My Sony Vaio notebook refuses to turn on for no reason at all but after some it comes back alive
I have had a Sony Vaio notebook, for about 3 years. Recently, it just refuses to turn on for no reason at all. I mean, the power button does not work, and nothing starts. Just when I was about to give up (3 months later) and tried one last time on the power button, it turned back on! After a couple of months of working fine, it died again. A couple of months later, it came back alive again! I did absolutely nothing to it. It never dies when I am using it – only when the laptop is shut off, and the next time I try to turn it on, it does not respond. The only clue that I have is that windows takes a long time to load (but that may just be the many programs I have installed on it). I tried cleaning the fan, but no use. The battery is not the greatest, but it does not run even with the battery removed. It does not seem to be overheated because the processor does not even get any power to it. After 2 repair shops, nobody seem to be able to tell me what the problem is. I would greatly appreciate it if you could help! Thanks!
It’s very hard to troubleshoot a laptop with a problem like yours. An intermittent problem is the worst!
I would recommend unplugging the battery, wait for couple minutes and then try to start the laptop using just AC power, but it looks like you’ve already tried it. I had a Sony laptop before and got the same problem 2 times. I was able to get my laptop back to live by removing the battery and starting it from the AC adapter.
I think it’s possible you’re your AC adapter might have an intermittent problem.
It also might be a loose connection somewhere on the system board. If I would get this laptop for repair, I would open it up and reseat all connections on the motherboard. I would try to strip it down to minimize the system and leave just the system board, the memory and the CPU and try to turn it on with an external monitor attached. If the system still doesn’t work even when it’s stripped down, I would suspect that the motherboard is bad. I know that’s not a lot of help, but that’s what I would try to do.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
ok i have a sony labtop (PCG-7X1L)
dc 19.5v
ok ive tried taking the batterie out and the ac power source, the putting in the power source a few minutes later, bu tit don twork, my problem is that i push the power button and the labtop will not turn on any other sugestions, and the last time i shut down, i did it properly
March 18th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
I have a problem turning on my laptop, when I switch on my laptop the light is green ok but the screen wont turn on. i try switch off the laptop and put it back on but the laptop screen will still not turn on, it was working few hour ago i need help?
March 16th, 2009 at 5:31 pm
hay i was wondering i have to get a new mother board and i was wondering is a intel centrino 1.8ghz a good processor
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:43 pm
will do
March 1st, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Erik,
Let me know what was wrong.
March 1st, 2009 at 3:34 pm
ok well i took it to some pros so i hope they can fix it
March 1st, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Erik,
That description sounds like a possible memory issue. When you have a faulty memory module or bad connection or defective memory slot, laptop turns on but there will be no video or sound.
Can you easily access RAM modules? Try reconnecting them. Remove them one by one and test the laptop with each module in each slot. This way you can find a faulty module.
Also sounds like a possible memory problem.
March 1st, 2009 at 12:45 pm
yes i have 2 512mb but When I push the power button, the light turns on, the wifi and hard drive lights turn on like it normally does when it starts. The cd drive spins, and will open if I push the button. The screen stays blank, though. I don’t think it is a problem with the RAM, because it dosent make any sounds like it’s booting up, or the vaio bios sound.
If I twist the laptop in a certain position and put pressure on it, it will boot normally, but will freeze, go black or give an error and restart if I let go.
February 28th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Erik,
1. Turn off the laptop, unplug the AC adapter, remove the battery. Wait for a few minutes. Plug the power adapter back and try turning it on.
2. Could be memory problem. Try reconnecting the memory module. Do you know if you have two modules installed in your laptop? Try removing them one by one.
February 28th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
Hello my name is Erik and i have a sony vaio VGN-FS500 and when i shut it down it went off like always now when i went to boot it up the vaio screen didnt even show it acted like there wasnt even a hard drive in it or any thing. like i will hit the power button and itll get power the hard drives getting power but nuthing is popping up on the screen i cant even access the bios. help would be great if any one could help just message me at imthedisterbedone @ hotmail dot com please i need help
October 30th, 2008 at 4:57 am
Wonder if I could ask for an opinion. I have a Sony Vaio VGN-T270P laptop from 2005. Up until 4 days ago, it was working perfectly. Now, I get perpetual system reboots. Cannot load into Safe Mode, command prompt, etc. Tried a Linux boot CD to recover my data, that doesn’t work either … it just hangs at the splash screen. Ran Memtest … huge numbers of errors (over 3,000,000 just in the first 5 tests!). I’m leaning towards a memory problem, but need to figure out if the problem is with the onboard memory (512M) or the memory module (512M). So I pulled the module, but the system wouldn’t start. It won’t even run with the Memtest boot CD. With the module pulled, I don’t even make it to the Bios splash screen. I put the module back in, and get to where I was earlier.
