How do u removed cover to get to hard drive'. all screws and battery are removed,
SOURCE: CMOS Battery
you want to be looking for the rtc(real time clock) which is a little unit not much bigger than ur thumb nail.next to it youll find the battery(sometimes heat sealed with plastic.)if you remove this battery for about 5 mins then replace it or in ur case maybe renew it this will reset bios to factory(also method for bypass passwords as every thing is reset)
you might also wanna check ur video card.(connections and dust)
SOURCE: How to remove a hard drive on a Sony Vaio Model PCG-9411
hi,
Can you please describe the model number as well ?
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SOURCE: HOW TO REMOVE THE SONY VAIO VGN-N365E HARD DRIVE
This was a real pain because Sony doesn't and won't release a hardware maintenance manual. You have to take all the screws off that you see on the bottom with the little arrow next to them. Slide out the optical drive and remove the 3 screws hiding behind it. Remove the battery and take out the 3 screws behind it. Now look at the bottom of they keyboard below the row of keys with the space bar in it. There are 4 tabs that have to be pushed toward the touchpad to release the keyboard. It should swivel up now. Be careful as there is a ribbon cable behind it. Gently slide the dark brown bar away or to the right from the beige connector in the keyboard. That will release the ribbon cable. You can now see the last screw holding the top cover in place. Unscrew that screw and then you can remove the top cover. Gently pop up the edges of the top cover and work your way around. You will have to swivel the screen as far back as it goes to pop up the cover. You can just lift and move the top cover toward the screen now and reveal the hard drive. The touchpad has a smaller ribbon cable so you can choose to disconnect it if you want, but you don't have to. There are two long screws near the SATA connector that you have to remove. After taking them out, you can gently slide the drive out to the loft, caddie and all. I suggest labeling all the screws as you take them out or taping them in similar positions on a piece of paper so you can put them back in.
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Power off the computer, and unplug it from the power source. Close the computer and turn it over.
Slide off the battery cover and remove the battery.
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Locate the memory bay and remove the screws in the cover.
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Remove your old RAM board(s) by pushing the metal clips and holding it down and outwards until the RAM board pops up. Then pull it out at a 30-degree angle. (If you only need to add more RAM to your existing RAM and you have enough available empty RAM slots, you will not need to remove the RAM.)
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Insert the new RAM board into an empty slot at a 30-degree angle until you hear it click. Then push it flat down into the slot.
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Replace the cover and screw it back in.
Upgrade the Sony VAIO Hard Drive
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Locate the hard drive bay and remove the screws from the cover. Then slide the cover off.
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Pull the hard drive out of the bay.
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Remove the screw securing the hard drive with the magnetic screwdriver.
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Pull the hard drive out of the bay by the black tab connected to it.
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Re-insert your new hard drive into the bay and replace the cover.
hope it helps
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