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 laptop screen help

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by KoW210, Feb 4, 2010.

  1. KoW210

    KoW210 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Okay so I just replaced the broken jack from this laptop and when I put it back together and turn it on the screen looks like this

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    I think it's a loose cable but I'm not quite sure.
     
    KoW210, Feb 4, 2010
    #1
  2. UserofFZ21Z

    UserofFZ21Z Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    168
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Can you attach or resize the images please.
     
    UserofFZ21Z, Feb 4, 2010
    #2
  3. KoW210

    KoW210 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Is that better?

    EDIT - There sorry Photobucket was acting strange...
     
    KoW210, Feb 4, 2010
    #3
  4. KoW210

    KoW210 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It seems from all the research I've done is that its dead =/
     
    KoW210, Feb 4, 2010
    #4
  5. UserofFZ21Z

    UserofFZ21Z Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    168
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Much better, thank you. Take it apart again and check the connectors ect.
     
    UserofFZ21Z, Feb 4, 2010
    #5
  6. KoW210

    KoW210 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Everything is connected, any other suggestions?

    I've tried connecting the VGA cable to my monitor, and nothing happens I think that the GPU is broken which means the MB is broken which means this laptop is not fixable.
     
    KoW210, Feb 4, 2010
    #6
  7. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

    Reputations:
    6,415
    Messages:
    5,296
    Likes Received:
    552
    Trophy Points:
    281
    It does seem that if you try it on an external monitor and it still does nothing, it does sound dead. Which jack did you replace?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Feb 4, 2010
    #7
  8. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

    Reputations:
    2,674
    Messages:
    6,039
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    Just attaching a cable may not be enough. Does the machine boot up? If so wait until you know it is booted up then hold down the Fn key and hit F7. That will turn on the feed to the external video connector.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Feb 4, 2010
    #8
  9. |Я|µ|

    |Я|µ| Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    1
    Messages:
    108
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    You say you took it apart, so maybe something is just not right after you pulled it back together. That is unless you zapped the MB when working with it.

    I hope you get it fixed! I hope it's easy....
     
    |Я|µ|, Feb 5, 2010
    #9
  10. KoW210

    KoW210 Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    2
    Messages:
    69
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Yeah it boots up, and no I didn't zap it when I was working with it, the corner where it was dropped was the corner the gpu was.
     
    KoW210, Feb 5, 2010
    #10
  11. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

    Reputations:
    2,674
    Messages:
    6,039
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    205
    So after it boots what happens when you connect an external screen and hit FN+F7?

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Feb 5, 2010
    #11