Posts by glockberg

The VGN-S150 uses micro dimms it is smaller that your standard SODIMM and of course more expensive.

Yep it is a problem. Mine started with superficial cracks. The cracks expanded and finally worstened to the point that there was exposed cable when chunks of the hinge fell off. It was repaired under warranty. Of course the HD failed and...

Apparently this is a common issue. Forunately for me, depending on how one looks at it, mine cracked and pieces fell out about the same time I had issues with unexpected shutdown/restarts and the hard drive failed just before the factory...

On battery it would not start. Now it will not start on AC. If I boot on a bootable cd or to the bios it will start but now there is a blue screen error. It will not start in any safe or diagnostic mode. A year ago when it experienced...

I have had similar issues on AC power and battery. The M5300 series had a law suit settlement for similar issues. The EMachines tech support told me to buy a cooler. That is plain stupid. I do not know if these are heating issues or not....

Thanks for the pics. Since my Sony warranty is up and the extended warranty didn't care, I took the plunge and followed the photos to disassemble the laptop. I purchased the Hitachi Travelstar 100g hard drive kit. The kit came with an...