I HAVE A SONY VGC-RA830G AND I NEED TO CHANGE THE MOTHERBOARD (Asus PTGD-VX) I WONDER IF CAN I UPGRADE THE PROCESSOR AND THE MOTHERBOARD? THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.

It's an old model, 1 - CDrom and HDD lights blink? if not please try turn on without the cmos battery. IT's an 11 year old pc the battery is almostly dead. 2 - CPU fan turn on loud and doesn't low rpm? Fan dirt or bad motherboard.

What is it that you need? Specifications? Processor/Ram Memory support? Front Panel header on the motherboard, pinout? Post back in a Comment. Regards, joecoolvette

Hi,

Download DriverPack Solution 12.3 Full and the run it. It will scan your system and install all driver which will be missing. Its complete pack of all motherboard and laptop drivers.

The M3N78-em mobo doesn't support AM3 processors. It is an AM2 / AM2+ platform. A wonderful GPU for you would be this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

If you have any other questions please write back in this thread. I will be happy to help you through your computer upgrade.

it supports all intell processors except i7 and all amd

please vote for it and thanks for using fixya

Information about the stock motherboard is here if you want to compare it to possible replacements. It doesn't matter what board you get as long as it fits (micro-ATX style) and can support the drives you have (enough IDE and SATA connectors). Also, if you want to keep your current memory and processor, you'll need to find a replacement that supports them. Finally you need to make sure that you stay within the ratings of the system power supply, unless you plan to upgrade it.

Hope this helps. Thanks for using Fixya!

Hello again,

Sony sells the recovery media if you require it.
https://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ecom/accessories/web/categorySearch.do?operation=subCategorySearch&subCategory=109&category=3&subCategoryName=Recovery%20CD&categoryName=Computer

if the link doesn't work copy it completely to your addressbar and press enter.

If your machine works and you can use it, and you have the original stuff from sony still installed then you can most likely find the vaio recovery from your start menu.

1. close all extra programs that you don't need.
2. disconnect your internet
3. disconnect printers and other extra devices
4. From the Vaio Recovery wizard appliaction, in the vaio recovery window, under media nad recovery options, click to select Create recovery media kit.
5. click the next button
6. You have two choises for recovery media either one recordable CD and two recordable DVD's

OR

10 recordable CD's.

You will find as with Dell that the motherboard etc is all custom & you cant upgrade it yourself, you have to go through Sony. I am not 100% on that but that has been the case with many branded PCs i have seen.

Can you not open the case? This usually voids the warranty but if you were intending to replace parts then it would likely be voided anyway.

Thanks

you can upgrade the CPU without changing the motherboard if the CPU is compatible with the motherboard, you have to buy an Intel processor since the motherboard is Intel. Log on to http://www.intel.com/
to learn more.

kept trying Asus for your board details but their site was down,and also need to know socket type, but you may need to upgrade your bios to support large drives. You can find the motherboard support site here:- http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us