Comments on: How to disassemble Sony Vaio VGN-FW170J

By: jim

jim — Sat, 02 May 2015 17:59:55 +0000

Hi IML tech ,
Thanks for your tutorial, the screen on my FW series laptop is displaying a multi colored (mostly green ,pink & blue & flashing ) pixalated picture ,Like what you get when a loose cable connection between your vga card and the monitor , the output to a monitor works fine (on both hdmi & VGA) I managed to follow your tutorial and re seat the VGA cables to the mother board , but no luck same problem, could your kindly offer me your advise as to what could be wrong?
Many Thanks

By: Franco

Franco — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:42:03 +0000

Has anyone figured out how to remove the plastic cover of the power jack? I have seen several posts asking about it but no useful suggestions. I have seen a video where the repairer fiddle with a small flat screwdriver, but I could not figure out what he did to get it off.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 04:23:43 +0000

Hi. I need to replace DC jack cord on fw-290. I followed your directions and it took a while but I finally got the cord out of the round housing but then I ran into a snag. The cable I removed had a grounding logout side of the square plastic that surrounds the DC socket. The replacement cable is the same but has the grounding lug inside the square plastic. I suspect I might be able to pull it out without damaging it but I’m not 100% sure. Does it matter if the lug is inside the plastic or outside? I can send picture of part I’m referring to ifI have email address to send it to.

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:04:08 +0000

In reply to Jitendra. @ Jitendra,

I have removed the RAM and again fit them but no luck.

Try removing RAM module by module. Test the laptop with each module separately, try different slots. It's possible one of the modules is bad.

By: Jitendra

Jitendra — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:51:46 +0000

I have same laptop, when i push the power button only green light is coming. Screen is blank, cant hear fan and HDD noise. what could be the reason. I have removed the RAM and again fit them but no luck.

By: alan

alan — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 15:06:34 +0000

Thanks for the excellent tutorial,
I have a VGN FW41zjh when trying to open the closed lid I managed to open the lid half way and I accidently. Drop the laptop back on the table since then the screen has been fuzzy green and not displaying a steady picture only working on external I have been told this may be a damaged inverted ot just a lose connection could you please advise how to get The inverter and try to fix Thi which steps should I take thanks

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 18:00:45 +0000

excellent tutorial
just one question, where is the bios chip located
Mike

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:16:59 +0000

In reply to Caluser. @ Caluser,

Do I need to take off the keyboard tray, speakers and the top cover, in order to take off the base plate ?

If you want to remove the fan, than yes. It's necessary to disassemble the laptop completely. If you want to clean it up, probably it should be enough to remove the speaker cover and keyboard as it shown in the step 9. When the keyboard removed, you'll get some limited access to the fan. You can use an air compressor or canned air to blow off the dust.

By: Caluser

Caluser — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:18:28 +0000

Thank you, great demonstration of the process.

I need to reach the fan inside my sony vaio vgn-fw290 laptop. The laptop gets overheated near the cpu/fan area, I suspect it might be because of accumulated dust there.

Do I need to take off the keyboard tray, speakers and the top cover, in order to take off the base plate ?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:38:30 +0000

I used your guide to replace my keyboard with a failed space bar. Everything worked out fine, but in step 6 there should be TWO screws marked yellow that attach the keyboard. The one that needs to be changed from red to yellow identifier in your picture is the one just onside of the lower right of the battery compartment. Other than that, your guide is very well written. Thank you.