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Sony vaio Blue and Blackscreen

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:05:32 GMT

Well my laptop died, everything is now officially black same as Club Vaio seems to be dead.... Not a single response in 9 days

I cannot deny I enjoyed my laptop a lot. But Sony these days is going towards a horrible direction. I certainly hope they go back to their roots of their designs.

- "Less is more"

- "Always the latest stuff on it"

- "Incredable screen quility"

Right now I am in the market for a new laptop. Money is is not a problem at all, but Sony does not offer anything in the range I am looking for. Not even in signature collection which I was considering. Their state of the art 3D laptop is the most ugly and FAT design I have seen of Sony ever and I think they should be ashamed of themselves to bring such a product on the market.

I have always recommeded Sony Vaio Laptops to people. Could practically be a retailer, but these days I would be ashamed to recommend anybody one unless they want some low budget with old specs computer or just something dead ugly.

Yeah I know it looks easy for me to complain. Or you might think I might be frustrated because my laptop broke. But this is certainly not the case. I knew my laptop was dying, I have seen and gotten all the possible signs and I was long ahead preparing for a new laptop. So what am I looking for then?

- 15.4 and up screensize (15.6 perfect size for movies and video streams and also portable). NO 17 inch too freeking big

- Best screen quality ever with high ass resolution.

- LATEST intel processor

- Bare minimum 1GB videocard (hope not Nvidea since my bad experiance with last laptop)

- Lots of memory. Min 6GB

- USB3 ports (this is where apple lost me)

- not a boring black design again! Why should E-series only get a colour. Btw I prefer white, like a virgin.

- backlight keyboard

- Hoping for limited signature collection

- As thin and light as possile. To give you an impression Sony 3d laptop is like a pork compared to my old FE31M model.

- Kill the dammed bloathware you put on my upcoming laptop

- TIP: never understood why sony cannot build laptops with disc grive that you push in instad of taking a tray out. It's stupid. Sony should follow example of Dell and Apple in this. Quite impossible to open disc driver when the laptop is on your lap without damaging disc. Please no more MatSHITa. First thing that died on me.

Seems Sony is pushing and forcing me to an apple product which is the only product near or equal to Sony quality. Sony is lucky Dell is also Ugly and has ugly screen angle and quality. And why the heck are signature collection worse then the actual product being sold. Signature collection should be unique and great specs not more of the boring same with only a different colour and lesser CPU's. Why can apple, dell, asus and acer put latest cpu in their laptops but Sony not?

Sony wth is wrong with you! Feels like a knife going trough my chest.

A VERY dissapointed customer

Sony vaio Blue and Blackscreen

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:17:42 GMT

After losing my post because this website forgot my credentials I'm gonna make it real short

You all might remember me from my FE11M clicking hdd disk sound post now I have diffirent issue with FE31M

My sony vaio FE31M does not boot up anymore in normall mode. I get vertical blue stripes and then $$$ resulting in blue screen.

Save mode works so I tried

- Removing videocard driver completly and reboot

- Removing videocard driver completly and reinstalling sony driver again

- Removing videocard driver completly and reinstall latest driver

- Removing videocard driver completly and reinstall microsoft windows updat driver

- Reinstalling backup of intire system

- Reinstalling windows completly

All resulted sometimes works and then other times not. When it worked it only worked for the time being and then in the middle of watching a movie or browsing my screen goes black and upon reboot I get the vertical stripes again.

Tried more stuff too no avail but not important enough to mention. In the screenshots you can see what I see. I assume my build in video card Nvidea Geforce Go 7600 is broken or heats up too much. Since replacing my entire motherboard is at the moment no option for me.

Have to say I am disappointed. This month I was going to buy a new laptop and I was flipping between Sony and Apple. Looking at my laptop now I am a bit disappointed in durability. I have to say though that sony makes the best screens which was one of the main reasons why I bought a Sony.

Message was edited by: Carelino

Power callibration error matshita dvd-ram UJ-850S

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:10:29 GMT

It has been a while, I guess that is a good thing

Yet I have an issue that I hope is not hardware related. My burner does not want to burn dvd's anymore. Everytime I try to burn something I get power calibration error. It can read but not burn. Tried different brands - and +, yet to no prevail.

Perhaps it has been mentioned before. But I can't seem to search the threads. Perhaps I need the lastest driver what I can't seem to find since sony driver site suggests PIONEER drivers what my laptop does not accept.

