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Upgrading laptop from SATA 2 to SATA 3
Your SATA controller on your laptop is part of the motherboard. Yes, your new SSD will work, but at SATA-II speeds (3 gbps). I have run SSDs in SATA-II ports before and although you do not get the ...
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Sony Vaio Duo 11 SVD1121X9EB liquid in lcd screen
my Vaio Duo 11 have the same issue. The problem is that the LCD screen is glued to the touch, you see the screen unglued and probably you have bubbles also, if not now in a soon time you have this ...
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Keyboard Malfunction | Certain Keys dont work properly
1. Drain Power
I would first try draining any power from the laptop. Take the battery out and press/hold the power button a few times to make sure there is no power left in the laptop itself.
2. ...
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How may I forcibly remove a locked laptop from a non-existant domain?
If you don't need files from the PC anymore, the best thing to do is clean-install a fresh OS. If you do need those files, consider making a Linux LiveCD, booting from it, copying files to a thumb ...
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How may I forcibly remove a locked laptop from a non-existant domain?
What you should do with Hiren's boot is:
Use the Offline NT/2000/XP/Vista/7 Password Changer to remove the local admin password from the Security Account Manager(SAM).
Unlock the local admin account....
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Is it possible to clean install Windows 7 on a Sony Vaio laptop when its drivers are no longer supported?
Windows Vista Drivers are not always (usually not?) compatible with Windows 7. Even though the HW is no longer supported by Sony you still should be able to find the "last" drivers on the Sony website ...
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Windows 10 stuck in diagnostics loop
Windows 11 Pro, HP Desktop. I ticked on Diagnostics Startup, I rebooted and my computer went into a loop on desktop screen, could not do any thing, could not start msconfig. Rebooted many times with ...
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Trying to get an older Sony Vaio to boot from USB
The issue you are facing is a common one with older motherboards. Only until the last 5-7 years did motherboards allow you to install an operating system from USB. Just to be clear, this issue is a ...
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Enabling keyboard lights in Fedora 35
This seems to be a known issue with RedHat/Fedora. You can read about at their bugzilla website.
Interestingly there is a "hacky" workaround to enable the Sony Vaio keyboard backlight ...
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Why is my Sony Vaio laptop randomly turning off?
If it has no battery, then the charging circuitry - whose job it is to charge the battery from which the computer draws its power - is being subjected to unusual stress. Startup is going to be a ...
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How can i access BIOS in sony vaio?
This is from the manual of your laptop:
1 Turn on the computer.
2 Press the F2 key when the VAIO logo appears.
The BIOS setup screen appears. If the screen does not appear, restart the computer and ...
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Two drivers missing (with exclamation mark) on fresh Windows 10 install on a Sony Vaio VPCCA2S0E
The right answers turned out to by the Ricoh PCIe Memory Stick Host Controller version 6.21.11.30 driver that I found on the Microsoft Update Catalog after finding an earlier version on a Sony update ...
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USB Ports not working - Unknown usb device(port reset failed)
General USB troubleshooting:
Verify hardware
Connect the device to your PC using another USB cable, a different USB port,
or connect the device to another PC. Try also other USB devices.
This will ...
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My laptop does not turn on
As @Attie stated, remove all power, and also, while powered down, hold the power button for about a minute to bleed any charge in capacitors.
Leave the battery out, plug in the power supply and try ...
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Windows 10 stuck in diagnostics loop
You need a
Bootable USB Recovery Drive
or a
Bootable Windows installation USB.
It would be much simpler if you have another working Windows computer
(which I will assume you have).
Backup your data
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Can't boot from USB on Sony Vaio VPCEB11FM
you can try pressing F11 during boot process to go directly to USB boot.
I found this on a youtube video and I could not find this anywhere else on the internet. It really works. Hold or press many ...
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My laptop won't receive battery power
Take the battery out, hold the power button for around fifteen seconds. This should restart the BIOS, which controls the startup and shutdown of your computer, among a multitude of other things. ...
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Install XP in a VM using an old (non-OEM) key
Assuming its a retail version it should work. I'm a little iffy about how long the activation servers would remain functional but I've never had to explicitly dissociate a copy of windows from a ...
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Why is dmidecode showing maximum capacity of my ram memory to unknown? How can i I check max memory I could use?
dmidecode just reads the BIOS ROM tables and displays them. So if the BIOS doesn't give the maximum capacity, dmidecode can't show it. And lshw just uses dmidecode (or does a similar thing, internally)...
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Can't find "Virtualization Technology VT-x" option in BIOS
Some older systems that have VT-x capable CPUs won't have BIOSes that allow it to be enabled.
VT-x capable CPUs have a setting that prevents virtualization from being used or enabled until next ...
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Can I manually upgrade laptop CPU?
In short: NO
In less short:
There are a few things that might prevent you from upgrading your laptop CPU:
The Intel Core Duo T7500 uses the PBGA479 socket, while the i7-6700K uses the LGA1151 ...
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Targus Aftermarket Charger Lower Amperage
If the only difference is 0.1 amps, you should be alright. The laptop only draws what it needs anyway. In most cases, the laptop is not going to draw the maximum the adapter can handle. That 0.1 ...
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is it safe to completely format the HDD of a laptop that came pre installed with Windows 8?
Whether it is safe or not, depends on what you are trying to do.
If you want to reinstall Windows 8 exactly as it was from the factory, no.
If you want to reinstall Windows 8 without any drivers and ...
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'Search Result' windows opens during every boot in Sony Vaio S Series laptop
I would try this dism command for your new error as well, it also recommends trying them more than once if it doesn't work the first time.
It looks like this command should get past the errors with ...
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Missing Battery Health Warning Checkbox - Window 7 SP1 - Vaio Netbook
Windows 7 has the ability to tell you when your battery is no longer holding a full charge. When your battery gets down to 40 percent of its original capacity (that is, it can only hold 40 percent or ...
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upgrading to windows 10 on sony vaio with nvidia geforce GT 330m card error with incompitability
I found nvidia geforce gt 330m driver for windows 10 on following website.
geforce gt 330m driver for windows 10
Website claims that driver is developed by NVIDIA itself and available to public ...
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Sony Vaio - Black Screen on Debian Install
I am not sure that you still need the answer as it is more than one year since your post, but anyway, for others benefit.
The problem is caused by BIOS setting (my guess is that source of the problem ...
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Sony Vaio laptop boots automatically on opening the lid
To change the action when you open the lid, change the settings in Lid Action Settings under Power Management on VAIO Control Center.
and
unselect all shutdown setting
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Is Intel/Nvidia Optimus technology supposed to switch instantly between GPUs?
Optimus works by feeding the discrete GPU's output through the integrated GPU. Hence, all that is needed is to turn the dGPU on when needed and turn it off when it's not. Since the iGPU isn't being ...
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