Replace palmrest on sony vaio vgn-fw390 - Sony Computers & Internet

1. Prior to replacing your replacement keyboard for sony vaio vgn-fe880e/h, make sure to remove the keyboard and disconnect the ac adapter from your laptop.
2. The first step to replacing your laptop keyboard is to remove the screws from the back of your vaio vgn-fe880e/h. Sometimes your laptop will have a picture of a keyboard next to the screws that need to be removed. Otherwise, see your laptop manual for details.
3. Above the laptop keyboard for sony vaio vgn-fe880e/h, you have a cover panel. If required, remove this part to easily access your keyboard. If you have screws above your keyboard, remove those screws.
4. Now that you have removed all the screws, you are ready to remove and then replace your new laptop keyboard.
5. To remove the vaio vgn-fe880e/h Keyboard, take a thin object and pry the keyboard out between the keyboard and motherboard. Be careful when removing the keyboard.
6. Now that your keyboard is loose, simply disconnect your keyboard. In order to disconnect the keyboard, pay attention to the keyboard connector and connector cable. Unlock the connector cable device and remove your laptop keyboard. Your sony vaio vgn-fe880e/h connector cable should be easy to remove by simply sliding it out.
7. Now that your keyboard has been removed, get ready to install your new laptop keyboard. Look at the back of the keyboard. If you see any screw holes, you will have a good idea of where to place the screws back in at the bottom of the laptop.
8. Connect your laptop keyboard for sony vaio vgn-fe880e/h to the motherboard keyboard connection slot. Secure the keyboard cable. Now turn your keyboard in place, and align the grooves on the bottom of your keyboard with your palmrest or plastic bezel. Secure your laptop keyboard in place, make sure it fits properly and is snug. Now simply place the screws back in place.

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You ARE using an ESD wrist strap, and have it's alligator clip attached to a good ground source, correct?

Otherwise you are going to Static shock your laptop, and can use it for a Doorstop.
(Or conversation piece,
"Hey what's that Stewart?" "Oh that was an attempt to repair an old VAIO I had." )

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I connect to an unpainted surface, of the metal frame of an open, empty desktop computer case.
You can also set a large metal serving tray (Unpainted), on the TABLE you are working on, and connect to it.
Or a large metal knickknack (Unpainted)

Use a multi-compartment container for the various screws you will remove.
Label each compartment for the area the screw/s come out of.
(You can use a clean egg carton if you need to)

SOME screws look VERY similar to other screws.
Advise DO NOT mix them up.
(Especially since there is no free Service Manual)

Let's look at some of the casing parts, to familiarize you,

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Get the Sony part number off of the Touchpad, to look up a replacement.

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Regards,
joecoolvette

The Sony laptops can be quite tricky to work on, I would suggest having someone that is trained replace it because there is a good chance of breaking something while stripping the unit down.

The fan makes noise in high preformance windows like windows vista&7. So it is normal, because the windows uses motherboard,ram and graphics card with high preformance so they get hotter, so the fan get stronger to cool them or they will be damaged.
This noise also exist in windows xp, but only when opening high graphics game, or being working with the laptop for along time.

I have never seen this beforeis it the symbol on the back or the palmrest.Anyway the only way to get rid of this is to replace the monitor.

Sony makes getting a keyboard off it laptop like trying to launch a shuttle craft. Take the three screws out on the bottom, Push in the two detent tabs at the top of the keyboard, the hold it in place when on the palmrest. They are located at F5 and Num Lock keys. Now take a thin skewer or wire and push through where the screws were, this will release the keyboard. Now slide the keyboard toward the screen and that releases the lower detents that hold it at the lower part of the palmrest....nor unplug the cable and you are good to go. Oh, by the way below is the link to the service manual for your laptop....it has it fully illustrated.....

http://tim.id.au/laptops/sony/vgn-t.pdf

Try to Reformat your Laptop and install all the driver. Be sure on the control Panel or click properties then at the appearance tab be sure that on the hibernate tab or on the enable hibernation is checked.

Hello

I would not suggest yo uto luricate the fan but if yo want to, you will have to take palmrest off, first of all you will to take keyboard off to do so there are two screws on each side of battery take those screws off and then in battery compartment you will see two black plastic Knotch push those back one by one and keyboard will come off now unplug two flex cables one for power board and one for mouse pad also unplug the speaker wires on left hand side now take all the screws on top of palmrest and then close the lid and flip laptop over and take all the screws of n bottom and your palrest will come off and you can see the fan.

Thankyou

usually there are screws coming upward from the bottom to remove the keyboard,then you have to remove the palmrest which the touchpad is integrated into.