My questions are:
(1) Does this likely mean my onboard memory / mobo is the problem?
(2) Is there anyway to confirm this without taking it to a repair centre and being charged $150 to “diagnose” the problem.
As an FYI, no new hardware or software was installed. The last thing I did before the failure was check my email.
Thanks!
October 1st, 2008 at 4:46 am
Hi Guys,
I have a problem when I unplugged AC from my Vaio VGN-880E. My screen starts to blink. When I plugged in AC it stops to blik. And whenever I restart my pc without AC power it works normal, LCD screen not blinks.But whever I plug and unplug AC adapter it starts again.
Anyone else have this or have any clue how I’d solve it?
September 26th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Tim, did you ever solve your problem? I think I may have the same one.
Today my Vaio didn’t start up until I plugged the AC in. It runs fine off the adapter, but tells me “On AC Power”. It won’t run without the adapter with either of the two batteries I have. The battery contacts are clean.
Anyone else have this or have any clue how I’d solve it?
Cheers, Edmondo
September 7th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Hi, i have the same problem, aand some of your suggestions help, my sony viao laptop is about 2-3 years old, and it would randomly turn off, sometimes while i was doing important stuff, sooo what i did was un-attach the battery, and unplug the power cord, and then plug the cord back in, and it turned on, i think i will try and buy a new battery.
hope that helps some people out
-Henry-
August 28th, 2008 at 5:01 am
Hi ,
I have a Sony Vaio Laptop PCG-7k1L (VGN-FJ270 Series)since 2 years, My lil son forecebly placed it on the ground with a shake when the system was on.
Then it was hannged, no action for any key strokes ctr+alt+del etc. Then i truned off by pressing power button. When i tried to turn on with Power button, led light, power light, battery ligh comes but no action. screen is completely blank, no noice, fan is also not moving.
I tried with only AC adapter with out battery , same problem.
Could you please let me know what could be the fix?
Thanks
Mohan
August 21st, 2008 at 7:46 am
Have the same problem. Had this machine repaired six times last year. The people at the repair place last time told me not to bring it, as they cannot figure out what is wrong with it. Cannot say how disappointed I am.
July 19th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Hi, I have a problem with a Sony Vaio VGN – N30G someone brought it to me to fix it. He said the problem was that the computer was turning off by itself however. that never happened to me, but i did had to change the hard drive & ram . and it was working fine until i closed everything back again. then is when it started to turn off by itself.I even was testing it before closing it and it wwas working fine. However after i put all the screws back in and the keyboard (I did have some trouble putting the keyboard back in since it just woudlnt stayed locked) then the problem started. I took everything out again nd again it was working fine. but now it just stopped working the Led turns on but the screen is blank i havent seen the fan working but i did hear it working before. any help would be appreciate it
best regards
santiago
July 16th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I just got a Sony Viao model PCG=6D1L and the hard drive was removed because it crashed, the hard drive was a Toshiba MK6025GAS. I want to buy a new hard drive for this and the hard drive connector is missing. Question 1. where can I get a connector (cable) to connect the hard drive? Question 2. Once installed what software will I beed to fet this computer running? I don’t have any of the original software.
Please respond.
Thank You
Ronn
July 15th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I have a Sony Vaio Laptop GR-370. It’s a travel computer so it only gets used sporadically. Had some problems with the OEM battery holding it’s charge so we replaced it with an aftermarket and everything worked well.
Then the other day we went to use it and nothing. No power, no lights, dead. Popped the battery out and tried staring it from the ac power cord and still nothing. Going by the rule of check the least costly part 1st, I replaced the ac power cord. But it is still dead.
Any suggestions, thoughts or ideas ? Thanks !!
July 11th, 2008 at 10:41 am
VGN-B88GP.
Drops dead ALL THE TIME (No lights, nothing/nada/zip!)
It has had a few issues in our time together – battery, power jack and *other*.
For a long time now it’s just been this one same recurring issue. (Though I can strip that badboy in mere seconds these days!)
http://home.comcast.net/~nw_systems/vgnB.pdf
On page 14.
1) -second pic. *Take note the black LCD cable.
Okay then skip to
Page 16.
1) -second pic. *There’s a piece of white tape running horizontally (almost dead center of the pic). Mine has a big crease in it!! The little doobie the tape is stuck to is always pushed down.
Normally I just push it back up again, (so the tape straightens out) and put it all back together again and away she goes. In the last couple of times it’s finally clicked – that the LCD cable (which would move as the lid opens and closes) is more than likely to blame. This time around I was going to secure that sucker. But it’s not the problem this time!! ARGH!!
I *think* the problem is still over in amongst those ribbons somewhere… How would I know this?(ie. What should ribbons, connectors and stuff look like. Or not look like?)
(Man I hate Sony!!) Are there any (free) resources that deal with these crappy things at all??
