20 Most Recent Sony VAIO VGN-S460 Notebook - Page 3 Questions & Answers

By the way once you have reformatted you laptop all motherboard part will not function, such as audio video and some other parts. So you need to install their driver. Get your motherboard driver and install.

Hi

Please can you try the following

1) Remove battery and wall charger
2) Press and hold the power button down for 30 seconds
3) Plug charger and battery back in
4) Retry powering the laptop

Regards
Shauqat

sometimes when the computer is too hot most wlan swithches on laptops start jumpin on and off....if your on for an extended period of time....think about getting a cooling pad....$20 at radio shack

See if you can boot in Safe mode. If yes, then once up in safe mode uninstall all existing anti virus software's that you have installed. Then download Microsoft Security Essentials. But hope you are using a licensed OS. Download, install, update and then restart. Then do a full scan. This should solve your virus issues

The sony VGN-S460 seems to have an inherent problem with their cpu fans. It is apparent that the fan uses a ball bearing system which over time becomes worn and causes the grinding sound.

The only solution is to replace the entire fan assembly as they are inseparable.

good day... how bout your tracking pad sensor? maybe it is set on a very high sensitivity thats why it move by itself. you may try adjusting it to the default setting. it may be back to normal. hope this helps. have a nice day

This may or may not work for you, but you will need a windows installation disc for this particular repair. A backup disc will not do the job.

Windows Start-up Errors
Step one, you need a Windows Installation CD. If you only have a recovery disk set like the ones from HP or Compaq they will not do what you need done. Under normal circumstances however, you can use a Dell disk because the Operating system is on a stand-alone disk. All retail versions are also acceptable as well as upgrade disks. For a rule of thumb, if the disk has the Microsoft hologram it should work.
While the computer is first starting up and you see the manufacturers splash screen, tap F12 (some computers it’s F9, others it may be another key, you may have to watch and see if the computer lists the key strokes for getting to the boot menu. If you still cannot find it, boot into the BIOS settings and change your boot order there. Save your settings and exit, the computer will now seek the cd rom as its boot source first.
Place your Windows disk in the computer and start it up. When you see the test at the top of the page “Press Any Key To Boot From CD” Just hit the space bar to activate. The next screen you will see will most likely be a Windows setup screen, when you see this press the “R” key to get to the recovery console. It will get there, it may take a little time, patience. Once it loads you will be given a choice of Windows installations, there should only be one, if there are more, always pick number one. It may ask for an administrators password, if you have not set this particular password, then just leave it blank and press enter. The next prompt you see is:
C:\Windows>
You need to type the following:
cd \
hit enter. Pay close attention to the spacing between the characters. There is a space between the character “d” and the “\”
You are now at the ROOT of the drive, this is where basic commands can be given and changed. You should now see the following:
C:\>
Now type the following:
CHKDSK /R
Hit the enter key.
The chkdsk /r command also includes the P command and will also look for lost recoverable information in bad sectors.
There are occasions depending on how corrupt the system is, that this process could take several hours, so be patient with it.
Now, after chkdsk has run type the following:
FIXBOOT
Hit the enter key.
It may prompt you with a warning, that’s ok, just continue. When fixboot has finished, type: EXIT hit enter and windows will reboot. When the system reboots, tap the F8 key during this time and you will see the multi-boot menu come up. Scroll to the title “Last Know Good Configuration” and hit the enter key. If you were having some simple drive errors this should have fixed them.

I trust that you have purchased the entire fan assembly as they are inseparable from the heatsink. You must disassemble the entire laptop in order to remove the fan assembly. they are two screws that are below the motherboard that must be remove in order for the fan assembly to come apart.
If you cannot achieve this yourself, or lack confidence in your ability to rebuild the unit after, you can send the unit to us at www.cowetacomputerstore.com and we will accomplish the desired outcome. We have worked on this system resolving this very issue.

farewell

There is only one to remove that is to:

If you know how to open the laptop then follow this but, if you don't then plz do not do this. BE WARNED.

1 OPEN THE BACK
2 REMOVER LITHUIM BATTRY
3 WAIT ABOUT 15 MIN
BY WAITING YOU R CLEARING YOUR BIOS

4 NOW INSERT YOUR BATTARY
5 CLOSE COVER
6 PLUG IT IN
7 BOOT

NO MORE PASSWORD

Yes the computer will have better performance with 3 GB of memory but 2 GB is the minium requirment for windows 7 64 bit,expecially if you run extra application you will be glad you had the 3GB.

A fast check to determine whether you have a problem with the power adapter, power cord or the laptop's battery is to turn off the laptop, remove the battery, connect the power adapter, turn on the laptop & see if it works.
If the laptop works directly from the power adapter with the battery removed, then the power adapter is good. In this case we can suspect that the battery is defective.

Try looking here:
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/category/7-sony-laptops/

Sorry, your disk is dead, you need to reformat it and reinstall Windows. Or, pay somebody $1,000 to fix it.

A program or few programs are using a lot of your computers resources. What I would recommend you do, is first back up your files from the computer if you have anything important there, into a external usb drive. Then use the recovery discs or windows installation cd/dvd to perform a fresh install of windows, that will get rid of the slowness. If you install from a normal windows cd/dvd some of the device drivers might not be installed. you will have to download and install software for them from the sony website.-- http://b2b.sony.com/b2bMicrosites/landingpage/vaio_drivers/download_vaio_drivers.html

right click on computer icon. you will get properties option click on that you can see the configuration of your laptop...Hope this will help you...Thank you...

just install the component of your sony if you dont have download it from the internet..

if you recently installed a software or a component, that caused the issue. if removing it or a system restore while on safe mode did not work, please consult the link below for some laptop DIYs

laptoprepair101.com

clean the pin inside the writer and check it

Possible clock timing of CPU is wrong. Is it two fan on this laptop? Maybe one is not functioning. Plus check your power supply if gives correct power!.. If none of this , it comes to the MB and possible a CAPS making problem. Need expert.
JMC