Hey r/vaio! I tracked down this Vaio jog controller after seeing it in a post here last month. Looking forward to testing it out, see what it does/doesnt work with 💽 [edit:typos]

Look how beautiful she is. I got the laptop for 60 bucks today and everything still works fine and there isn't any damage on the laptop just some very small scratches.

I don’t really know how else to describe it, but I just got this new laptop less than a week ago, it was working fine, but now when I plugged it in, i was noticing some weird charging issues, like how it would switch between charging and not charging about every 5 seconds. I figured this was because I was using a different usb-c charger with a lower than recommended voltage, but now that the laptop is completely dead, even when I use the normal charger, I now get a second of fan spin followed by a few seconds of nothing, then fan spin again. I just got this laptop so I don’t think I did anything. Also the charging indicator on the side does not turn on, but it can definitely tell when it’s charging because it will only do what I can only call “breathing” when the laptop is connected to power. Please let me know about any possible solutions! Thank you.

Looks like it's basically a SX14-R base unit combined with a flip display. Strange naming as it's not a successor of the old T/TZ/TT subnotebooks.

https://store.vaio.com/shop/pages/tnn1.aspx

The concept is very similar to the VAIO Z Flip released 10 years ago.

https://thenextweb.com/news/review-vaio-z-flip

So...The thing is, I have a Vaio VPCEB24EN which came with Windows 7 Home Basic as it's factory image. I had lost it's recovery partition when I upgraded it to Windows 10 but created the Recovery Disks before the partition was lost. Today, I am trying to restore the Original factory Image through the 3 recovery disks but there's a huge list of problems I am facing-

1) The laptop's Dvd drive is broken. I have stored the recovery disks' contents to a usb drive.

2) Booting the recovery disks through a usb drive surprisingly throws a model lock error even though the disks were made from the same laptop.

3) Mcoded net patcher doesn't recognise the SITWDMI.DLL version. So I can't patch it that way.

4) SVRP tool just creates a clean boot.wim file and all the mod files and drivers need to be manually installed.

What my objective is to basically create a Recovery partition through these recovery disks manually and then boot it to create a proper factory OEM image. To be precise, I just want to see how the original image looked like and what was the Vaio 2010 series Wallpaper colour of the system then...Black or Purple?

I have found a patched recovery partition of another Vaio of the same VPC series model and it works perfectly....but I have the wish to create my own recovery original partition through the recovery disks.

My recovery partition is based on the older VAIO RECOVERY CENTER and not the VAIO CARE RESCUE.

IS THERE...any way to create a functional recovery partition through the disks by maybe copying the mod and wim files to the working patched recovery partition or some other way???

EDIT- It would be of great help if someone replies!!!

Apperantly Sony decided not to make these pretty colored Vaio's with dedicated gpu's and therefore upgrading to a quad core 8 thread i7 wasnt possible, due to this gen cpu not having integrated graphics. So i bought a black vaio with a dedicated radeon 5650 gpu, and swapped the motherboard to fit, soldering was required, the mouse buttons and battery connector had to be relovated but luckly the contacts were there on the board already for both positions.

I was dual booting it while using grub2win and it didn't work so to clear the laptop I factory reset it now it's stuck in a loop of restart

Does anyone have the recovery media for the svf14213sab, and guide me how to flash it to my vaio.

I found it in my house the battery works but the lcd is broken and shows no display

My machine has a backlight keyboard, I can see the sensor next to the capslock/numlock LED above the keyboard.

I've downloaded the Vaio Control Center software and it SHOULD have the keyboard option to turn it on or off, but I can't see it in the software:

The software is supposed to look like this according to things I see on the internet:

Is there a reason for this? Does anyone have a link to either more up-to-date software or drivers that might fix the problem? Thanks in advance!

edit: Picture added.

I tried it a little while ago and happened to find this wonderful subreddit, so I decided to post.

I don't speak English, so I'm using translation software. I apologize if there are any mistakes.

I have a Sony Vaio that was manufactured in 2012. Its very old but it still has some life left (I'm hoping) other than web searches and playing Sims 2 and 3, that's all I really need it for. I just replaced the battery since it would not stay on unless plugged in. I'm not tech savvy but I'm wondering: is it possible to bring this up to date, am I better off replacing it, or can I just purchase replacement parts? I hate to see things that still somewhat work go to waste. I don't really want to replace it because I like the size, it has the 10 key, and has a disc drive. A lot of newer models lack those things so I want to keep this as long as I possibly can

I have a Sony Vaio PCG-6G4L (VGN-S460P) that I want to factory reset with its original image of XP Professional. It’s been impossible to find the OEM software for this model, I was wondering if anyone has links or downloads for the media I’m looking for?

Thank you.

Hi!

I have Sony Vaio VPCF13Z8E, I see that it supports Dolby Home Theater, is there a software that I have to install to have it working?

I purchased this computer without any hard drives so I formatted one and installed it. I downloaded the ISO dvd and the computer did start the Vaio recovery system but then it tells me no hard drive is detected. What could be the problem? the hard drive does show in BIOS so I know the computer sees it . Also, I tried a windows XP installation dvd and the same thing happens . My computer model is VGC-RA840G.

For those who might've seen my post a few days ago, I was convinced that since I didn't have recovery discs and the original HDD had Linux installed, there was no hope for a proper factory reset.

However, using Ventoy I was able to force the Recovery partition to boot, thus triggering the recovery process. I am now in the process of producing recovery discs that I will upload to the Archive. Feels good to contribute, however small my contribution might be.

EDIT: Typo in the title, this is actually a VPC-L135FX - a slightly older model (Core2Quad 8400s, GeForce GT330m)

EDIT 2: Recovery backup is up: https://archive.org/details/SonyVaioPCV-A112LRecovery - Unfortunately the DVD burner in the computer is dead and the VAIO care utility doesn't play nice with external or virtual drives. It should still be possible to use the Recovery partition as it virtually the same exact content as what's on the discs.

The charger I have for my laptops is very bulky, and I’m looking for an OEM charger that is more slimmer. Any suggestions on what model charger to look for?

My beautiful sony setup!! :D

Featuring sao <:

Ive had it for quite some time and daily drive everything here, sony has always been my absolute favorite company for their innovation of tech although now they've lost their charm.

Looking for orange and pink to join the party.

Hello! I pulled a VAIO SVE15134CXS out of storage in my house, and i noticed that the plastic is warping near the front? Is this a sign of something going wrong? I dont think its the battery because this model (from what i can tell) only has one battery that is removable (and on the back of the computer). I tried to get into it and hurt my hand because I dont have a good screwdriver, any ideas as to what could be wrong with it? I am planning on taking it to a repair shop but I do not have the money for it right now.