sony vaio problem

**henry1357** · 12th January, 2009, 11:43 AM

hello

i have a sony vaio laptop vgn-s260 hardly been used.

the problem is when i turn it on most of the time it seems to start up but i get nothing on screen, i have to turn on and off loads of times to get it to work.

please help

thanks H

**dasteph** · 12th January, 2009, 01:37 PM

do you have a vga connection on your laptop to connect to a external monitor, if you can and get a picture then it could be your laptop screen if not then it sounds like a graphics problem on your laptop.

**henry1357** · 12th January, 2009, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by dasteph

do you have a vga connection on your laptop to connect to a external monitor, if you can and get a picture then it could be your laptop screen if not then it sounds like a graphics problem on your laptop.

yeah tried external screen with no joy, any suggestions

**hopper28** · 12th January, 2009, 03:57 PM

Try booting up in safe mode a few times see if the picture comes up every time. SAFE MODE press F8 on start up

**Lanxman** · 12th January, 2009, 04:01 PM

You say that eventually it will boot up, yes? Only a suggestion mate but you could wait for it to boot then when you finally get it to, Go to sony's site and download and re-install the gfx drivers for your particular model viao. Hope this helps.

**henry1357** · 12th January, 2009, 04:40 PM

Have tried safe mode no joy

wont boot up at all now but still seems to be running with no screen

**hopper28** · 12th January, 2009, 05:39 PM

so when its booting up are you getting the bios screen and the windows splash screen and then it goes blank or is the screen blank as soon as you turn it on?

**dasteph** · 12th January, 2009, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by henry1357

hello

i have a sony vaio laptop vgn-s260 hardly been used.

the problem is when i turn it on most of the time it seems to start up but i get nothing on screen, i have to turn on and off loads of times to get it to work.

please help

thanks H

i take it the laptop is more than 12months so there no chance of returning it, if at some point you can get a picture on the screen try reloading the graphic drivers otherwise with the graphics been onboard i think you may have to get a new mobo.

**henry1357** · 12th January, 2009, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by hopper28

so when its booting up are you getting the bios screen and the windows splash screen and then it goes blank or is the screen blank as soon as you turn it on?

yeah blank screen as soon as i turn on

**hopper28** · 12th January, 2009, 10:58 PM

Well its not a driver problem, if you can hear and see the lights and it boots into windows without screen then its the screen that is faulty, buy a new laptop would work out cheaper, if the powerlight comes on and no hard drive then it might be a ram problem take it for repair.