https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164048#M52174 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My VAIO doesn't want to start in normal mode at all. I am afraid my graphic card crashed (very strange cos I do not play games on my vaio). This air duster won't help.<BR />Is it possible to repair/change this invalid graphic card ? How much will it cost?<BR /><BR /><IMG border="0" src="https://ip2.i.lithium.com/6f95c62226d1d80e209c2068a5a0da9c22436441/687474703a2f2f6f6272617a6b692e656c656b74726f64612e6e65742f35345f313234373234363430372e6a7067" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:48 GMT luque23 2009-07-10T17:10:48Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164044#M52170 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I've got a huge problem with my Sony VAIO VGN-FZ11M. It is extremely hot in the top left corner. I've bought cooling pad but it doesn't help. Recently due to high temp my notebook looses colours, gets freezed and restarts. During vista loading there are blue stripes. help me <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:58:50 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164044#M52170 luque23 2009-07-09T20:58:50Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164045#M52171 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If it's within warranty bring it back!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:47:44 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164045#M52171 sonypass33 2009-07-10T08:47:44Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164046#M52172 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>unfortunately my warranty finished about a year ago <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":disappointed_face:">😞</span> I will never buy a device from Sony again!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:44:51 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164046#M52172 luque23 2009-07-10T10:44:51Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164047#M52173 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi luque23<BR /><BR />Overheating may be caused by a build up of dust in the cooling vents. Try blowing out both the inlet and outlet vents with compressed air.<BR /><BR />You can purchase a can (often known as an “<A href="http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=25351" target="_blank">Air Duster</A> ”) from most PC retailers.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:29:10 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164047#M52173 rich912 2009-07-10T16:29:10Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164048#M52174 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>My VAIO doesn't want to start in normal mode at all. I am afraid my graphic card crashed (very strange cos I do not play games on my vaio). This air duster won't help.<BR />Is it possible to repair/change this invalid graphic card ? How much will it cost?<BR /><BR /><IMG border="0" src="https://ip2.i.lithium.com/6f95c62226d1d80e209c2068a5a0da9c22436441/687474703a2f2f6f6272617a6b692e656c656b74726f64612e6e65742f35345f313234373234363430372e6a7067" /><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:48 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164048#M52174 luque23 2009-07-10T17:10:48Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164049#M52175 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello luque23<BR /><BR />From your description and the photo I think your graphics chipset is dead.<BR /><BR />There's no way to change the graphics chip without changing the entire motherboard.<BR /><BR />I don't think is worth to repair this notebook because the price you have to pay for the repair is enough to buy a new one.<BR /><BR />As Rich912 said, the overheating is usually caused by a build up of dust in the cooling vents and you don't need to play games to burn the chipset.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:05:10 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164049#M52175 luisarn 2009-07-10T19:05:10Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164050#M52176 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for your reply.<BR />I turned off graphic card in Device manager. Now I can use Normal Mode. Is it safe ?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:35:20 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164050#M52176 luque23 2009-07-10T19:35:20Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164051#M52177 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Thanks for your reply.<BR />I turned off graphic card in Device manager. Now I can use Normal Mode. Is it safe ?<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />I think it will crash again soon or later because the FZ series doesn't have a dual graphic card system like the SZ and the Z series.<BR /><BR />By turning it off you might be able to work with the laptop.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:03:10 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164051#M52177 luisarn 2009-07-10T20:03:10Z https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164053#M52178 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you tell me how does it work now? I mean graphics.<BR />Where I can buy/change my actual motherboard+graphic card and how much it will cost?<BR />Is it possible to connect some kind of external graphic card ? Is 8400M GT shared gc ?!<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:21:46 GMT https://community.sony.fi/t5/pcs-accessories/my-fz11m-plus-high-temperature/m-p/164053#M52178 luque23 2009-07-10T20:21:46Z