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    Fan Noise, Black Screen, Unresponsive Vaio

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by digitalhecht, May 16, 2011.

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    digitalhecht Newbie

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    My Vaio VPC-F11NFX/B laptop is less than a year old. A few days ago, whenever it was left unattended for more than a few hours, I would find the screen had gone black, the fan sounds in hyperdrive (high pitch whirring, but not a lot of heat), and though the status light was still green, the machine is completely unresponsive, resulting in a hard shutdown. I have had to do this 5-6 times now. I have tried to change the power options, including setting the screen shutoff to "Never" to no avail. Is this a known issue? Any solutions? (I DID recently upgrade the RAM to 8GB, but fail to see how that would affect it.) Thanks for any advice!
    Ed
     
    digitalhecht, May 16, 2011
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    digitalhecht Newbie

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    Four months later, my hard drive failed, presumably due to multiple hard resets. I just purchased a new HDD, and re-installed Windows. I am burning through Windows activations! Lo and behold, the problem is STILL there. I had hoped that a simple blind Windows key->(right arrow)->Enter would shut it down. But that's not the case. Surely I am not alone with this problem? Needless to say, this will be my last Sony notebook purchase. Anyone?
     
    digitalhecht, Sep 12, 2011
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    darxide_sorcerer Notebook Deity

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    why haven't you called Sony yet if you still have the warranty left? that thing needs to be fixed...
     
    darxide_sorcerer, Sep 12, 2011
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    digitalhecht Newbie

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    Thanks for your response. Besides the fact that my unit has either just passed the one year mark or is close to it, the fact that I swapped the hard drive pretty much voids the warranty, no?
     
    digitalhecht, Sep 12, 2011
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    jeremyshaw Big time Idiot

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    it doesn't, though if you have the original HDD... swap it back in.
     
    jeremyshaw, Sep 12, 2011
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  6. Achusaysblessyou

    Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D

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    If you don't tell them, they probably won't care... well I've always had on-site services and since they send a contractor, they don't care that you've opened up your laptop.
     
    Achusaysblessyou, Sep 12, 2011
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    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    Here is an alert from the Sony Vaio Support site that may or may not be of concern to you. Without this firmware update your Vaio can overheat and destroy some of your hardware. Sony eSupport - VPCF11NFX/B - News & Alerts
     
    reb1, Sep 12, 2011
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    surferireland Newbie

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    I have exactly the same problem, Ive tried all the usual software stuff, but the fact you replaced the hard drive leads me to believe its a hardware issue. Did you try reverting to your old ram?
     
    surferireland, Sep 30, 2011
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    If anyone finds a solution let me know, I love this laptop but its not alot of good if i have to keep resetting it.
     
    surferireland, Sep 30, 2011
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