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    Vaio backup disk

    This question is addressed to anyone who still has a Vaio laptop and has created a recovery media for it. So, I have a Vaio laptop. It has its Windows 8 sources on a hidden partition (three actually). Now I tried installing a clean windows 8 version (i.e. not the OEM one supplied by Sony thaat...
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    Laptop doesn't turn on at times

    Hey everyone, I'm having some issues with my laptop. It's a Vaio S Series with Windows 10 installed on it. I'm not sure when this started but I've been having trouble turning on my laptop. It is stuck on the black screen when you first start it up (the one with the loading circle) and does...
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    Vaio Compter Windows 7 Can't login and my screen is sideways Tried Ctrl/ALT Up Arrow and still can't login. Right click doesn

    Can't login and my screen is sideways Tried Ctrl/ALT, Up Arrow and still can't login. Right clicking doesn't work either
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    My Vaio all-in-one powers on and I can hear the Windows sound, but the screen is on but it is grey. What is wrong?

    Sony Vaio all in one screen not working.
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    VGN-Z790 and Win 10

    I have a Vaio VGN-Z790. I tried to upgrade to windows 10 and MS says NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300M GS driver not compatible with Win 10. Any ideas for a workaround?
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    i have a sony laptop ''VAIO'' and it also have a problem of freezing problem but only when i connect to my wifi

    i have a sony laptop ''VAIO'' and it also have a problem of freezing problem but only when i connect to any wifi and my lappy just starts to freezing
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    Sony Vaio SVE14A15FN/H

    [b]Hello guys ! Actually i have a problem with ma vaio lappy...in actual before one month i just got down ma lappy on floor and its front body frame that attached with hings and displaye is crack and breaked and now i hve vry difficulties to open its before its framed is breaked from one side...
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    How do I change the vaio fit 14 e ram

    I need to clean IT but I dont know Were its located and what to do
  9. LuckyTheLadyBug

    How do these laptops compare?

    I am wanting to do light gaming with these on the ho (dota, CSGO). Right now I have a Vaio VPCCW27FX (i5 520M, GT 330M, SSHD that I installed). I am looking at this laptop: ASUS Laptop F554LA-NH51 Will this have a noticeable performance boost from my old one? Is there ANY performance...
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    Sony VAIO SVF14218CXW Body(A,B,C) Required

    I have a Sony VAIO SVF14218CXW, i7 3rd GEN, Touch Screen in White Color. The hing on the Top Right Corner is detached from the main body because the bottom and upper body where the screw gets tight is cracked/broken and hence can not be tighten. Can Any one help me where can I get just the...
  11. dukeofurl

    Vaio VPCCW13FX won't boot externally or from CD

    Hello. I am servicing a Sony Vaio VPCCW13FX for a friend, and I'm trying to move it to Win 8, but I can't get it to boot externally from a USB flash drive, even though I know it's supposed to be capable, but also, I can't get it to boot from the internal CD drive, even though it's capable also...
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    healthy battery, but shuts down when on battery power

    I know this is another one of thousands of posts about laptops randomly shutting down. I have searched through countless threads but haven't found anything that seems like a sound solution. I have a vaio pro 13 running windows 10, a little under a year old. the battery health is very good, as I...
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    Sony Vaio SVE14A1HFXB Laptop CPU upgrade?

    Hi, I was considering purchasing this laptop. It's a Sony Vaio SVE14A1HFXB with an Intel Core i5-3210M 2.5GHz with Intel HD Graphics 4000. I was wondering if I could upgrade its CPU to an i7 with better on-board Intel graphics (since I heard the CPU and GPU are on the same chip)? What's the max...
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    Sony Vaio Blue Screen and Full C Drive

    Hi, just wondering if anyone could help my with my three year old Sony Vaio Pro 13. Every time I turn it on for a bit it then freezes and blue screens. Message is either 'kernel inpage data error' or 'critical process died'. Recently downgraded back to Windows 8.1 from Windows 10, but that...
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    Sony Viao Fan driver?