Sony Vaio FE31M

Wonder who thought of the name Matshita....

Any suggestion would be welcome.

Little early but,

merry x-mas and a happy new year

Re: S1 button vgn fz21z clean install vista Ultimate

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 11:05:54 GMT

I googlesearched clubvaio and found this

LINK

Even though I don't know how the last idea worked, I don't think it is possible then...

S1 button vgn fz21z clean install vista Ultimate

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:43:02 GMT

Since I got such great help yesterday I have a small question for my friend who also has Vaio laptop (vgn fz21z). He did a clean install of vista Ultimate and as you can guess the S1 button will not work (the others all work perfectly).

Is there a driver or something to get it too work?

Re: WIRELESS WLAN PROBLEMS Help Please?

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:27:43 GMT

Must be something with your Wireless Switch Setting Utility i recommend reinstalling it. That is the utility that is suppose to turn it on or off. I don't remember well but I believe there was a thread about this.

Since there is no search available I wont be able to find it back. You got nothing to loose so try reinstalling The Wireless Switch Setting Utility.

Since your laptop is different it is hard for me to help you. I believe your laptop does not have it. I do see in your original installed files online that there is a:

LINK
Original Utilities Package
VAIO Smart Network
Wireless LAN Driver Atheros
Wireless LAN Driver Intel

You could try reinstalling them. I wish I could do more....

Re: WIRELESS WLAN PROBLEMS Help Please?

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:56:00 GMT

It looks a lot like the problem people had in the beginning when Vista came out. Wireless not connecting and everything. Don't remember precisely.

Did you try installing the latest driver for your Wireless card:

Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

Re: Memory Stick Pro Duo FE31M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:17:30 GMT

Super, works immediately!

Thanks again

Re: WIRELESS WLAN PROBLEMS Help Please?

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:23:21 GMT

Try disabling
"allow computer to turn off this device to save power"
Assuming you have Vista....

1. Go to desktop
2. Rightclick computer
3. pick "properties"
4. Device manager
5. In device manager look for "network adapters" and double click it
6. Double click your wireless card "(Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG"
7. Go to the TAB "Power Management"
8. Turn OFF (no V in the square) "allow the computer to turn off this device to save power"
9. Press OK and your done (you can close everything).

If this is not helping it is something else.....first easy solutions.

Good luck

Memory Stick Pro Duo FE31M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:53:41 GMT

Yesterday I bought a Sony Cybershot T-500 camera. Allong with it I also bought a Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo 8GB Mark 2.

Of course I would like to transfer the files from the stick directly to my computer using the build in Memory Stick Pro Duo slot (in right front of laptop).

It seems though that the slot does not accept higher then 4GB (I think). It keeps wanting to format the card and when I format it I can only format it up too 3.58 while it's a 8GB on top of that if I format the card my Sony Camera can't read stick anymore. Right now it cannot read/write the card until I format it on the laptop.

Anyway the question is, is there an update or something so it will work.

Current driver is:
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 21-06-2006
Driver version: 6.0.6001.18000

I know I have a secondary slot for SD and Also memory stick to put in the side but I prefer not using that one (haven't tested it yet either).

Thanks in advance.

Replace keyboard FE31M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:08:54 GMT

I recently broke one of my key latch (capslock button) mechanism and the "W" button does not always work properly (pressing it but no "w"). The only thing I can do to fix it is to replace the entire keyboard. I have experience opening my laptop, did it a couple of times to clean out the dust (lot's of it).

I know there are on ebay a lot of people selling the keyboard but I was wondering if there is any other option? I live in the Netherlands (Holland). Sony Vaio FE31M black

Thanks ahead.

Re: External HDD case Fujitsu MHV2160BT

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:39:45 GMT

Well it seems to be impossible....

External HDD case Fujitsu MHV2160BT

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:25:37 GMT

I recently replaced my Fujitsu MHV2160BT (4200) SATA 160GB in my laptop for a WD3200BEKT (7200RPM). So now im looking for a external hdd casing for the Fujitsu MHV2160BT.

You might think its easy BUT Fujitsu has been so smart to make the dimensions HightxWidthXDepth in MM= 12,5x70x100 . Im afraid its impossible to find a casing that fits Fujitsu MHV2160BT. Yet i'm hoping there is and maybe somebody give me a couple of suggestions.

The issue is 12,5 mm Height normally it would be 9 or 9.5 mm.

