SONY VAIO PCV-W1 URGENT PROBLEM!

[husainz]

hi there,
i have the PCV-W1 Vaio desktop...unfortunately, it turns keeps turning itself off....At one point all the hardware on the computer got messed up and the pc was completely out of order. I gave it to a computer repair and they managed to get a system operating on it and it functioning but told me that it wasnt staying on for a long enough period.

On this forum it was suggested to me that it was a cooling issue so i opened the computer up and put a standard home fan there (im not to technical! hehe). Now it seems to be working for as long as you want! but of course this cant be a permanent resolution. Since we bought the desktop, it is making much more noise inside,..i was wondering if anyone thinks thats part of the problem. Also any suggestions on what i should do to stop it turning itself off??? and settings or software etc...i dont think the temperature it turns off is very high so maybe it is a settings problem??.... :S
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanks

[husainz]

unfortunately, i have not yet come across any resolution...its very odd...not to mention extremely annoying for those of us who obviously dont have a warranty any more...
anyway, all the best of luck to you in finding a solution....and if you do, please do post it here so we all know whats going wrong!
Raaheel

[s786999k]

I had a bit of luck so to speak...

Didnt realise that I had an extended 5 year coverplan on the PC, I called up and today they came to sort the problem out, it was one of the fans, which is located at the rear right hand side, you can see it when you remove the hard drive and mine was not spinning.

Unfortunately the techguy did not have the part but he will be coming again on Tuesday to replace the part and hopefully should strat woking again. I will make sure I take down a part number for you.

[husainz]

brilliant! that is great for you...i really would appreciate it if you gave me the part number, so thank you for the offer. I hope all goes well on tuesday!

[s786999k]

Hi Again,

"tech guys" from PC world came to fix the pc. They replaced the power supply & fan bit it was one whole part that includes the part you plug your power supply into and includes the fan thats on the oppersite side. I asked the part number saying that I know someone with a similar problem but he wasnt forthcoming with it so I looked at the box and the part number seems to be 146877213 but I can't find a decent picture on the internet to show you.

He seems to think the part will cost about £100 but said they offer a service for £150 where they would come to your house with the part and fix it for you or another service where they would charge a call out fee and then you pay whatever the part cost them, however he said the sony parts are expensive.

Now fitting the part it self I think you should be able to do, the guy said he has only opened up a few of these in 5 years so if you know your way around a pc you should be able to do it.

Once you take of the case and are looking at the back, if you have the same fault as me the the fan on the right hand side oppersite where you put the plug in is the one that wont be spinning.

If you remove the hard drive the part you will be replacing is the full unit behind that, it incoparates the plug unit, and the fan, but to remove it the guy have to unclip the whole back part too and then it just slides out. He was saying there is a lever sort of thing there that you need to push or pull and move the back at the same time.

Hope this info helps and you get it sorted asap.