ok, anyone had this problem, sometimes my laptop wont power on, i have to leave it a whole day pluged in to power and might power back on. Any ideas ?? rodhk...
Hi I have just been given a dog-eared old PCG-N505AS. This appears to be the Asian version of the PCG-N505VX (PentiumII 400/64MB). It seems to be a nice...
I've recently inherited a PCG-505FX running XP. It appears to be running painfully slow, so I thought that it may run quicker on Win98SE. I read alot on this...
apologies, yahoo doesnt seem to like that email address, its paton_n at hotmail dot com thats just for any files etc, i will obviously be checking the group so...
dear all, I have 2 sony z505 which i switch on, the led power on and goes dead, i try to clean the conector from sound card to system board , it work, but when...
zyrex x
zyrex2004@...
Apr 4, 2005 6:52 am
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Sounds like a bad battery. I notice this problem from time to time on my 505TS. I'd remove and re-insert the battery to make sure it's seated properly. Then...
David Swider
d_swider@...
Apr 4, 2005 4:33 pm
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I bought an external pcmcia cd-rom from ebay for my laptop not realising that the laptop doesn't boot from third-party cd-rom.... So my question is, is there a...
Hello all, Help! I'm sure someone must have done this before. I'm trying to upgrade my old 505 TL (circa 2001) running Windows ME to Windows XP Professional....
I have a Sony Vaio PCG-V505DC1. It's worked great for a year but then one day the AC adapter green LED light (on the AC adapter) began to flicker and the...
Hey: Not sure what u can do…I know that some have issues with the backup battery going dead which stops the lappy from working….if u need the info on the ...
Hi all, I've replaced my N505X (Cel333 64MB) mainboard for a mainboard from a N505SF (Pentium-II 400, rest same). This was only for performance boost, the...
... I suffered a quite similar problem with my PCG-N505X. In my case it was and it is the plug from the AC adapter or the respective socket in the notebook;...
Andreas Krebs
krebs.andreas@...
Apr 11, 2005 7:59 am
18968
This issue sounds like it could be a bad solder joint on the motherboard where the AC adapter plugs into the laptop. It may be worth taking a closer look at...
David Swider
d_swider@...
Apr 11, 2005 8:00 pm
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I have a Sony Z505r that no longer powers up. NO bios screen or HD Light. I'm suspecting that it will need a new motherboard. Any suggestions on what to do...
So an update, I've managed to get the Power and battery light to light up and the wireless light lights up as well. The hard drive light doesn't light up and...
Does anyone know about pin compatibility across the Toshiba LTM10C3XX LCD line? I'm interested in the compatibility between a SR17, LTM10C314 LCD and the SRX...
Looking at ImpactComputers' image collection of parts, the two LCD models are of a different form factor, which is a definite problem. However, they do seem to...
I too am running XP on my Z505SX.... Things are great (except for firewire, as indicated earlier) I also noticed some small issues with the trackpad drivers I...
Anyone have any sucess getting a old 505ve or similar vintage to work wireless? I have tried with 2 different cards and can't get it to boot with the card in...
W98 has a history of instability. Microsoft rushed to get W98 on the market as the first 32-bit "point- and-click" OS and I think it's a brick. I'd upgrade the...
David Swider
d_swider@...
Apr 15, 2005 2:47 pm
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Hi, I've searched and read some messages from last year regarding this, but just wondering if anyone's managed to get more than 128MB in their N505 series...
The earliest version of Windows that I've gotten wiresless cards to work with an old Sony notebook is Windows 98 Second Edition (Win98SE). I also agree that if...
This email is a response to someone who asked about upgrading memory with more than 128MB of RAM.(I must have inadvertantly deleted your email) I would also...
David Swider
d_swider@...
Apr 15, 2005 8:54 pm
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...hmm...hi...about two month ago I decided I needed an additional 505 and got a z505ls ...the issue was that it was noisy....really bad and not knowing better...