Sony Vaio VPC-SB2S9E changing motherboard

Hello people,

I have a Sony Vaio VPC-SB2S9E unfortunely during repair procedure the motherboard got damaged (a pin near the power plug (one of those vertical plugs) is broken and I don't know how to resolder it since it's too small) so I think I need a new motherboard for it... unfortunely the motherboards with that part number (A1820705A) are too expensive or hard to find so I found on ebay a motherboard which it seems being the same exactly equal physically, same CPU's, same graphics, same ram, same plugs, same conectors everything in the same place, both are MBX-237 motherboards but it's for the Sony Vaio VPC-SC1A also the service manual for VPC-S series is the same. Will I have any issue installing this motherboard on my laptop? What can I do?
Thanks in advance for your kind help.

With the best regards,

Rfsapiens.

 

As long as both notebooks have the same size, it fits. VPCSB2S9E = 13,3", but VPCSC1A isn't the full modelcode I guess, check if it is also 13,3".
For example: VPCSE1E1E and VPCSE1X9E have 15,5". Their motherboards are also called MBX-237, but the connection to the Keyboard is different from VPCSB2S9E.
Furthermore, you won't be able to use your recovery- DVDs/partition anymore.

 

Hello people,

I'm back. I was able to find on ebay a motherboard compatible with my laptop so now I have a VPC-SB1V9E and it's working perfectly The screen came back and it's like nothing ever happened I didn't have to reinstall any driver at all. Now I'm focused on other issues like the webcam that it wasn't working and it still doesn't and I don't know what to do exactly even with the service manual because on my laptop the plug that comes from the webcam is connected directly to the board. I opened the screen bezel and I saw that everything is well plugged. What can I do to see if the webcam is detected?
Also another issue I have is I have some lighter area on my LED with the size of a character the white is whiter but the colors in that zone are correct. The issue is almost unoticable. What could it be and is there anything I can do to fix it?

With the best regards,

Rfsapiens.

 

After a major hardware change like this, I strongly recommend doing a clean install. Get the drivers for the new motherboard and do the clean install.

 

Hello people,

Thank you for your kind replies
As you suggested I made a clean new install to accomodate the drivers for this new board VPC-SB1V9E and everything installed perfectly except the webcam that it's not detected. I contacted the store who sold me this board and they say that the board is 100% working so I decided to buy another webcam with another cable but the problem persists so in both motherboards, the new and the old the webcam didn't work, I installed the new board and the old webcam didn't work... Installed the new webcam and the same thing happens . It doesn't get detected...I know this laptops are full of bugs and very sensitive but I think I put the cable correctly as it only enters in one way. What do you think it should be? what should I do?

Also about the laptop LED screen, I was able to get to the rear part of it and I tried the suction cup trick on the back of it and it helped but I didn't push with too hard because I was affraid since this suction cup is very strong and if I pulled more it would start to create "air bubbles" on the plastic that would change the light on the screen so I stopped, but the fact is that when I put the suction cup on the light area on the back of the screen and I left it there, the white marks all disappeared... when I removed the suction cup gently they return as nothing happend. What do you think I should do to fix my screen?

Thank you in advance for everything and for your kind help

With the best regards,

Rfsapiens.

 

I have a different model, so this might be different for you, but in mine I need to install the ArcSoft Webcam Companion.

 

Hello,

Thank you for your kind reply
Does this work even if the device is not listed on device manager (not even as a yellow unknown one) ?

Regards,

Rfsapiens.

 

Honestly, can't remember. I do remember scratching my head trying to figure out how to work it. In your case it might be the VAIO Movie Creator.

 

Hello people,

sorted out the webcam is working again... After reconnecting several times and even swapping the cables as I mentioned before I booted with Hirens Boot CD with a Mini XP and the USB 2.0 Camera appeared on it's device manager so I went back to windows 7 and made sysprep generalize and voilá it appeared on the device manager also as installed.
The only issue left is the screen which I'm affraid to change but I don't know if the suction cup trick will definitely work to eliminate the whiter areas.
What do you think?

With the best regards,

Rfsapiens.