I know about connector and docking stations (prob wont fit either the docking stations). But if I use that it NOT really portable anymore...

Some help/suggestions would be appreciated. I bet I'm not the only guy with a FujitSHITsu having the same problem. I shure hope there is 1 it will fit in.

Re: Clicking harddisk sound FE11S sequel

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:22 GMT

Funny that a lot of people keep having the same problem also in new laptop models from Sony. It seems also other brands besides sony has issues with this clicking sound. The problem seems to be the same brand of harddisk.

Just to let anybody know since I have sent my Laptop to Sony I never heard a clicking sound again. Then when bought new laptop of Sony FE31M (old one was stolen FE11S) which had no clicking sound thank god.

Now buying new harddisk Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB 7200RPM LINK . Finally getting RID of that very annoying slow 160GB 4200RPM FuijSHITsu (although it always worked perfectly without ANY issues the previous one clicked). From NOW on I will only buy Wester Digital or Seagate. Also when a laptop comes with diffrent brand I will sell it and buy the one I want.

I hope post helped out a lot of people....

Good lucky everybody

Re: Geheugen uitbreiding FZ21M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:18:08 GMT

Ten eerste in het geval van 4 GB is het mogelijk dat een deel van het systeemgeheugen boven de 3 GB niet beschikbaar is voor het besturingssysteem. Dit komt omdat 32bit vista dit niet ondersteund (overigens zijn er berichten binnen dat met de Service Pack 1 van Microsoft het geheugen wel zichtbaar wordt). Desodanks zal het waarschijnlijk niet gebruikt worden.

Om er gebruik van te maken dien je eigenlijk 64bits Windows Vista te hebben en applicaties die daadwerkelijk 4GB aan geheugen nodig hebben en ook 64bits ondersteunen wat erg lastig kan zijn. Het is nu al verdomd lastig met 32bit dus laat staan 64. Eingelijk is 4GB dus nutteloos als je een 32bit Vista hebt maar goed je kan het er altijd in proppen ook al wordt het niet zichtbaar dan.

Mijn advies koop van Kingston Valueram

Valueram zijn gewone ramsetjes, dus niet bedoeld om te overklokken. Ze halen de snelheden waarop ze gerated zijn, maar zullen ook niet veel daarboven klokken. Meestal hebben ze ook geen heatspreader. Anderszijds halen ze gegarandeerd hun snelheid op de normale spanning (dus 1.8V voor DDR2 en 2.6V voor DDR) waar performance ram standaard al een voltageverhoging nodig heeft. Verder is valueram goed betrouwbaar en heeft het een grote compatibiliteitsrange. Ik heb er zelf 2 in mijn laptop zitten en werken zonder problemen. Werkgeheugen ga ik toch niet overklokken.

Nu zit je natuurlijk opgescheept met verkeerd geheugen en die onzin over geheugencheck e.d. geld voor desktop niet VAIO laptops. BIOS is gewoon zoals hij is die tip geld voor desktop.

Wat kan je nog proberen:

- Check of je laptop nog werkt met je oude geheugen en check en of je het niet ondersteboven erin hebt gedaan ofzo (denk niet dat je zo gek bent).
- Kijk of je dat geheugen terug kan sturen, waarschijnlijk ben te laat al. Als die website expliciet beweert dat het in je laptop kan heb je wellicht rechten. Anders maar verkopen op marktplaats.

Nog een tipje ik heb in het verleden om te testen stuff gekocht bij Mediamarkt om te testen of het werkt en vervolgens terug te brengen en elders goedkoper online te kopen. Controleer altijd bij de kassa of je het terug mag brengen (niet alles mag namelijk terug).

En tot slot je kan beter in engelse forum posten binnen een paar seconden zullen je vragen beantwoord worden. Er zijn daar ook veel meer gebruikers met dezelfde laptop.

Succes verder

Re: Over heating of my :Laptop

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:38:14 GMT

The guys above me are correct. I recently had to take my vaio appart because it became very hot. It could say it was not a laptop anymore, bc I would burn my lap.

When I opened it if was completely filled with dust. In one of the holes in the ventilator there was a BIG peace of collected dust. After cleaning all dust all over the place my laptop never heated op anymore even with heavy duty. Just like when I bought my laptop.

