rs32 Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Have just dropped my workhorse Sony VAIO laptop and unfortunately the screen has cracked. Only the top 1/4 of the screen area now works - although it seems the hard drive is intact as it resumes from hibernation fine. Any suggestions for getting a new screen fitted or any TSN computer repair people out there that I could post it to ? Model is Sony VAIO VGN A-115 S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizze Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 I would get the hard drive out, call your insurance comapny and get a new machine sent out to you. Buy a usb caddy for the hard drive and restore from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyadam Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Sorry to hear that Ash just before xmas as well, I had same problem a while back and found luck by calling around smaller repair centres. Just had to do loads of calling around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 [ QUOTE ] I would get the hard drive out, call your insurance comapny and get a new machine sent out to you. Buy a usb caddy for the hard drive and restore from there. [/ QUOTE ] would really like to keep the physical machine as you don't see any decent laptops with "normal" screens these days. All this widescreen nonsense drives me mad - the VAIO I have has possibly the best 1024*768 screen I've ever seen on a laptop (X-Black etc). Will try the phoning around approach next week for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Have a look for parts or a complete system via flee bay. There's bound to be one with fecked internals and a good screen. I've done some work on Laptops, screens are not easy to break and rebuild (and get back to perfect). With decent Laptops costs spiralling lower and lower, it might be wise to consider the insurance claim option. That's likely to be better than £200 for 2nd spares unit plus £100-£200 worth of rebuilding labour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eolair Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 you should be able to source a screen, from fleabay or the like. NB that even within a specific model, laptops can have different LCDs with differnt controllers. So you have to find the exact screen or risk it not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo-S3 Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Give these guys a shout and see what they say. Should be able to repair it for you easily enough i think. LAPTOP REPAIRS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 cheers Mo - have sent them an email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiser647 Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Make sure you take the data off the hard drive NOW before you put it in the new laptop and it dies later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 that's a good shout Cruiser - the USB hard drive I bought from another TSN'er is now being put to very good use ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rs32 Posted January 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 update - Sony have the repairs market locked down completely so £550 for a new screen. They don't post out spare parts to customers, and they don't gurantee your hard drive will remain intact even when just the screen is broken. That was an expensive start to Christmas Eve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo-S3 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 Ouch!! Maybe worth buying a new laptop for a bit more and selling this one on ebay. Better still one like yours might turn up on ebay! Not worth repairing it at that price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 that would seem the sensible choice - but you won't find this type of screen (15" non-widescreen X-Black) on a machine under 1k. Waiting for a US-based company to come back to me, otherwise I may end up getting Sony to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs32 Posted January 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2007 well I went with Sony in the end, they collected it last Friday at 9.30 AM and it was delivered back this morning at 9am all works fne and they didn't touch the hard drive. despite the cost I'm very impressed with this, especially as it went to France to be repaired. Well done to Sony this time around - but they are a rip-off for repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogbucket Posted January 12, 2007 Report Share Posted January 12, 2007 I have been frustrated in the past trying to get Sony laptop spares, as you say it is completely locked down. Even though I work in TV and have a Sony spares account the system wont let you order anything laptop related even with the part number I had to sell my previous Vaio on ebay as broken because I could not get a £50 bit to fix it myself. But for some reason I keep buying them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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