20 Most Recent Sony PCG-TR3A Notebook Questions & Answers

Follow this link -> http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCG-TR3F&region_id=1
That is the link for all drivers for your pc. Some software unrelated to drivers or fuctionality cannot be downloaded from this site. Contact Sony for more details on getting replacement software. However, the link I provided will help get your pc running with all drivers.

www.sony.com enter model number memory upgrades answer is there

And when you switch on indoors, does it work with the AC adapter connected, or it also works on the battery alone with the AC adapter disconnected?

You will need to download the drivers for your model laptop from the manufacturor's WEB site, make sure they are the XP version drivers.

HELLO;
May be you must have taken the wrong driver. You better remove both the drivers, and install and check one by one. If none works better search for the new driver and install it.
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With the Sony, if you do not make a recovery disk set from a functioning laptop, you are out of luck. However, you can load any retail version of an operating system, go to this link
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCGTR3A
to download all of the device drivers, and continue using your laptop.

Good luck

It is a button battery under the keyboard. Just be careful not to break the battery holder.

Go onto Sony's web site and follow the links. There you will find the drivers you require.
Hope this helps.

If you cannot remember your password then you can do one of the following:
Solution 1: Start your computer and press F8 and select the option Safe Mode. And see i safe mode does it ask for the password or not. If it helps you in logn then login and do the neccessary.
Solution 2: If you have your Operating System Disc then Repair your computer from CD.
If you need any help in repairing the computer, shoot me a mail.
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Hello, the best solution to this problem is doing a new installation, because either a virus or someone has deleted some important files that is making your system not boot. I hope this solution has been helpful. Have a wonderful day.

1. Take the battery out of the laptop & try to turn on the laptop using power adapter only. If the computer turns on, then the battery is defective & needs to be replaced.
2. Make sure the power adapter is not defective. Test the output voltage of the power adapter using a voltmeter. Compare the voltmeter reading to the nominal value written on the adapter or the laptop.
3. Make sure the DC jack is not loose or broken. A loose DC jack will need to be re-soldered. A broken one will need to be replaced.
4. The motherboard could be defective & needs to be replaced.

Usually on the bottom of the PC there is a cover with usually 2 small screws that hold a cover on. Under that cover you will find the hard drive.

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That takes an IDE mini hard drive. However if ur in the bios trying to get an operating system to auto recognize the drive then tell it to auto detect. The drive on that is rather high the only 1 I seen was a 40GB at $159

Function keys depend on software to specify their use. You need drivers. Try;

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCGTR3AP

It sounds like the smartdisk is detecting a problem with the HDD and is predicting imminent failure. It might be giving a false positive, or it might be a genuine fault...in which case your HDD could go at any time.  Or it might last for ages.  You just can't tell.

If it were me, I would at the very least REGULARLY back up the data to an external drive.  You probably are going to end up having to replace the drive, yes, but you might get some wear out of it before it goes.  Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

On the plus side, at least you get to save your data.  Back in the bad old days -not so long ago- they just used to go *plink!* and take all your data with them.

Right click 'my computer' , \ manage \ disk management
Try to configure from there
U may need to initialise it
or u can go to BIOS and try to enable\disable it to make it work

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u37F2Y-dpkg


Watch this video on youtube, it should help you unlock your computer!Good luck!

Hi,
You can only upgrade the memory to 1GB in that model Vaio laptop.

The memory supported is DDR SDRAM which runs at 333MHz. There are 2 memory slots which support 1x512 module in each slot.
I recommend Kingston RAM as the manufacturer.

As for the HDD the laptop supports EIDE (IDE/ATA) hard drive. you can have anything up to 320GB. Seagate are excellent drives as well as Fujitsu.


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Hello, Rozalind.

The most common reasons are the power adapter/cord and power jack.

If you move/wiggle the power adapter at the point where it connects to the laptop, and the power goes off and on, the power jack is the problem.

The power jack is inside the laptop and either needs soldering or replacement.

If no change, the power adapter is faulty and needs replacement.

Hope this helps.

Yes. It is also capable of Windows 7, according to Sony esupport.
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=PCGTR3A