Sony vaio pcg-61112l

Hi,
Your friend is wright, this is a graphic card problem.
most laptop have the graphic card integrated and cannot be changed.
in your case check this link http://community.sony.com/t5/VAIO-Hardware-Networking/CAN-I-REPLACE-GRAPHICS-CARD-OF-MY-VAIO-LAPTOP-E-SERIES/td-p/164377

Thanks.

If your laptop appears to boot up and the hard disk LED flashes, then the problem is probably a back light fault. This can be a faulty inverter or a faulty CCFL lamp. Please click on this link and follow my instructions to identify the fault and possible fix :- http://www.fixya.com/support/r3598095-faulty_laptop_lcd_screen

Hello
These symptoms are not the inverter problem, What can you do if the laptop LCD screen turned completely white? From my experience I can tell that this problem may be related to the following: 1. Loose connection between the video cable and the LCD screen. 2. Defective LCD screen. 3. Defective motherboard (I assume the graphics card is integrated into the motherboard).
Check these by yourself or get assistance from sony support.
Good Luck

If the invertor was faulty you would get a picture on the external monitor, assuming that the external monitor and the laptop was configured to work. Check the Fn key and F5 at the same time. That should switch between internal/ external or both displays.

Hope that helps.

> couldn't get it to work with an external ... monitor

With the computer turned-off, connect the monitor to the SVGA port.
Turn the computer on -- the usual "start-up" messages should flash on the LCD screen.

Or, take the laptop into a darkened room, to see if the usual Windows "desktop" icons & wallpaper are dimly visible.

Or, take the laptop & the power-supply to a qualified technician, for professional trouble-shooting.

I had one with the same symptoms, the way i fixed it is by taking it all apart and resolder the system chasis grounds on the mother board, then reseting the motherboard's memory battery. A bit complicated for those with little knowledge on computer repair. You may have to take it to a computer shop, or try fixing it yourself. It took a while to figure it out.

Try taking out one ram stick at a time in between boots. It sounds like you make a bad stick of ram and that is causing video issues. Just a thought.

You could have a video controller problem or a LCD screen problem, what you are seeing is the backlighting but no video information.
To check if you have a video problem, connect an external monitor to your laptop and bootup your laptop, if you see Windows booting up the external monitor then the video controller is OK, and your problem is the LCD screen or the video cable connection on the motherboard (may need reseating).
If you cannot fix the LCD screen then use your laptop with an external monitor.

Hi qwerty2119, click on the link below.

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&q=Sony+VAIO+PCG-GR370+laptop+MEMORY&um=1&ie=UTF-8

You can only use memory PCG-GR370.
To reach 1GB buy two (2) of these.
http://www.upgradecomputermemory.com/ram.cfm/Memory/S/Sony-VAIO/Sony-Notebooks-VAIO-PCG-Series/VAIO-GR-PCG-GR-Series-Notebook/VAIO-PCG-GR370/256MB-Sony-VAIO-Notebook-PC133-SDRAM-SODIMM.html

Mike

Do you see video at any time on the screen? Like when the VAIO logo appears?

It may be that you need to use a function key to return the view from an external screen to your laptop's screen.