Power module fried?

[Acemoose]

A systems friend installed a 250 GB HD on my Sony VAIO RS 220 -- in addition to the 120 GB HD that came with the puter. He moved my D Drive to the 250 GB and left the C Drive on the 120 GB. HD.

System ran fine -- for about 3 months,.

Then one day I heard what sounded like the HD (not good)-- but the noise was coming from the area of the Power module. The puter started to behave erratically-- when I turned it off normally, once I turned it back on, it would flip into a blue screen and then start up without my even pressing the ON button on the tower.

So I did a CheckDisk on the C Drive -- and it found ALOT of bad sectors -- and supposedly fixed them. I tuirned off the puter and when I turned it on, I got a message:that said part of the Operating system (XP Home) was bad and needed to be reloaded.

Once I turned off the computer, I was never able to turn it on again -- I would press the switch and...nothing.

The person who originally loaded the 250 G HD is no longer interested in looking into this. He said "Well, it might be the power module".

I have a dead puter, two telecommuting jobs that are going nowhere, and I need to get to the bottom of this. I could order a refurb and get a HD dock and try to load everything onto the new puter -- but what other options do I have???

 

[JMMD]

I would suggest you try and replace the power supply or have someone help you with replacing it and see if that solves the problem with the system not powering on.

 

[Acemoose]

Took out the old power suply-- called Tiger Direct- they don't carry it-- i am trying to contact SONY now. Does anyone know of an aftermarket prvider for this???

 

[JMMD]

What are the specs of the current power supply. Does it appear to be a standard PSU and have a standard connection to the motherboard?

 

[Acemoose]

120 Volt-- NMB made in Thailand. Appears to have standard connection to motherboard..

 

[JMMD]

Is that the only markings anywhere on the power supply? Check all sides.

 

[Acemoose]

Thanks JMMD!!

I had just given you the basics-- yes there was more info on that label -- I found a supplier - they will ship it to me. Then I'll lug my puter back into the kitchen (the only rugless room) put it on the floor and carefully install the module - I already took pix of the connectors before i unplugged and removed the old module, so I know what goes where.

I've worked on car wiring systems so this is not much different (in fact some of the clearances inside my tower are a little more generous than the clearances under the dashboard)

(To be continued)