(You’re good Laptopfreak
but you don’t deal with Vaios. Wouldn’t it be sad if someone who doesn’t even touch the stupid things was the best us poor wretches cursed with vaios had?? Makes me want to cry sometimes, I tell ya.)
It’s also possible that I’ve (finally) shorted the board. How would I know??
Thank-you for your precious time and marvellous site!
Take it easy
July 6th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Dear Sir,
. It looks that DVD-rom is on Primary IDE channel and HD on the secondary (secondary master). Couldn’t get reading for DVD-rom, don’t know if it’s primary master or slave…….
I hava Dell Inspiron 5150 and very strange problem on it. Recently DVD-RW stopped responding and I replaced it with my old DVD-rom . Everything works fine except I can’t boot from DVD-rom because BIOS doesn’t see it. Once Windows is loaded DVD-rom works perfectly. I tryed everything but no success
Any help would be much appreciated.
Cheers from Sydney-Australia
June 20th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
in reply to awesome_egyptian, i also have a hp dv6000 my sound stop working and now my power button stop working. the only way it will turn on is by pressing the on button, then pressing the quickplay icon on the power strip. hit the hp sign. wait a minute. different icons will come up dvd, music, pics, or windows. click on windows. it will hybernate, then hopefully boot up.
June 18th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
My dell inspiron starts absolutely froze it will not even leave the loading page. All it starts with is, inspiron e1505 is reading this computer system,”—– ” is protected by a password authentication system. You cannot access the data on this computer without the correct pass word. Please type in the system or administrator password and press .
June 8th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
awesome_egyptian,
Nope, in order to turn on the laptop you have to press on the power button, there is no hotkey. It sounds that the power button on your laptop is dead.
June 8th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Hi, I had a problem with the sound before and got help from you…it still doesnt work…but now I got a worse problem…my hp dv6000′s power button doesn’t work very well. At first you pressed lightly on the button and the computer turned on but now you have to press extremely hard on the button and sometimes it works and the computer turns on and sometimes it doesn’t work at all. When I press the quickplay button the dvd player on my laptop turns on and it works just fine but not my laptop because i have a problem with the button. I opened the computer and tried to see if maybe the problem was coming from the power button not touching the chip but after we put the computer back together I haven’t been able to turn the laptop on. Is there any way to turn the laptop on without the power button like by some hotkey for example?? Thank you very much for your help and time.
May 10th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
ok…i have a similar problem with my vaio pcg k25. I mainly use the ac adapter as my power supply, rarely using my battery. today…i plugged in the ac and turned it on, and it started…but shut down, not recognizing the ac adapter. the green led light on the adapter is on, but the recharging, or ac led light on my laptop won’t acknowledge that the ac adapter is plugged in. the led light that normally flashes when recharging my battery won’t turn on either. but i should reiterate…it will turn on when using the battery power, but there is no way to recharge it at this time.
what can i do? i should also mention i’m a poor college student, and my laptop is definitely out of warranty. ugh
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
DJ,
Do you know if the whirling noise comes from the cooling fan or from the hard drive?
You can try this. Remove the hard drive, start the laptop and try entering the BIOS setup menu by pressing Esc, or F1, or F2 (not sure witch one on Sony laptops). Can you do that?
If you can enter the BIOS menu, apparently the keyboard still works. In this case you might have a software/hard drive (if it makes noise) related problem. Replacing the hard drive and reinstalling OS may help.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 am
I have a Sony T250. It is making a whirling noise, the keypad will not work and the speakers are not working.
I have restored it, but it nothing to fix problems. Could this be the motherboard?? Do you know an estimate of the cost of a motherboard for this small unit and where I could locate one? If this is the problem.
Thanks for your assistance
February 26th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Dear cwjr
I had the same problem .. I tried to disconnect the mousepad ribbon .. The laptop starts up ..
I lift the main board and checked the mousepad cable .. it not fitted correctly .. I re-connect it .. and all things work now correctly ..
Thank you
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>cwjr Says:
>November 28th, 2007 at 12:46 am
>i have the same power on problem with my vaio. >disconnect the laptops mousepad ribbon from the >motherboard and it will magically startup again. this >worked for me… when i opened mine up and disconnected >the ribbons i forgot to reconnect the mousepad and it >started up. i realized the mouse wasn’t working so i >checked and saw that i forgot to reconnect it. i >connected that ribbon again and the computer wouldn’t >power on. so i disconnected it again, and wah-laa the >computer powered up! so try that and see if it works >for you
February 24th, 2008 at 10:59 am
my sony vaio had the number loc on plus the other two keys and the mute key lit, i am a novis so i decided to take out the battery and unplug the adapter from the wall i waited about 30 minutes and i plugged it back in and placed the battery in and the lights went off but, the key board is not responding. when i open up a word document and begin to type nothing happens. what did i do? or what is going on? and how can i repair this?