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    S260 problems, powering up and locking up

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by roadcake, Jan 20, 2006.

  1. roadcake

    roadcake Notebook Enthusiast

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    Howdy,

    14 months with my S260 and now problems. A week ago I started having issues with powering up the system. sometimes when I press down on the power button I dont get the vaio logo and startup noise. It just sits there. If I do get it to boot and I move it around at all it will lock up on me. Sometimes it will lock up just sitting there. This happens on both AC power and battery. I was able to get it up and running to copy off all my data and now I'm doing a restore to clean it off.

    Anyone know what this may be?

    Thanks!

    ~RC
     
    roadcake, Jan 20, 2006
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Did you check the power conector and battery contacts? Perhaps re-seating the memory and hard drive will help. A fresh install of Windows will help if it is a software issue.
     
    ZaZ, Jan 21, 2006
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  3. dnnout

    dnnout Newbie

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    dnnout, Jan 21, 2006
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  4. morbidthoughts

    morbidthoughts Newbie

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    I had the same exact problem this past week after using my s260p for 18 months.

    Powering up, the LED lights come on but the VAIO screen doesn't turn on. I would have to hold the power button to turn off and retry. A couple of tries later, it'll finally work.

    I'm sending it off today with a copy of that esupport announcement and hopefully they'll fix it without charging me. Otherwise, I'm buying a different brand even though I love the size, weight, and power consumption of this computer.
     
    morbidthoughts, May 2, 2006
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  5. hiknman

    hiknman Newbie

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    Morbid please let me know how it works out for you I have sent my machine in twice now (they currently have it) and claim there is nothing wrong with the motherboard even though I am having the exact same issues everyone else has had. S170b
     
    hiknman, May 3, 2006
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  6. morbidthoughts

    morbidthoughts Newbie

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    I got mine back with the old motherboard replaced within a week. It worked fine so I reinstalled an extra 512MB RAM (Kingston) I had taken out. The problems started happening again so I took it out and now my computer has had no problems starting up.

    Before it didn't matter whether the extra RAM was installed or not. It was inconsistent in starting up. I guess whatever had caused the old motherboard to fail also fried the memory.
     
    morbidthoughts, May 21, 2006
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  7. moks

    moks Notebook Enthusiast

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    I had the same problems. Sent it back to Sony and they replaced the MB.
     
    moks, May 22, 2006
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