New Sony Vaio Motherboard

[Chris W]

Ok

So the time has come to fix the laptop.... I need a new motherboard but am having massive problems finding one.

The model i have is a Sony Vaio PCG-FX209K.

I have found a replacement motherboard for an FX210 and it looks pretty much identical.... however.... could anyone confirm if it will work? Don't work to spend £230 and then find that it doesn't

Sony's e-support is no support at all, and i can't find any useful sony dealers in the local area. The only place i can find to buy replacement boards is in America, so i want to make sure i get the right one before i order!

Could anyone confirm this one would work, or alternatively suggest me a better way of repairing the crack on the second ram slot....

TIA
MB

[andygrif]

Can't help you on the motherboard issue, but I sympathise with your view of Sony 'support'. They will not provide spare parts (of the component variety) to anyone, even vendors - hence the reason why you are having trouble finding one.

You should also be aware that even though the models here and in the US look similar they are different models, have different BIOS'es etc.

You could try this forum http://sony.thumbrocket.com/ they have helped me in the past.

Good luck!

[Paulie]

I just spent the last 15 mins on google, but the forums that i came accross seemed full of people with a similar problem. It seems Sony is a bit like Apple when it comes to spare parts.

Sorry bud

[Strzelecki]

I know this may be a long shot and one you may want to take no notice of but you could try giving PC Service Call or mastercare a ring and see if they can point you in the right direct. They repair all the laptops for PC World and we've sent off Sony laptops that have come back with the boards replaced so they must be able to source them from somewhere. I'm not at work at the moment so I can trace things further (no intranet access).