    I have a 2 year old Sony Vaio Svs13125cg with the GT640M LE gpu. Previously when it had the pre-installed windows 8.1, the computer ran absolutely fine. I could play games with a reasonable setting and get good fps. Games like tf2 could run maxed out at over 60fps(yes its not a very demanding...
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    Vaio black screen on startup

    Ive searched just about everywhere, but cant seem to find a fix for this. The vaio logo comes up on startup, but after that, theres just a blank screen and my cursor. The fan seems to be running fine and makes normal noise. I put a flashlight on the screen, but cant see anything still. I tried...
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    Sony Vaio Pro 13 only working when on charge! What do I do? Pls Help

    I have a Sony Vaio Pro 13, which is 2 years old....but for the past few days only works when its on charge...what do i do? any suggestions?
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    Is it possible to overclock my amd radeon 6630m gpu in my vaio laptop?

    I would like to overclock my gpu as running not very demanding games like borderlands 2 and battlefield 3 run at around 35 fps on low settings, and can drop under 30 while in a fight etc. while running these games my gpu useage is maxed out and has a temperature of around 55 degrees celsius and...
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    Reinstalled Windows, Now My Laptop is Acting Up in a Myriad of Ways

    I'm running Windows 10 Home Edition (Build: 10240 I think?) on a Sony Vaio SVF14N13CXB (Vaio Flip 14A). My wireless card (which I replaced myself a year or so ago is an Intel wireless AC 7260. I reinstalled Windows a week or two ago to try and get all the crap cleared from my system. Prior to...
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    downgrading my laptop os from laptop built in recovery (sony vaio)

    hello, i have a vaio laptop with windows 7 pre-installed and i installed windows 8 on it, regreted it but i dont have a windows 7 cd, so does windows 7 actually still exist on my laptop cuz i have a recovery partition that is 9 gigabytes big and if it still does, how to reinstall it, i found...
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    League of legends wouldn't uninstall now my VAIO is not starting up

    I was uninstalling a game, and now my VAIO Sony won't go beyond the black start screen, I've tried everything, like removing battery, pressing f8 and chose all options, I don't know what to do, and I just got it yesturday [Moderator edit: OS = Windows 7]
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    Sony VAIO's power management

    Hi everyone! So I was gaming with my Sony laptop all the time and I'm not worried about the battery life because I used VAIO power management to stop charging at 50% or 80%. (This power management won't work on anything above Win 7 and Sony has now stopped support for its laptops) Now that...
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    Unable to update the display adapters and also windows resource protection found corrupted files and were unable to fix them

    1. I was then looking at the knowledge base which advises to perform a sfc/ scannow This has come up with a message that we have corrupt files The case manager installed the latest version then caused issues - my laptop kept crashing. They uninstalled the latest one and told me that I had...
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    Vaio Flip 13 touchpad multi-finger doesn't work

    Hi there. it's a couple of weeks that my vaio touchpad (Flip model) multi finger is not working. I tried to update the driver, but it doesn't work yet. Actually, i can't see any option for multi finer now. Is there any solution for that? When i connect a wireless keyboard (which has a touchpad)...
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    Vaio laptop blackscreen

    My nieces Vaio powers up, windows boots, says it's starting, then the screen goes black, but is backlit. Hit control/alt/delete and the screen goes back to normal, then asks if I want to log off, change users e5c. Please help
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    Vaio Laptop doesn't complete the charging cycle beyond 99 %. It doesn't go to 100% like before..!

    My 2 year old Vaio laptop reached battery condition from excellent to good. At this stage i started noticing that my battery doesn't reach the status 100%-Not charging, but stays at 99%-charging. The charging LED also doesn't go off. Dont know if this is always the case when the battery begins...
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    I have a VAIO VPSSB18GG laptop. Device manager shows my BT mouse but it doesn't work. Just stopped suddenly. All drivers are i

    I am using a Logitech lazer mouse. also cannot connect my iPhone although it is visible in Devices and Printers [Moderator edit: OS = Windows 7]
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    Body parts for Sony Vaio SVE14

    I have a VAIO SVE14 in silver colour. It got dropped on the floor once and from then, the plastic started to crack ans break. Now, its panels on both sides of the lcd are cracked and the body hasbroken plastic. . Is there a way i can get its body parts ? I don't want to waste this laptop cuz...
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    Pls help my laptop might be bricked

