Comments on: How to disassemble Sony Vaio VPCS111FM. Fixing power button.

By: subbu

subbu — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 16:45:10 +0000

In reply to Steerpike. Yeah the copper tape is super sticky felt I'm going break the board if I wasn't careful, thank for your info

By: Steerpike

Steerpike — Mon, 12 Jan 2015 20:22:22 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to document the steps. I followed them but ran into a few variations on the same model. Hopefully this helps others
Step 3 – hard drive. There was a 3rd, long screw to remove close to the barcode sticker in the picture (left of the sticker). Pretty obvious to spot.
Step 7 – to the other poster who mentioned difficulty removing the screw below the hard drive – I got it out with the same Philips head screwdriver that I used for everything else. Note that these screws are several different sizes and you need to remember which ones go back where … I take a sheet of paper and place the screws in the exact ‘location’ they came from.
Step 12 and 14 – this is where I really had difficulty. After removing all the noted screws (which again are different sizes, keep track of them!), I could NOT release the board. After maybe 30 minutes of nerve-wracking effort, I noticed there was some strong adhesive Copper tape somehow holding the wireless card down against the back of the keyboard. It was super-sticky, and the act of removing it required a lot of brute force which is not reassuring when dealing with such delicate components. .
When it came time to reassemble this part, there are THREE separate ‘plugs’ that mate to three corresponding ‘sockets’ on the board below. The two white ones are robust, but the third is just a bunch of raw copper pins sticking up. During the above struggle with the tape, I think I bent several of them. I spent another hour or so painstakingly straightening the bent pins before being able to re-assemble. Great care is needed with this board, overall!

By: Norm

Norm — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:54:23 +0000

Hey, I am disassembling my sony vpcs113fg, i am having trouble removing the screw under the hard drive assembly (refer step 7 photo), can you tell me what type of screwdriver I will need? I suspect it is a torx screw?

By: IML Tech

IML Tech — Tue, 03 Jun 2014 01:38:39 +0000

In reply to Charko. @ Charko, I don't think it's a common problem. There is a chance your motherboard is failing. Maybe it has a micro crack somewhere. Apparently, when you move the laptop, you short the motherboard. Have you tried reseating RAM just in case?

By: Charko

Charko — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 21:54:22 +0000

Heyho,

‘ve got a VAIO pcg -81112m (Looks exactly like the above) that has gotten a bit cranky.
Whenever I move it it will shut down. I have checked the power button but it seems in one piece. Pretty certain it’s a fault though.

So I was just wondering if any of you might know if it’s something common or not.

By: Subbu

Subbu — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 08:18:48 +0000

Can you pl. send a picture of where the RTC CMOS Battery is located in mother board

Thanks in advance

By: Agustin

Agustin — Wed, 14 Aug 2013 02:58:26 +0000

Dear Admin,

Absolutely helpful! I could fix my work laptop with your help, saving time and money. THANK YOU!!!!

Best wishes,
Agustin from Argentina

By: Moi Jank

Moi Jank — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 13:42:44 +0000

Thanks a lot for the very helpful guide!

By: tayo

tayo — Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:18:42 +0000

hello I am having problem putting this model back together could you send me a detailed/ bigger version of the pictures you have on the site for the model sony vaio VPC-s111fm. I accidently took the screen apart from the from the motherboard now i just have pieces, if you could send me some pics im sure I could figure out what goes where

thank you,
tayo

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:27:00 +0000

Just one little wrinkle in there. If there is a Sim card then remove this or you can’t get the back off. It’s in the battery compartment.

Thanks very much for this – much appreciated.