My Sony Vaio laptop is about 2 years old. About 3 times in that period, I've encountered a strange problem with (I think) the backlight. What happens is that when I boot up, the Sony Vaio screen appears as normal initially. When Windows XP kicks in, the Windows logo appears momentarily, and then the screen appears to black out. If I look really closely, I can just about see the screen image, but it seems as if the LCD backlight has cut out.
I don't think it is a hardware fault, as the backlight/screen operate normally during the very first few seconds of the booting sequence. If I hibernate, the normal progress indicators are fully visible. But it seems that when Windows takes over, the backlight goes off.
Physically closing over the laptop and reopening it seemed to correct the problem last night. I can't remember how I fixed it on previous occasions. I've googled and found a few other people with similar problems;
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I'm wondering what my options are - I'm still under 3 year extended warranty on the machine, but it may be difficult to get a repair given the intermittent nature of the problem. No doubt, if I don't get thing sorted now, it will fail permanently as soon as the warranty expires.
Any suggestions?
I don't think it is a hardware fault, as the backlight/screen operate normally during the very first few seconds of the booting sequence. If I hibernate, the normal progress indicators are fully visible. But it seems that when Windows takes over, the backlight goes off.
Physically closing over the laptop and reopening it seemed to correct the problem last night. I can't remember how I fixed it on previous occasions. I've googled and found a few other people with similar problems;
From http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/topic/5449/?o=240
Now, I have another problem with the computer and I was wondering if any of you have experienced anything similar with your sony laptop. My screen suddenly went black. The computer is working and I can see everything on a desktop monitor attached to it, but the screen itself is simply dead. I'd appreciate any advise or information in regards to this problem. I have tried to call sony to find out more and i was put on hold three times for about 20 minutes. What a laugh...
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I have an VAIO FX220, I bought it in August 2001. Two weeks ago the screen started "flickering" after a day of this the entire screen went VERY dim, almost pitch black. If i look at it at an angle i can barely see what is on the screen. It displays fine on an external CRT, so I believe it is either a backlight or inverter. Not sure though. Someone said that since the entire screen was black likely it was the inverter, that is if this model has 2 backlights: top and bottom. This is ridiculous, it sounds like a manufacturing flaw, I have never heard of a laptop malfunctioning so early, I guess I have been fortunate though with 2+ years. I will never buy another Sony laptop again, that is for sure.
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My old Sony Vaio PCG-GRX3P (hell expensive when I bought it) has for the last few months experienced an intermittently faulty LCD backlight.
I'm wondering what my options are - I'm still under 3 year extended warranty on the machine, but it may be difficult to get a repair given the intermittent nature of the problem. No doubt, if I don't get thing sorted now, it will fail permanently as soon as the warranty expires.
Any suggestions?