Comments on: Sony Vaio Broken Keyboard Question

By: gabriel maes

gabriel maes — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:45:39 +0000

i had a powersurge on my sony vaio VGN FE650G. it was thru the usb (tv input device). when i push the power button the caps lock, scroll lock and number lock, lights light up, as well as the power light and battery light , but the monitor will not come on and the hard drive light will not blink or come on at all. nothing happens…. what parts do i need to replace and where can i find them??? can i salvage my harddrive???? i have important work files on there. please help.

By: Sootah

Sootah — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:44:22 +0000

Likely when the laptop hit the ground it snapped something in either the power supply or the regulator for the battery. Your laptop pulls more power while booting that during normal use because it not only must load an excessive amount of information from the hard drive, but must also process and store it in RAM for later use when the OS is fully loaded. Once the load on the power is too great, it trips gives you the loud beep you describe, and powers off.

It may be fixable, but it likely won’t be cheap. Unless there’s an extended warranty on the laptop they likely aren’t going to cover it because it was an accident. Most base warranties only cover manufacturer defects.

Take it to a repair shop and see what they say, but tearing a laptop is time consuming and so labor is going to cost quite a bit I imagine. I’d suggest seeing if you can send it back to the manufacturer to be repaired since a local repair shop will almost definitely not have the replacement parts on hand. (Much of a laptops innards are specific to that model)

In short: Can it be repaired? Maybe, but it’s gonna cost ya.

By: susan alexander

susan alexander — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:36:51 +0000

I recently dropped my daughters sony vaio laptop about 3 feet. It landed on the side. Now when it is turned on, a screen comes up that says there was a break in the power or the reset button was pushed, and then prompts the operator to load windows (safe mode and other options). I tried them all, but after a bit, the screen goes blank and I get a high pitched beep. Is this fixable or do I owe my daughter a new laptop?
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