Sony Vaio desktop - powers up, can't see anything on monitor

johnrams · 05-12-2008, 01:40 PM

This has been a working PC for 4+ years. Suddenly it stopped working. When powered up gets 1 beep and after that nothing is seen on the monitor.

Tested monitor ok with another PC. Tried all possible keys (found in thsi forum) entering BIOS. In this case, Sony logo itself is not seen. (still an keyboard/mouse, no USB)

Sony support indicates 1 beep is normal functioning while powering up. For this model, they mentioned F2 is the tight key to enter BIOS.

No recent changes made; added a seconf HDD 2 years backup, no issues.

Sony Vaio Model PCV-RZ44G. Opened the box and reseated all and cleaned up which I never did so far, did not help.

Any help would be great. Thanks J

johnrams · 05-16-2008, 01:49 PM

VGA cable was faulty; replacing the cable fixed the issue.

hmoob · 05-16-2008, 01:59 PM

Yeah, when there's a beep it will always work. Lucky you. For me there hasn't been a beep for a few days now. I feel so sad.

05-12-2008, 01:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnrams Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5 OS: xp	Sony Vaio desktop - powers up, can't see anything on monitor This has been a working PC for 4+ years. Suddenly it stopped working. When powered up gets 1 beep and after that nothing is seen on the monitor. Tested monitor ok with another PC. Tried all possible keys (found in thsi forum) entering BIOS. In this case, Sony logo itself is not seen. (still an keyboard/mouse, no USB) Sony support indicates 1 beep is normal functioning while powering up. For this model, they mentioned F2 is the tight key to enter BIOS. No recent changes made; added a seconf HDD 2 years backup, no issues. Sony Vaio Model PCV-RZ44G. Opened the box and reseated all and cleaned up which I never did so far, did not help. Any help would be great. Thanks J

05-16-2008, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
johnrams Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5 OS: xp	(Solved) Re: Sony Vaio desktop - powers up, can't see anything on monitor VGA cable was faulty; replacing the cable fixed the issue.

05-16-2008, 01:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
hmoob Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9 OS: xp sp2	Re: Sony Vaio desktop - powers up, can't see anything on monitor Yeah, when there's a beep it will always work. Lucky you. For me there hasn't been a beep for a few days now. I feel so sad.