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    Sony Z (last year version) won't boot

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by athos, Apr 24, 2010.

  1. athos

    athos Notebook Geek

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    I left my Z sitting too long not connected to power (in sleep mode) and the battery ran down. Now it will not boot up. It won't start off battery, off of power, off of power without battery -- it just blinks green, I can hear the DVD drive momentarily engage, there is a slight "beep" -- it tries this about three times before giving up and shutting down.

    I'm baffled and I need to get some work done today on it, so it would be great to fix.
     
    athos, Apr 24, 2010
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  2. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Try taking out the battery, press the power button for 60s, put the battery back, put in the power cord and turn it on. Lets see if there will be any change.
     
    Metsn, Apr 24, 2010
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  3. athos

    athos Notebook Geek

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    No change. Does the same deal where it makes the noise, and blinks green at me.
     
    athos, Apr 24, 2010
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    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Hmmm, than I don't know. Hopefully someone else will know. The only thing I would try would be taking out one memory and trying to start it again (try it for both of them), for the case that the memory is dead.
     
    Metsn, Apr 24, 2010
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  5. athos

    athos Notebook Geek

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    :( guess I won't be getting that work done today. Thanks, Sony. I haven't even had this thing a year and it's babied...
     
    athos, Apr 24, 2010
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    itparts1982 Company Representative

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    pull ac, battery & ram - let sit for 15 mins. Add RAM. Hold power button for 10 seconds, release and add AC power - hit power button. If this doesn't work maybe motherboard
     
    itparts1982, Apr 26, 2010
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  7. athos

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    I will give that a try -- what does it do? Reset some inner battery?
     
    athos, Apr 27, 2010
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