Yet you can use software to check what heats op, yet the only real way to find out is taking your vaio appart. Ofcourse it pretty scary to do such a thing and you need to be VERY carefull. You take a risk of braking your laptop yet if your carfull not. But look at the bright side, right now you can't do anything with your hot laptop .

Maybe one of the people here can give you a guide how to open it up for your model

Good luck.

Re: burn dvd

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:25:08 GMT

Thx for your suggestion, but I never installed Roxio software.

Re: burn dvd

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:52:57 GMT

Aarch i can't burn ANYTHING anymore....sigh another Vista issue as always must be something with drivers, firmware what ever.

Wonder WHY Sony keeps a 2006 driver when we are in 2008 with vista on our lap.

- Unsinstalling-->reinstalling driver 3 times now (same thing counts for software)
- NO not only one software but Nero, Clone CD, Windows DVD maker al stop burning suddenly
- Yes it can read dvd's cd's and starts burning but suddely out of the blue stops.

Never had this problem with Windows XP, getting bored now Helping Microsoft and Sony to produce a good product.

I'm not angry but dissappointed, just want my damm laptop to work IT seems to much to ask from Sony and Microsoft and now also the cheapest burner MATSHITA.

Sigh guess nobody here has any issues again just like the thread I started about sound issues wich still remain. Guess me and 1 other person are the only 2 who have good ears. I try to remain positive but after so many problems I still wonder why Sony particepated in this mess named Vista. Guess the same reason why I installed Vista yet I'm trying to make it work properly.....

Re: burn dvd

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:47:15 GMT

Used Sony dvd's and Phillips DVD's same issues...gonna try to uninstall again (did it already with no result).

Re: burn dvd

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:18:58 GMT

Doesn't Sony have their own driver for this?

Re: VGN-FS790 Series Disassemble Instruction

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:56:13 GMT

Hey thx indeed 2nd one for a friend of mine

THX again

burn dvd

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:21:34 GMT

Ik have a FE31M latop with Vista but everytime I want to burn (doesnt matter what program) it fails. 3 discs wasted and now i try rewritable but failed to burn or erase.

matshita DVD-RAM uj-850s ATA-Device
Driver provider: Microsoft
Driver date: 21-06-2006
Version: 6.0.6000.16386

Anybody suggestion or maybe update of that driver from Sony themselves...

VGN-FS790 Series Disassemble Instruction

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:09:58 GMT

I need a VGN-FS790 Series Disassemble Instruction

Thx ahead

(by the way where can I get them, so I dont have to keep asking ;) )

Re: remove keyboard button

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:20:12 GMT

Wow nice, butah....all the way to step 40! that is a lot of parts to remove before i get there lol. I have to think twice again about that. And i Dont think this shows my how to get to the buttons underneath the toutchpad

Re: remove keyboard button

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:18:15 GMT

Another question. Is it possible to remove the toutchpad buttons and clean that erea? I always use my my buttons and never tap to click (hate that). So its pretty dirty down there and probably the reason why it doesnt work always. I dont have a warrenty anymore so i can open it without being afraid...

Thx ahead

Re: remove keyboard button

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:11:36 GMT

thx dat werkt uitstekend maar dan van achteren naar voren werken he

remove keyboard button

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:34:00 GMT

can anybowdy tell me how to remove a button from my keyboard my keyboard so i can clean it keeps pressing wwwwwwwww help plz

FE31M

Re: Clicking harddisk sound FE11S sequel

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:26:41 GMT

You can still download it...fill in code in right corner on the top and wait 45 sec and then press the button free download.

Funny milestone more then 100.000 people have visited this page. Mustv given clubvaio a boost. Never thought when i started it would become this big. Just shows how serious this problem is/was.

Re: FE31M Humming/cracking/scratchy sound with SigmaTel High Def

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:34:06 GMT

Hmmmz after all this time there are only two people with this problem??? Either people are deaf or 2 people are crazy.

Just to POINT out to all af YA dell users with YEAH INDEED with SIgmatel Audio are experiancing the same issues. Take a look at this link

Come on people work with me maybe some of the administrators can tell the Sony people to take a look at this very annoying issue and bring out drivers wich are more up to date and resolves the issue.

I could send my laptop BUT it happens radomly....afraid they will tel me nothing is wrong...yet it happens...SONY DO SOMETHING! This problem never occurred in Windows XP but Vista fuckes me up again....

Re: Flash not working???

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:42:42 GMT

Oh by the way tell me if it worked.....