HELP! Have a problem...

[shep_no_platinum]

Bsically my dad went to turn on his Sont Vaio PCG-9S2M today and everything was fine in DOS etc... until WinXP loaded and everything was so dark, with a bright light you coudl make the screen out in the background but its was so dark like the back light had gone.

I was just wondering, is it the graphics controller thats gone pap or the screen? or the backlight bulb?

Would be grateful for a quick response, thanks.

 

[beermonster]

it could be the inverter or the lcd, the bulb is part of the lcd. if its fine in dos whats it like in safe mode?

 

[shep_no_platinum]

it could be the inverter or the lcd, the bulb is part of the lcd. if its fine in dos whats it like in safe mode?

ill try now. I hade a feeling it was an inverter because it isnt the button stuck down. http://www.laptoprepair.co.uk/how-to-repair-backlight-inverter.htm

 

[shep_no_platinum]

still dark in safe mode

 

[shep_no_platinum]

its a 2030p2 inverter.... cant find anywhere lol

 

[ZG002]

Can pick on up from a us site.

http://www.invertercentral.com/qrySpecSheet.asp?link=sm.com&name=P612110&Number=2030P2

 

[shep_no_platinum]

according to a forum the Sony PCG-9S2M is the same as the Sony PCG-K315S and i have found this inverter here that looks exactly the same and works on the K315S:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-Vaio-inv...39:1|66:4|65:15|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

what we think?

 

[ZG002]

for £20 id go for it myself..

 

[shep_no_platinum]

for £20 id go for it myself..

so i got a new inverter, and plugged it in and its still the same any ideas next?

Its fine in dos, then when it goes to loads windows with the bar it goes dull

 

[Mr.Clark]

That implies software, not hardware.

Isn't there a button on Sony laptops that controls brightness? Also, some Sony app that runs in Windows, perhaps?

 

[shep_no_platinum]

That implies software, not hardware.

Isn't there a button on Sony laptops that controls brightness? Also, some Sony app that runs in Windows, perhaps?

When i put in my Windows Disc the colour was all there

But when i load into XP the screen doesnt.

Even in safemode

And when the windows XP loading bar is there before it starts up it goes dark from there.

 

[meghatronic]

It'll be the brightness, surely.

Try key combos.... try uninstalling any sony software etc.

 

[shep_no_platinum]

It'll be the brightness, surely.

Try key combos.... try uninstalling any sony software etc.

Cant see anything its sooooo dark lol.

 

[beermonster]

sounds like the tube in the lcd , sometimes they last 20 seconds or so they turn off. what happens if you enter bios does it stay on for more than a few minutes

 

[shep_no_platinum]

sounds like the tube in the lcd , sometimes they last 20 seconds or so they turn off. what happens if you enter bios does it stay on for more than a few minutes

yeh, its on in the bios forever. It just goes dull when the Windows XP loading bar appears.

 

[Grimgoth]

hmm, are you sure its actually not a duff install? you can put in an xp install disc and it runs fine?
maybe windows load up is really hung. choose safe mode command line with prompts and see how far it gets. (ie don't use the loading bar...)

 

[Davey D]

if you can get hold of a Live Linux distro that runs off a CD, then you could boot into that, and see if the screen goes dark?

 

[shep_no_platinum]

if you can get hold of a Live Linux distro that runs off a CD, then you could boot into that, and see if the screen goes dark?

hmmmmm. can try. Is it Free?

 

[Davey D]

yeah its free. if you download Ubuntu, then it will boot as a live CD, then you can isntall it from an icon on the desktop once its loaded if you want to.

you can get the image from here: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

 

[shep_no_platinum]

downloading it now.