Another Computer Resurrected!

[bjarvis]

This past week, I had two nonfunctional computers at home. My XP desktop suffered some sort of registry corruption; I fixed that a couple of days ago. My Sony Vaio had a failed power supply so I had no means of recharging the battery; naturally, I only discovered this when the battery was effectively drained.

There were files I wished to copy from the laptop so I attempted to transplant its hard drive into a different chassis. That effort failed when I discovered the Vaio's drive had a SATA interface and I had no other machine equipped with SATA. Figures.

In any case, yesterday afternoon, the replacement power supply I purchased from eBay arrived. My now-reassembled laptop is happily working with the new supply and I've made a complete backup of the system, just in case. There is joy once again in Maryland.

Now the more irksome problem: this is the third power supply I've purchased for this laptop in less than one year. Either I've had a really bad run, Sony is making/distributing crappy power supplies or they just don't travel well at all.

Has anyone else out there with a Sony Vaio of any model had problems with their power supply?

Comments

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I don't know since I don't have much of anything Sony (headphones are exempt) but I've heard not kind things about the Sony Viao and one of them is that they crap out once the warranty ends if that's any help. :-)

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

Can't help with this one I'm afraid... But I'm sure some time soon someone is going to tell you that you should have bought a Mac, because Macs are indestructable, perfect, and never go wrong. Ever. :-)

I'm considering a laptop purchase soon, and I'd considered the Vaio, but I don't know if the price differential is worth it for what I need; especially if it has hardware problems. I just want to buy something before XP becomes a non-option. Anyway, I'll watch what you learn about the Vaio here.

[bjarvis.livejournal.com]

I believe justetthon, otterpop58 and krisjensen all use Vaio models for square dance calling. I like the small size & light weight for frequent travel.

At least the unreliable component seems to be external to the laptop itself and easily replaced.

[jss]

> I'm considering a laptop purchase soon ...

You should buy a Mac. ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

Now why didn't I think of that? :-)

[abqdan.livejournal.com]

Now why didn't I think of that? :-)