It
looks like you have the "memory slot
problem"
IMPORTANT!
Take out the battery, and leave
it out for the following tests.
Unplug
the AC power. Open the RAM bay on the bottom of the
machine (it's a hatch about 2" square with a
single screw). The SODIMMs are held in by springs on
either end that you press outward to release the
module. After inserting a module, press down on it
until the springs catch.
- If
you have two
memory modules, try each of them singly in
both slots. If either module works reliably
in both slots, the other module is probably
defective. Buy a new module.
Be sure to
unplug the power after each test.
- If
you have one
memory module, try it in the other slot.
- If
one slot (or both) is consistently dead with
any module plugged into it, we can probably
fix it. Go to shipping.
- A
further diagnostic is to press the memory
slot towards the main board (use something
non-metallic and insulated, please) while the
machine is powering up. If it sometimes boots
at least as far as the Vaio splash screen,
your odds of a successful repair increase to
99.9%.
IMPORTANT!
If your computer exhibits any other
light pattern than the following, we can't fix it:
- At
power-on, the (green) power light comes on
and stays on.
- The
(yellow) HDD light flickers and goes out.
- There
is no image on the screen, and no sound from
the speaker.