Comments on: Taking apart Sony Vaio VPCZ1

By: J Wolff

J Wolff — Mon, 15 Feb 2016 00:35:26 +0000

Sony VPC Z11(X Seies seem to have a common problem with fans/cooling. TRY THIS FIRST: These little puppies (partic. the i7’s) run hot- BEFORE disassembling get one of the small ‘can’ air ‘b;asters & blow all of the gunk you can out of the inside through any opening you can get to! I went through this with my Z1190x & it virtually stopped all the fan noise & it now runs cool & its a cheap solution. PS: Do NOT take your VAIO to a “Big Box” store repair place Unless they have a recommendation! _ the idiots virtually wrecked my SSD – filled it partions all over the thing, etc. Now I’m at repacing the SSD with a new one.
Will the Sony Z1190x take Two of the 1.8 form factor SSD for a total of 512?

By: max

max — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:54:05 +0000

i have same model its VPCZ1 but taking charger when plug chrager light on then noting come on then ater is light of no life what is problem

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 12:21:27 +0000

i have a problem similar to the very first post after replacing my lcd. i think i may have damaged the push connector that resides just below the wireless card. any suggesttions?

By: arash

arash — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:46:38 +0000

sorry it was my mistake "CARLO" IS correct!! carlo January 28, 2014 | Thanks IML Tech. I reopened it, everything looks to be connected OK. I slightly moved the blue cable from the audio board (all the way across the motherboard) so that itâ€s not pinched. Closed everything with all the screws and restarted the laptop. Now I got the sound icon OK at the bottom of the display, but no sound (not with speakers and not with headsets). The sound icon is moving on the Volume Meters but no sound. On the Sound â€œPlaybackâ€ window the Realtek Digital Output is green; but both the â€œSpeakersâ€ (2- Realtek High Definition Audio) and the â€œNVIDIA HDMI Output (Port 1)â€ (NVIDIA High Definition Audio) say NOT PLUGGED IN. Any suggestion appreciated.

By: arash

arash — Mon, 31 Aug 2015 00:38:07 +0000

Hi
I have exactly the same problem dear sir CAROL
I do not know what to do…:(
I hope that someone can help me

arash

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 16:11:09 +0000

I need to replace the power jack. I have a new jack, which I can see is an exact match. It’s apparent that I need to remove the motherboard to route the wire, around the fan, to the connector on the motherboard underneath. I removed the keyboard assembly, but only see one screw holding the motherboard (top right). Taking out that doesn’t free up the motherboard. What else do I need to do to to remove the old wire and replace?
Thanks so much

By: zolee001

zolee001 — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 01:17:15 +0000

Hello
Thank you for this useful post!
I have the same model of VPC-Z1 laptop and sometimes it has sound problem,the realtek sound card missing from the device manager,sometimes only digital output works but mostly “No audio device installed” message.
I hope this is just a contact problem.
Can you tell me some advice?
Thank you

By: john

john — Thu, 25 Jun 2015 13:48:28 +0000

I have tried to open the laptop from other side and the connector socket is broken now on to palmrest side, is there any solution for it or i can find that small circuit board anywhere ?
please help, i am not able to work.

By: Joaquin

Joaquin — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:10:20 +0000

My Vaio VPCZ1 computer fan spins fast and after a few seconds slow for a couple of seconds, then fast, then slow… All the time.
Do you think it could be because of the fan?
I read these topics, and it seems hard to replace fan without loosing some connections. I have seen my computer internals, and some cables seem very difficult to remove / reconnect for extracting the motherboard. Could anybody give some advices on that?
Thanks.

By: francois

francois — Sat, 16 May 2015 21:01:19 +0000

Thank you,
i had to clean my computer fan and this page helped me greatly !