Comments on: How to disassemble Sony Vaio PCG-K series notebooks. Step-by-step instructions.

By: Enzo from Berlin

Enzo from Berlin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:30:30 +0000

Hello @ all
have the (european) VAIO PCG-K215M.works fine ! i want tell u that at the beginning working with it ,the DVD runs real bad.one day i search (deep) on SONY VAIO website and i see an updatefile for the DVD ! i exekute this file and my DVD was reading and writing WELL !!!
many luck with urs .wfr thx Enzo

P.S. anybody knows the original $ / € price since 6 / 7 years ago ?

By: musta'in

musta'in — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:42:21 +0000

dear sir,
i have sony vaio PCG-4L9P.
how to diasssemble it.
thank you for you help.

By: arnie

arnie — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:02:18 +0000

hi can some help my laptop is sony vaio PCG-5KFP and im having a problem in my keyboard sometimes it continues to type the double U and sometimes it can be type..pls help me…

By: Bev

Bev — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:08:11 +0000

Have a Sony PCG-9SIL laptop and the screen is not working. Tried an external monitor and that
works fine. Do you think it is the back light? If so — where can I order a replacement and can you illustrate how to replace on the laptop?

By: Scott Beck

Scott Beck — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:45:21 +0000

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-8R7L laptop. The hard disk was not recognized after defragmenting it. A friend said that I needed to replace the disk. So I bought the new part and without seeing your description I disassembled my PC. I figured out how to remove the bottom screws and found the keyboard latches and removed the keyboard. Unfortunately, I didn’t disconnect all of the cables and tore the one that connects the built-in mousepad at its creased fold next to the motherboard. I had hoped that I could still salvage the computer by using a USB mouse instead, so I installed the new hard disk in its mount and reassembled everything. The new hard disk had no OS installed on it, but I thought I would be able to load an OS via the internal DVD drive. When I powered on the computer, the disk spun, the display showed the VIAO logo, and ctl-alt-del could cause a re-boot. It seemed like all was OK. However the DVD drive tray wouldn’t open and without that device I couldn’t install the OS. I guess that the cable I severed was also distributing power to the DVD drive. Is this correct? If not, have I screwed up something else? Maybe you could also tell me where to buy a replacement cable. I hope the laptop part isn’t too expensive. Thanks.

By: Enzo from Berlin Germany

Enzo from Berlin Germany — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:32:47 +0000

hello Mr. “Laptop Tech”
THX very much for ur awnser ! very kindly to help me ! i found all here! and in youtube i found nice films how to clean my “T+t” button on keybord.Now it works fine, just replace,clean it ,and put back ! and there are some more films to screw the hole sony laptop.maybe u want link some films here? i have become now the original software CD from my friend,drivers an so on.anybody needs the iso?and what about was the price of these mine sony? i didnt found anything…
thx have a nice day ! Enzo from Berlin Germany

By: gjdgjd

gjdgjd — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:56:42 +0000

246 Frustrated.
Had a similar problem – not my laptop. Maybe I got lucky but I found that inserting the appropriate memory card permitted the thing to boot (would not boot without the card). Once in windows I disabled the slot in device manager and it seemed to work OK – obviously the slot does not work. I have not tried it (not my machine) but I have seen reference to the fact that sometimes you can leave the card in whilst booting and then once you are booted you can use it as normal (remove/replace the cards as you need them) but you must have a card in when you boot it. I have also seen that, in the most severe cases, you have to leave the card in AND disable it in Device Manager (obviously the card slot then cannot be used). If you are game for it I have also known people simply diassemble the machine (as above) and simply remove the thing! I am no expert but it seems to be an issue with the “card inserted or not” detection when booting. Hope it helps!

By: Ren

Ren — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:57:04 +0000

Hello Laptop Tech,

I have sony vaio pcg-k23, the problem I’m having is that, cannot see my HDD. Went to bios to check the Primary IDE= None. So I bought a new HDD to make sure its not the HDD but unfortunately it’s the same result. Tried to open the laptop based on your pix and by the way its awesome- to reset my bios by pulling out the cmos battery for 15 min then put it back but still the same result. Do you have any idea how to resolve this?

Thanks

By: david`

david` — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:52:00 +0000

is there an easy way to find out if my sony vaio pcg k215m has a wireless card inside it with out taking it apart an also how easy would it be to put a wireless card inside the computer thanks

By: momo

momo — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:13:51 +0000

hi there
i have a sony pcg k45
we tried to clean the fan1 nd fan 2 and its successful. do we need to remove the processor sticked to the fan so we can put it back to its exact position were having a hard time putting it back.thanks and more power