topic Stupid problem in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300926#M26157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok so i have this really silly/stupid problem. I was playing World of Warcraft and my laptop kept freezing so i had to hard reset it, then when i tryed to start it up again it kept freezing on the VAIO screen, i found out that if i put pressure on a certain part of the computer it stops freezing (near to where the CMOS battey is) and starts loading so i did that for a while so i could Factory reset it and now it wont work at all and it just keeps freezing i thought it might be the CMOS battery failing but i have only had the laptop for about a year and 4 months i also thought it might be that i have a dead ram module.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have a solution to this cause im really stomped and i really have no idea what to do.</P><P></P><P>I cant afford to buy a new laptop at the minute because im saving for University.</P><P>And i dont really want to sell my Supermicro 7046GT-TRF because im getting payed from hosting servers on it.</P><P></P><P>Please can someone help me?</P><P></P><P>Laptop</P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">Sony VAIO VPCEF2E1E/WI</SPAN></P><P></P><DL><DT>Chipset&nbsp;&nbsp; AMD M880G Chipset</DT><DT>Processor Name&nbsp;&nbsp; AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Processor P320&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1GHz</DT><DT>Memory Size (GB)&nbsp;&nbsp; 4</DT><DT>Hard Drive Capacity (GB)&nbsp;&nbsp; 320</DT><DT>Graphic Card Name&nbsp;&nbsp; ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4200 Graphics 1GB</DT><DT>OS Microsoft windows home premium 64 - bit</DT><P></P><P>Desktop</P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">Supermicro 7046GT-TRF</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Processor&nbsp;&nbsp; Dual intel Xeon X5690 Proccessor 3.46GHz</P><P>RAM&nbsp;&nbsp; 192GB DDR3</P><P>Graphics&nbsp;&nbsp; PNY Quadro 6000 6GB GDDR5</P><P>Hard Drives&nbsp;&nbsp; 6 x Seagate 3TB hard drive</P><P>OS&nbsp;&nbsp; Microsoft windows Ultimate 64 - bit&nbsp; (OEM)</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: James-Whitehouse</P><P>Message was edited by: James-Whitehouse</P></DL></BODY></HTML> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:24:30 GMT James-Whitehouse 2012-02-25T15:24:30Z Stupid problem https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300926#M26157 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ok so i have this really silly/stupid problem. I was playing World of Warcraft and my laptop kept freezing so i had to hard reset it, then when i tryed to start it up again it kept freezing on the VAIO screen, i found out that if i put pressure on a certain part of the computer it stops freezing (near to where the CMOS battey is) and starts loading so i did that for a while so i could Factory reset it and now it wont work at all and it just keeps freezing i thought it might be the CMOS battery failing but i have only had the laptop for about a year and 4 months i also thought it might be that i have a dead ram module.</P><P></P><P>Does anyone have a solution to this cause im really stomped and i really have no idea what to do.</P><P></P><P>I cant afford to buy a new laptop at the minute because im saving for University.</P><P>And i dont really want to sell my Supermicro 7046GT-TRF because im getting payed from hosting servers on it.</P><P></P><P>Please can someone help me?</P><P></P><P>Laptop</P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">Sony VAIO VPCEF2E1E/WI</SPAN></P><P></P><DL><DT>Chipset&nbsp;&nbsp; AMD M880G Chipset</DT><DT>Processor Name&nbsp;&nbsp; AMD Athlon™ II Dual-Core Processor P320&nbsp;&nbsp; 2.1GHz</DT><DT>Memory Size (GB)&nbsp;&nbsp; 4</DT><DT>Hard Drive Capacity (GB)&nbsp;&nbsp; 320</DT><DT>Graphic Card Name&nbsp;&nbsp; ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 4200 Graphics 1GB</DT><DT>OS Microsoft windows home premium 64 - bit</DT><P></P><P>Desktop</P><P><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;">Supermicro 7046GT-TRF</SPAN></P><P></P><P>Processor&nbsp;&nbsp; Dual intel Xeon X5690 Proccessor 3.46GHz</P><P>RAM&nbsp;&nbsp; 192GB DDR3</P><P>Graphics&nbsp;&nbsp; PNY Quadro 6000 6GB GDDR5</P><P>Hard Drives&nbsp;&nbsp; 6 x Seagate 3TB hard drive</P><P>OS&nbsp;&nbsp; Microsoft windows Ultimate 64 - bit&nbsp; (OEM)</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: James-Whitehouse</P><P>Message was edited by: James-Whitehouse</P></DL></BODY></HTML> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:24:30 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300926#M26157 James-Whitehouse 2012-02-25T15:24:30Z Stupid problem https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300927#M26158 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>So, i have it working at the minute but as soon as i take the weight off of the left hand side of the laptop it is freezing. can someone please tell me what i can do to stop this?</P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:00:56 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300927#M26158 James-Whitehouse 2012-02-26T08:00:56Z Stupid problem https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300928#M26159 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi James,</P><P></P><P>From what you say, it sounds like you have a hardware problem that is going to need an engineer to check inside for a poor contact.</P><P></P><P>You can try removing and re-seating the RAM but if that does not help you will need to contact Vaio Support or one of Sony's Service Partners for further advice.&nbsp; There is probably not a quick fix.</P><P></P><P>The telephone number for Vaio Support is 0905 0310006 during normal office hours.&nbsp; You will need to have your Vaio's Serial Number available.</P><P></P><P><img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.com.mk/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 09:35:28 GMT https://community.sony.com.mk/t5/pcs-accessories/stupid-problem/m-p/300928#M26159 Blencogo 2012-02-26T09:35:28Z