The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Vaio keeps shutting down NEED HELP PLEAS

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by superteo, Feb 7, 2008.

  1. superteo

    superteo Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi All, I have Sony Vaio pcg-992L FX370. Just put in new motherboard. All was ok when I powered it up but it shuts off within less that a minute any suggestions on how to fix?? Also the LCD scrren was working and it just stopped please any help would be great
     
    superteo, Feb 7, 2008
    #1
  2. dznutz

    dznutz Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    173
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    did you put in the same mobo as your old one?
    [perhaps?] sony has a hardware block.... like lcd screens are not interchangeable with other mobos
     
    dznutz, Feb 7, 2008
    #2
  3. superteo

    superteo Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    5
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Motherboard is the same. It was working then just shut off. Please any help would be appreciated. also any suggestions on why the computer shuts off after a minute?
     
    superteo, Feb 8, 2008
    #3