Comments on: How to remove memory, hard drive, optical drive and keyboard from Sony Vaio VGN-FE series laptop

By: Nio_707

Nio_707 — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:05:11 +0000

I have an FE31H which prooved to have a faulty Wireless LAN on/off Switch. I always had to try hard to turn it on. I mean, it was moving to On position but the switch itself wouldn’t make the “contact”.

So i removed the back cover (first remover the dvd drive, hard disk and covers), i slightly lifted the motherboard at the WLAN switch point, located the switch and dropped 2 micro drops of pure alcohol. Then i switched it to on/off many times for the alcohol to do its job, left it a couple of minutes, put it all back together and the switch is finaly working perfectly now!!!

By: Moogle

Moogle — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:37:27 +0000

Thank you so much for your guide. I managed to change the keyboard of my european FE11M. It’s difficult to unlock the connector and move the black clip ! But now it works fine.

By: fuller9box

fuller9box — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:09:12 +0000

Hi
laptop Tech,
Thanks for the fine disassembly guide, used it to completely pull apart, a FE41M trying to find out why it will not start. Changed the on / off switch with another (not sure if known good) but the symptoms remain the same. Detected +19.5 vdc at power jack (at the point where jack enters the motherboard) but still no lights, no fan, no action. Is there a series of troubleshooting steps that i can use to determine where i have lost power? Thanks again for a fine tutorial.

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:37:45 +0000

lansie,

The power jack of my VGN-FE 41M is broken and needs to be replaced. I already opened the laptop according to your instructions, but it was unclear if it is possible to change the jack without detaching the keyboard as well as the motherboard temporarily.

The power jack is mounted inside the laptop. You cannot access the power jack without removing the keyboard and top cover assembly. You’ll have to disassemble the entire laptop.

By: lansie

lansie — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:42:52 +0000

Hi,

what a great page and how helpful !!!

The power jack of my VGN-FE 41M is broken and needs to be replaced. I already opened the laptop according to your instructions, but it was unclear if it is possible to change the jack without detaching the keyboard as well as the motherboard temporarily. So I closed the laptop again and decided to ask you for some good advice / comment.

Thank you / kind regards

By: Mlizarde

Mlizarde — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:54:01 +0000

hello, also the cd/dvd drive does not work it scratches my cds…is there any way that it could be replaced with a blu ray one?

By: Mlizarde

Mlizarde — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:47:45 +0000

Hi, I have a VGN-FE660G laptop and the face of the laptop is cracked all the way to the inside corner, the screen works well (not damaged) but i would like to replace the entire part (frame) were can i find the part? can you guide me?

By: Saad

Saad — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:09:23 +0000

Hi I need to replace my optical drive. I found this page really helpful. I have exactly the same Laptop VGN-FE855E. Can you tell me how to remove the faceplate from my old dvd drive?

By: Jose

Jose — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:04:07 +0000

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Laptop Tech

Laptop Tech — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:47:59 +0000

Lester55,

How do you replace the Nic card in my Sony VGN-FE55QG. It’s either the Card or the switch and don’t tell me it’s an on board NIC would be just my luck.

In most laptops the NIC card is soldered to the motherboard. There is no switch for the NIC card. Maybe you are confusing it with the internal wireless card?