    I use a svf153 sony laptop. Yesterday my laptop suddenly started to lag and booting started to take a lot of time. So i reset the laptop to factory settings uaing tje feature available on windows 8.1 . The resetting took abput 5 hours and after that booting took 30 min. When the vaio screen was...
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    my vaio laptop hd is not working and sony centre sony centre said that cost of changing hard disk is 12k so can i change from

    my vaio laptop hd is not working and sony centre sony centre said that cost of changing hard disk is 12k so can i change from outside this option is good or not? My laptop is 4 years old
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    sony vaio problems

    my front facing web cam doesnt work its lost how can i find it again???:??:
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    How to change CMOS Batter in Vaio CR 363

    Hi , From past many days My laptop watch starts showing wrong time when ever i keep it in hibernate mode thus want to know why is it happening so ? Is it my CMOS battery on Sony Vaio CR-363 series is dying and sign of replacing it or there is a way to remove this problem without opening...
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    My loptop wont turn on

    I pressed the power botton ■ then about a minute then turns off it started about 14-16 hours ago HELP Just incase it is a vaio loptop I NEED HELP ASAP
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    Vaio laptop. Cant adjust brightness

    My laptop Vaio E Series sve1511rfxb. Since I installed new windows 7 ..i cant adjust brightness in it. function key for brightness not working and no adaptive brightness option. Please Help
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    Laptop Battery Problem

    Why does my vaio care say that my bettery is in critical condition, but when i check through the control panel it says it's in excellent condition? Can anyone explain this to me...? http://imgur.com/o7BTmEg http://imgur.com/6oUUdU3
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    Sony Vaio GPU Driver Updates(Old Laptop)

    Hey guys,i want to update my laptops gpu drivers and went to Nvidias site and also Sonys.The newest Driver for my laptop in sonys site was in 2011 while the one in Nvidias is in 2015,and theres this Verde Notebook program which i still dont understand.I was Wondering whether to download sonys...
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    Laptop screen acting up

    I have a Vaio, and recently, my screen started acting funny. It will display, but not what it should, instead it's a bunch of vertical lines, and when I have it plugged into an external display, it will display on the external, and when I have it set to duplicate display, when ever the screen...
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    Help. laptop error Vaio

    my vaio laptop just fell from a meter tall table.. everytime i turn it on it gives me this error.. and what i want to know is what is the problem... i dont expect solutions. I just want to know what the problem Is
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    Installed all drivers except WLAN - Vaio

    Friend gives me PC which for whatever reason had 24/7 100% cpu usage and 100% ram usage. Ubuntu live ran smoothly so I reinstalled windows. All are going well , I downloaded all the drivers from sony's website....but wlan (Network Controller(!)) driver fails to install. Product model is...
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    my laptop is vaio vpceb3f4e can i run GTA 5 on my laptop

    i have a inter core i5 480m prossasor. intel HD graphics. 4GB RAM. can i play GTA 5 on my laptop
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    the vaio laptop gets stuck on start up page

    I was using my laptop as usual, when it suddenly hanged. As I was in a hurry I forced shut it. When I restarted it, it wouldn't go past the start up screen. Tried the windows repair mode, but it would remain stuck at the blue welcome page. What could be the issue?
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    Webcam and integrated mic not found (Vaio Pro 13, Windows 8.1)

    Can't see the webcam under Imaging Devices in the Device Manager. Not the only one I believe but cannot find a solution. Also the built in microphone is not working (yet the combined headphone/mic does work with an appropriate headset). It's an issue since upgrading to Win 8.1, which I must...
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    Can my vaio with nvidia 640m le laptop play gta v

    I have a vaio s series laptop with i7 processor ,8gb ram and a nvidia gt 640m le graphics card .will it be able to handle gta v at normal or low settings?. It currently has windows 7 64bit OS which runs a bit slow. will it handle games better if I upgrade it to windows 8/8.1?Is there anything i...
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    Vaio no display and automatic shutdown issue

    Hi,I have Vaio SVE15116 laptop which was working fine and shut down properly. Now when I'm trying to start the laptop it does start but with no display plus it shuts down automatically in few minutes. I tried cleaning ram as well as direct power but same thing. When it starts I even tried going...
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    Very strange video card error Sony Vista Laptop

    Hello, I have a very strange (I'm assuming video card) error with this Sony Vaio PCG-8X2L. It came to me with a busted screen and bad hard drive, I must have went through 6 different 17.0" screens before finding one that didn't have lines through it (I work for as a technician, screens are...
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    vaio laptop display not working but external works even display is ok

    my vaio laptop display is dead but it works with external display i change the display but nothing happens
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    Laptop Overheating and Lagging!

