Sony CR25L-W Laptop Drivers
Monday, September 21, 2009
We had a Sony VGN-CR25L/W in this week. It was heavily infected with viruses and spyware and needed a format. This particular unit has a Korean version of XP installed w/ original Korean drivers. The machine needed to be reloaded from scratch. The English drivers were all available from www.sony-asia.com.
Labels: sony
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 10:07 AM,
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Sony Trinitron KV-32HS500 Fixed
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Josh over here inherited a broken Sony Trinitron KV-32HS500 TV. After doing some research online it turned out that the issue has happened to more than one of these TVs.
The problem: Some KV-32HS500 can develop an issue, when the TV is turned on, it will run its startup tests then there will be no picture at all and the standby light will blink 6 times.
The solution: To repair the machine here we replaced the two MCZ3001D semiconductors on the D board. The two semiconductors are labeled on the D board as IC6501 and IC8002. We replaced the two $8 chips and were up and running again.
The entire D board may be purchased from Sony for $190 as of Feb. 2009.
Most of this info & more can be found on agoraquest.com.
And no, we're not getting into TV repair. Yet, anyways, we'll see how the LCDs behave in a year or two...
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 9:51 AM,
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Battery Recall 2008
Monday, November 03, 2008
Yes, it is yet another battery recall, not to be confused with the first recall.
We'll call this recall "Battery Recall 2008".
Affected models:
HP/Compaq:
HP Pavillion DV1000, DV8000, ZD8000
Compaq Presario V2000 and V2400
HP Compaq: NC6110, NC6120, NC6140, NC6220, NC6230, NX4800, NX4820, NX6110, NX6120, NX9600
DELL:
Latitude: 110L
Inspiron: 1100, 1150, 5100, 5150, 5160
Toshiba:
Satellite: A70/A75, P30, P35, M30X, M35X, M50/M55
Tecra: A3, A5, S2
Note: The Consumer Product Safety Commission lists the Toshiba models as P30/P5 but we believe this is a misprint and should read P30, P35 as we have printed above. The Toshiba site verifies our correction as well.
Note #2: Some models are just bad models. Eg: The 5150 has been subject to all kinds of problems, recalls, lawsuits. Same with the Toshiba M35x. And the Compaq V2000 is now part of the Nvidia recall which we'll be covering shortly..
REF:
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Article
Toshiba Battery Recall Info
HP Battery Recall Info
Dell Battery Recall Info
Labels: battery, Dell, HP, recall, sony, Toshiba
posted by AbsoluteRaleigh @ 9:18 AM,
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