Sony Vaio GRX-650 Boot issues

I had my Sony Vaio GRX-650 for a while, I remember at one point there
was a website that said it was a saoldering issue in the RAM sockets. I
remember when I first got the blue screen of death, I did pull out the
RAM and put it back in and it worked great for 3-4 weeks. Now I stopped
using it but I need to get back on it and wanted to know if the
motherboard soldering manufacture defect is one of the main causes for
the computer not booting. Lights turn on seems like everything is
working but the screen just wont turn on, I figure the RAM doesn pick
up so it does not boot. Any help woudl be appreciated. Thanks you.

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&gt; I had my Sony Vaio GRX-650 for a while, I remember at one point there
> was a website that said it was a saoldering issue in the RAM sockets.
I
> remember when I first got the blue screen of death, I did pull out
the
> RAM and put it back in and it worked great for 3-4 weeks. Now I
stopped
> using it but I need to get back on it and wanted to know if the
> motherboard soldering manufacture defect is one of the main causes
for
> the computer not booting. Lights turn on seems like everything is
> working but the screen just wont turn on, I figure the RAM doesn pick
> up so it does not boot. Any help woudl be appreciated. Thanks you.
>;

Try pressing the ram towards the mobo whilst trying to power on if this
cures the problem then the ram sockest maybe the problem, with the
battery and power removed you can see with the aid of a magnifying
glass the pins where soldered to the board will be loose you can use a
needle to flex them to prove this.

Rich

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You may be right. Try just putting a single stick of memory in one
slot, then try to turn it on. If it does not boot, try the same stick
in the other slot. Maybe you can narrow the defective receptical down
that way. It is possible to resolder the pins on these if you have a
reasonable level of skill and a nice hot, pointy soldering iron. I
usualy just apply some of the liquid soldering flux made for electronics
to the pins and then touch each one with the tip of the iron to make the
solder reflow. do not try to add more solder because you will just end
up with a mess of shorted pins.

Ardell Faul
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ittfrancisco wrote:

> I had my Sony Vaio GRX-650 for a while, I remember at one point there
&gt; was a website that said it was a saoldering issue in the RAM sockets. I
> remember when I first got the blue screen of death, I did pull out the
> RAM and put it back in and it worked great for 3-4 weeks. Now I stopped
> using it but I need to get back on it and wanted to know if the
> motherboard soldering manufacture defect is one of the main causes for
> the computer not booting. Lights turn on seems like everything is
> working but the screen just wont turn on, I figure the RAM doesn pick
>; up so it does not boot. Any help woudl be appreciated. Thanks you.
>;
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