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Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:35 pm**

i recently gave 20 bux to a lady for a sony vaio 1.8 ghz dual core 1gb ddr2 mem with built in wireless a sd and mem stick reader whose boyfriend threw and broke the screen and dvd drive. i was going the strip it and part it out but it has a 15 pin vga port it posts and boots into vista. ive had it running stuff for about 8 hours now hasnt done anything flaky at all. i see why ppl hate vista i hate it now too. i killed aero it works better now but still slow. i can get the screen and the cd drive off ebay for 140 for both. it has xp drivers available also. it was made in 2007 so its not even that old. its a vaio vgn-n325e widescreen. so im wondering if it would be a better idea to fix it
it seems rock stable and no bad sectors on the hdd.

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:50 pm**

I'd fix it and sell it for 2-300 hehe or keep it for myself..

eGo

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:47 pm**

Yep, I would fix it. Sonys are easy to sell, people think Sony is the poo :lol

Posted: **Fri Jan 16, 2009 7:19 pm**

Yeah, fix it. Though screens aren't for the faint of heart. They usually require half disassembling the laptop. However, if you have balls of steel, then why not. If you're really lucky, you can find someone who has the LCD still mounted in the bezel, that'll save some work. I have one compaq laptop whos screen can't be removed without literally destroying the bezel (they used an aluminum sticker to hold the surrounding trim), once removed it it was so messed up (I was gentle too) that I couldn't reuse it. However, most laptops just use screws.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:07 am**

Fix it. Just keep track of all those little screws and which one goes where.

Posted: **Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:59 am**

thanks guys i ordered the parts

Posted: **Wed Jan 21, 2009 5:33 pm**

well i got the screen and cd in now it looks like the lcd inverter is dead. anyone know what the chances are that the power to the inverter from the mobo got fried too?

Posted: **Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:55 am**

Not likely that it was fried, but with being thrown, anything could have happened. I'd double/triple check the connections. Usually, the inverter has a completely seperate set of wires going to it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:34 am**

so the old light breaking and being powered up probly killed the inverter you think? i stuck a probe on the wires and there is juice there nothing on the high voltage end though. i ordered an inverter anyway i hope that fixes it.

Posted: **Thu Jan 22, 2009 12:24 pm**

GL! The inverter should resolve your issues

eGo

Posted: **Thu Jan 22, 2009 5:31 pm**

I'd think so too.

Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2009 1:33 pm**

well the inverter did it!! its running like a swiss watch. now i intend to ditch vista and make use of those xp drivers on sonys site. it runs super slow with vista still after i turned off aero it has a gig of ram which xp should fly on. ill leave the recovery partition maybe in case i upgrade the memory.

Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:56 pm**

Good deal. Hey, I'll give you 50 bucks for it

Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2009 5:38 pm**

normalicy wrote:Good deal. Hey, I'll give you 50 bucks for it

lol right i got 200 in it now

well sonys xp sound driver dont work so im screwed for using xp i guess. anyone know any good tweaks to get the most speed out of vista?

Posted: **Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:15 pm**

What model is the laptop Shadow, I may be able to find the driver for you..

LMK

eGo

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