URGENT! Computer won't turn on

flantastic · 10-03-2004, 06:04 PM

Hi! TechSupportForum has helped me multitudes in the past, so I thought you might be able to help with this urgent problem.

My Sony Vaio Notebook has had increasing troubles powering on, and today it just WON'T. Slowly over the last 6 months or so, I've had to push more than once and now push for a minute (in different morse code patterns to see what would work) before it will finally turn on, and it seem to have finally quit.

Is there anything I can do about this, now or through repair?

This is the 4th major problem with this computer! If it comes to repair, I hope they'll just exchange the darn thing.

Thanks,
Laura

bry623 · 10-04-2004, 02:20 PM

Try taking the battery out and using the AC adapter to turn it on. If it still doesn't work, take it in. If it is under warranty, insist on a new one.

flubba86 · 10-04-2004, 11:17 PM

This sounds like a problem with the actual power on button. Perhaps the contacts are waring out inside or something. I would just take it back to the side, act dumb and say "This wont turn on, can I have a new one?". They will work out the problem for you and being a laptop, most probably exchange it for you if it is a hardware problem.

10-03-2004, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
flantastic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1 OS: WinXP	URGENT! Computer won't turn on Hi! TechSupportForum has helped me multitudes in the past, so I thought you might be able to help with this urgent problem. My Sony Vaio Notebook has had increasing troubles powering on, and today it just WON'T. Slowly over the last 6 months or so, I've had to push more than once and now push for a minute (in different morse code patterns to see what would work) before it will finally turn on, and it seem to have finally quit. Is there anything I can do about this, now or through repair? This is the 4th major problem with this computer! If it comes to repair, I hope they'll just exchange the darn thing. Thanks, Laura

10-04-2004, 02:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Try taking the battery out and using the AC adapter to turn it on. If it still doesn't work, take it in. If it is under warranty, insist on a new one. __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

10-04-2004, 11:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
flubba86 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 6 OS: Windows XP	This sounds like a problem with the actual power on button. Perhaps the contacts are waring out inside or something. I would just take it back to the side, act dumb and say "This wont turn on, can I have a new one?". They will work out the problem for you and being a laptop, most probably exchange it for you if it is a hardware problem.