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    Upgrade old VAIO-VGN-TX5XN laptop possible?

    Hi guys, So my mum just asked me whether her old (2007) travel laptop could be brought back to life somehow. It's a VAIO-VGN-TX5XN (http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Sony-Vaio-VGN-TX5XN-Notebook.3747.0.html) still running on vista, 1 GB RAM, 100 GB HDD, Intel Centrino U1500. It is...
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    Laptop for Engineering School

    Hello everybody, I am currently a Junior studying engineering and I have been switching between a mid 2010 15" Macbook Pro and a 2010 13" Sony Vaio for the past few years. Both have identical internals (Intel i5-540m and Nvidia GTX 330m w/ 256MB of VRAM) and struggle when it comes to even the...
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    vaio laptop says model name as "RESERVED"

    After the last motherboard got replaced by sony proffessionals, i just did clean install of windows .. after which the model number appeared to be "reserved".. so that means i cannot install any sony provided drivers directly into the system. please help me with any solution ..
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    my vaio laptop cant detect dvd`

    the laptop is unable to detect mostly of the dvd and it only detects cd's... 1.i have tried uninstalling the driver. 2. updating the driver 3.that upper class and lower class deleting thing..(these two columns are not there) and i am tired of searching for an answer
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    Need a charger for my VGN-FW21L

    I have been given a vaio laptop but no charger, I dont want to buy a new one incase it dosent work at all.. but my friend said it does work she just had a new laptop. . Will it charge any other way so I can be sure before purchasing a new charger
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    problem starting preceptordemonic.dll

    "when i connect the power charging adopter with my vaio laptop when a dialogue box open which is stated that " problem starting preceptordemonic.dll". how can i stop it"
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    Sony VAIO VPCZ11NGX/X SSD's

    I have a VAIO VPCZ11NGX/X that contains three SSD's configured in RAID 0. One of the drives has failed. Can it be replaced? With what? And, where can I get a replacement? I need to replace one of the SSD's in my Sony VAIO VPCZ11NGX/X, It has 3 128GB SSD's configured in RAID0. They are...
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    Thoughts on Sony VAIO keyboard not working after Windows 10 update?

    Hi all, I upgraded a friends laptop to Windows 10 earlier this year, and he came to me last weekend with an issue - the keyboard no longer functions at all, and the touchpad is sluggish too. Anyway, I used a USB wireless keyboard and mouse to navigate though, and established Windows had...
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    Laptop is not booting, only blank black screen, cant even use vaio recovery

    I have a 4-year old sony vaio windows 8 laptop ( http:// ) It's specifcations have been given and it also has an amd radeon 7550 m/7650 m dedicated graphics card(which has been a pain in the neck recently)http:// I will first tell my laptop's current state and then how it got to that state. My...
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    Sony Vaio VPCYB35AG does not POST/BOOT

    Yesterday it's battery was low so it's LED was blinking, as I was going home already I long pressed the Power button to turn it off. But upon trying to turn it again, only its LED is now turning on, there is no indicator that the harddisk is active (checked the harddisk and it was fine) as it's...
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    my laptop is stuck at sony vaio screen i was doing an update to windows 10 and it restarted and now its stuck at vaio screen w

    my laptop is stuck at sony vaio screen .I was doing a windows 10 upgrade and the screen restarted and stuck at vaio scren .What shud i do?
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    Sony Vaio USB ports only working one at a time

    I have a USB port problem, but it's not the typical one of a given port not working. My laptop has two USB 3.0 ports and they both work - but not at the same time. My computer is five years old (Sony Vaio, Windows 7) and haven't had any problems in the past with the USB ports or using them both...
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    I am getting a smell of burning from my Vaio Model number PCG-91111m

    Everything appears to be working but I keep getting a smell of burning, suspect that its the fan overheating as the laptop appears to be very hot in that area, scared of taking the back off. Any help appreciated
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    When I turn my sony laptop vaio on and wait for a while i have nothing but black screen. But i can see my hard drive running a

    When I turn my sony laptop vaio on and wait for a while i have nothing but black screen. But i can see my hard drive running and the power is also on. I have tried removing the battery and plug and hold power for 60seconds. Sad to say it still acted the same "black screen", i can hear the...
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    VAIO power on issue

    Hi all, I recently had to open up my VAIO VGN-SZ 4MN/B in order to check a sound problem (I teared it apart and replugged the cables). Before putting back the keyboard and the speakers/buttons cover I turned it on to check the sound. No sound, but the computer worked. So I put back the keyboard...
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    VAIO VGN-NW36F Black Screen.

    Hello guys. i have a vaio laptop as i mentioned above. it worked fine for me around one year ago. yes for a full year i not used it. And now. when i try to turn it on. it turns on but after few second turns-off then after two seconds its turns on with no screen i mean black screen and stays like...
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    Sony Vaio E series power button flashes and screen stays blank

    Hello! I have a Sony Vaio E series and today I opened it to clean the fan because it was too dusty so I took off the fan unit cleaned it and placed it back then placed everything back and closed it. Now when I tried to tuturthe laptop on the power LED kept flashing green, but the screen stays...
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    Sony vaio black screen with cursor blinking bootup problem

    Hi guys i need help with this problem. I have sony vaio windows 10. Since last update when i turn on my laptop after vaio logo a black screen with cursor blinking comes up and doesnt move any further. With sonay vaio i dnt think we have the f8 function to go safe mode and restore to earlier...
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    Computer won't go the main screen. Just say press ctrl, atl, delete to restart.

    Vaio All in one computer orignally was windows 7, but upgraded it to windows 10. My brother have been downloading irrevelant stuff on the computer. While you're trying to use the broswer on there many popup add come up and the computer work very slow. I have resetted the computer once before...
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    My laptop is not working after the fan cleaning.

    Hi everyone, I would like to ask help for my vaio VPCEA36FA, why is it that after I clean the fan & fix it back my laptop does not turning on. The green light on the power button keeps on flashing yet it does not open the screen. What must be the problem? Please need your advice. I have...