I bought a parts notebook for the motherboard and my notebook is working again. I have he following items left over for sale. If anyone needs any of this...
Gator I would be interested in the memory and the front section of the laptop that includes the glide pad and the ribbon connector that comes off of that glide...
Unfortunately, I don't have a spare power supply. I bought a partially disassembled computer to repair mine, so there was stuff missing. I have two of...
I upgraded my 215 as much as i could over the years but getting RAM for it has been rather problematic so i've been stuck with 256 megs (Bought a stick of IBM...
thanks very much. I removed the Cmos battery and then both batteries, unplugged the AC power. then I hit the power (nothing) then I plugged in the AC and it...
... new ... nice ... it ... Sony ... on ... if ... compared ... again ... My FX301 has 2 3000mah batteries... needless to say I am pleased with my battery life...
FXA49. I bought a 250GB WD drive. Installed. BIOS sees only 136GB... When I try to install Windows, setup stops at "Checking computer configuration". Is there...
You are facing a limitation of the laptops BIOS to address that size hard drive. WD has a utility program that may help. Try downloading the Data Lifeguard...
Did you install that Athlon 1800+ was it? ... came across a stick of Micro GB/Transcend 128meg PC100 Sodimm and it was $5.00. I figured for $5.00 what the hell...
Adversely, I sell both of these notebooks. I like the ASUS better because the Acer keyboard even though the keys are nice, is to jammed for me. Also to...
Hi,I have a Vaio PCG-FXA47 that does not load the OS, it errors saying the OS is not found. When I switch the HD with the HD from my dell latitude it still has...
How large are the drives you are trying in the fxa47? Drives over 120gb might be seen by the bios but still may not boot. Also, check the boot sequence in the...
I think you may have damaged the connector (Sony part # 1-790-639- 22). These are surprisingly fragile objects, and faults can be hard to see with the naked...
Hello group, Thanks for accepting me to the group. My laptop is different than what this group is about but I'm hoping to get some ideas anyway. Mine is a a...
What Ram did you purchase? It sounds like the ram your using is not the correct chip layout. Cheaper chips use high density ram. Intel computers for that...
This is a special person Who helped me after I just ordered the wrong RAM from him, the same night. Quote to me; VAIO PCG-FX210 will take 2 x 256mb pc100 low...
nice memory. In case you don't already have the XP drivers: http://www.myplc.com/sony/xp_drivers.htm You may also need to manually set the drive parameters in...
Just flashed FX210 to bios R0121K5 using everything at the link you just pointed out. http://www.myplc.com/sony/xp_drivers.htm Following the Ultra DMA Warning...
After installing new HDD and R0121K5 BIOS I Checked Cylinders and heads in BIOS and they agree with Seagates info. Selecting "user" I turned LBA (logical...
Thanks JALouser for all your timely advise! I purchased a Win XP COA (license#) on e-bay for $18 and Installed XP with SP3 Imbeded using a standard 9 in 1...