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    Z13 power on problems

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by plastic, Aug 21, 2013.

  1. plastic

    plastic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi guys,

    After I disassembled my Z13 to lubricate the fan (that went well, no noise anymore), I started having strange issues.
    For one, the power button lights up, but does not work anymore. I power on using the assist key (normal boot, to windows desktop, no backup mode)
    Two, I can not put the computer to sleep, suspend... Looks like pwr management is off for some reason
    Three, I can not enter BIOS at startup. I tried mashing F2, no result...

    Other than these issues, the laptop works perfectly fine. Still this bothers me, and would like to fix what seem to me BIOS related issues
    If anyone could be of help, I would appreciate it.
    THX
     
    plastic, Aug 21, 2013
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    anytimer Notebook Virtuoso

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    Are all the keys on the keyboard working?
     
    anytimer, Aug 21, 2013
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    plastic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you for the answer, all keys are working well, backlight works too.
    Tried to put it to sleep via Windows, only get a black screen with all lights and fan running.
     
    plastic, Aug 21, 2013
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    Small update: when accessing Vaio Control Center, there is only one special button (S1) that can be customized. Still, every one of them works when pushed....
    Maybe using Pyro's utility will fix this, will check it out
     
    plastic, Aug 23, 2013
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    Try going into power options and setting defaults for all three modes. You can always customise later, once you get this sorted out.
     
    anytimer, Aug 23, 2013
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    No luck with the power options, BIOS is still not accessible at boot.
    Maybe a bios update could do the trick? A bit scary, given that after lubricating the fan and repasting, everything is working as good as new
     
    plastic, Aug 24, 2013
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