Comments on: How to disassemble Sony Vaio VGN-FE

By: Gozlemci

Gozlemci — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 16:49:34 +0000

Bu gÃ¼zel bilgi iÃ§in Ã§ok teÅŸekkÃ¼r ederim.
Ä°yi ki varsÄ±nÄ±z.
Thank you very much.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 14 Feb 2016 20:29:42 +0000

Hi Rene and others in case you are still checking this. I’ve had a dodgy wireless switch for years on my FE31Z. I thought it had finally packed up completely this time, as no fiddling with the switch brought the light on. I took the base off, and tried the switch while looking at the connected motherboard switch. You could see that it wasn’t going fully left (upside down from the front) when sliding the switch from the front. I tried pushing the end of the switch to the left, and it then snapped a little further, enough to switch it on properly! It’s obviously a crap bit of engineering which Sony should have done a recall on. If yours isn’t working, before doing anything drastic, try just pushing right on the left end of the switch (looking from the front, right way up as in normal operation).

By: Rene Goldstein

Rene Goldstein — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:55:45 +0000

I have a VGN-FE41Z running on Win Vista and all working well with exception of the Wireless Manual Switch. It sounds like the same problem reported by Lorenzo. The switch keeps turning off at the slightest touch or even if I move the laptop without touching the switch.
It is clearly a bad design problem. It was never reliable and doesn’t really “Click” to engage.
How can I disable the manual switch and keep it permanently on?
I’m pretty sure there is a sofware solution to avoid having to open the machine but I don’t know where to look.
Any suggestions will be apreciated.
By the way, this tutorial is a great resource, I’ll keep it bookmarked for the future.

By: John

John — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:05:25 +0000

Many thanks. I have a Sony vgn-fe28b which had started typing a ‘1’ repeatedly and endlessly, though other keys still worked, and the shift key turned the strings of ‘1’ into ‘!’. No need for removing the other parts in your demo, I just unscrewed the 3 screws in the battery compartment, removed the speaker bar (my, it sure does need some careful prizing all around to get it loose), unscrewed the long screw that goes from underneath to the keyboard and flipped out the keyboard. I now have a choice: I can buy a replacement keyboard on ebay for 40 quid or just plug in a USB keyboard, which works fine. Since it’s only used on a desk, the second option is good for me and costs nothing.

This site is really useful. Companies such as HP, Compaq, and Lenovo provide downloadable service manuals (pdf files). In contrast Sony are rubbish, they provide only the sketchiest of user manuals that give no useful info. So without this site I might have had to junk this laptop. A big thank you.

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By: Lorenzo Verde

Lorenzo Verde — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:09:36 +0000

My wireless switch is broken, and sometimes it switches himself off without touching it.. i want to bypass the switch setting the wifi always on! any suggestion!?!?

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:13:31 +0000

VERY helpful page – thought I’d have to remove every screw under the whole laptop (Sony FE41S) to replace the keyboard but after reading the article it was only three. Removing the speaker cover was a bit heart-stopping but it did snap out eventually (rather than snap in two!). Four more screws and the keyboard came loose. The connector looked a bit daunting but reading a few more paragraphs of the article all became clear. Everything now back in place and I have a fully working keyboard!

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:47:12 +0000

Hi,

I have a VGN-FE31M and it’s playing up (or dying!). Basically a week ago a heard a noise like electronics frying (just like the movies!). Since then the screen has been showing lines and distortion all over it. At first it would boot correctly the odd time but has now gone to this state full-time. As I understand, if it’s the graphics card this is built in to the motherboard and therfore I can forget about the laptop. But it might also be the inverter? It won’t hook up to an external monitor and is also distorted in safemode. Any ideas before I go spending money? Any help will be greatfully appreciated!!

By: Transport InOradea Ro

Transport InOradea Ro — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:56:28 +0000

hi, it really helped me a lot 😉 however I only wanted to clean my keyboard, take out piece of dust, hair … so I found out that I did not had to open the keyboard, just take keys one by one with fingers, …

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:44:15 +0000

This was a very helpful tutorial – beats trial-and-error hands down.

I’ve just followed it to replace the keyboard on a VGN-FE51B/H. Before the repair the S key was making constant contact, making the computer unusable. Now it’s back in action.

Follow the writer’s advice and take it slow. The speaker cover tabs are a bit fragile so take special care there, it’s fiddly. The cable connector is nicely wedged in but it’s so light it frees up suddenly.

Thank you!