairs start at $299 from Sony. I googled around and it doesn't appear to be too difficult to attempt to use a heat gun to reflow the solder. Might as well give it a shot before paying someone else to do it. I'll report back my results...
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Damn, that sucks. I figured as much. There can't be much else it can be that wouldn't warrant having to send it in for repairs. The funny thing is, the symptoms that led up to this (putting the computer to sleep, but it not actually going to sleep and becoming unresponsive) just now started...
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Tried it just now, nothing displays on the external monitor, just "VGA No Signal". Makes sense I think, again, I don't think the screen is broken, so any information should show up on the laptop screen. Anyway, thanks for the reply, but no luck. Any other ideas? There's literally nothing...
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Thanks for the reply, but I don't think that'd work for two reasons. Firstly, like I said, no Windows sounds or anything, the computer just isn't turning on, not just the screen. Secondly, to connect to a second display, I need to enable it through Window's control panel or something.
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    Here's a good one - laptop won't boot but LED is on?

    Hey guys. So I have a Sony VAIO PCG-61611L laptop here that won't boot. Symptoms: - Press the power button, there's a small sound, like something inside is turning on, it sounds completely normal (not clicking or anything like that). - The green LED on the power button stays on, meaning the...
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