    Specs - http://www.sony-asia.com/product/vpceh26ea My Vaio laptop has been recently overheating a lot with temps - CPU at 80 degrees MoBo at 80 degrees GFX at 70 degrees and this is during idle and during load. I have run Malwarebytes and got no threats detected. I ran Avast and got about...
  48. TheQuickCook

    ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650 Driver update problem in Vaio E Series VPCEB36FG.

    I have the graphics card, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650. This is integrated to the motherboard of my Vaio Laptop VPCEB36FG. I want to update the driver to the most recent one. But unfortunately, even after a clean install i am not getting any video playback in media players except VLC after the...
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    I lost my Laptop

    How to track my vaio laptop i don't know serial number...any body please inform me or mail me REDACTED - SS or call me REDACTED - SS \its very usefull to me my all works are in my laptop am totaly unconfssed
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    vaio vgn series laptop. when I turn it on dead screen appear.fan working power indicatore also. tried all tricks. remove batte

    Vaio vgn serier laptop dead screen. Tried all tricks. Bt problem not solved.
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    Replace SSD with HDD

    hi i have vaio VPCZ116GA i wanna replace ssd with this hdd Toshiba MQ01ABD050 - hard drive - 500 GB - SATA 3Gb/s Specifications: http://www.cnet.com/products/toshiba-mq01abd050-hard-drive-500-gb-sata-3gb-s-mq01abd050/specs/ is this possible ? I am talking about compatibility thanks
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    Fresh Windows 7 Install on VAIO With Broken Screen - Drivers?

    Hey guys, I gave a friend of mine a VAIO VPCEB11FD laptop I had lying around. The screen was completely shattered and unusable so I removed it and she had it plugged into an LG TV through HDMI. She ended up loading the thing with more apps than I could have ever imagined, most of it probably...
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    VAIO Laptop suddenly turns off itself

    Hi Gurus... After reinstalling windows 7, i updated few drivers from: http://esupport.sony.com/p/select-system.pl?DIRECTOR=DRIVER they were of webcam, sound and graphics.. all went well... then i pissed my laptop off when, in the same list i saw "BIOS Update Utility", to version R0300Y8...
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    ubuntu dual boot problem

    my lappy is vaio f series f15319.i installed ubuntu with dual boot.it installed successfully.the next time i start my lappy it always opens windows 8.it doesnt give me any option to select from ubuntu or windows 8.please help..
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    battery problem of vaio laptop

    when my laptop plugged in the battery options show me that it's charging but when plugged out it shut down immediately !! What i should do ??
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    can we gaet vaio drivers from that recory

    I want original vaio drivers ,how can we get them
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    Integrated vs discrete gpu

    My Sony VAIO VPCEB34EN has drivers for both integrated and discrete GPUs. Will using only the integrated gpu driver will save some power (by completely uninstalling the discrete GPU drivers)? I never game with this. I'm not aware of laptop configs.
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    vaio overheating after motherboard replacement

    i recently got my motherboard replaced at sony service centre . i have vaio e series VPCEB34EN laptop.. 2.4 Ghz 3 GB ram i3-370 m processor windows 7 home basic 64 bit . just after this replacement, my laptop gets really heated up while using it.. usage is normal browsing and m s office or adobe...
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    Vaio laptop, doesn't start up

    A vaio laptop, with vista windows worked normally yesterrday and trying to start up today and doesn't start up. the power supply, green light goes on and stays on, but only thing it happens is when i press and as long as i press the orange light of the battery lights up but goes off as i unpress...
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    Sony Vaio laptop Question

    Hello everyone, I am looking to get a Sony Vaio laptop. However, I am looking for the one that has backlight in the logo. (Like Apple's logo on it's macbook) Does Sony still sells Vaio that has backlit VAIO logo? which model has this kind of logo? thank you