Random Restarting Issue with Sony Vaio VGC-RB30

check your cpu fan heatsink if its clogged by dusts sometimes it restart itself to prevent overheating

this is likely a virus, trojan issue... have you done a thorough virus scan with current software???
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Hi Jose,
Asus ATI Radeon HD6450 Silence 1GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI Low Profile PCI-Express Video Card. Is one of the compatible cards you can put in the system and can be sourced from
http://www.memorygiant.com/video-card/sony-vaio-vgc-vgcrb30-vgcrb30c/

Regards
Proton

Ram is installed on the bottom of the laptop. there should be a small compartment about the size as the RAM sticks. Make sure you get laptop ram as desktop ram wont fit. From there you just push on the fins of the ram to pop them up slide one out replace and push back down to lock again.

Sony VAIO VGC-RB30
Follow link and download the VAIO Users Guide. Instructions are on page 55 and 56. The manual states the maximum memory is 2GB PC-3200 SDRAM. Crucial.com states there are 4 slots total.

Angelo, do you have the installation CD-ROM that came with the keyboard and mouse? If so, it should work just find with your Sony Vaio VGC-V517G all-in-one computer. Let me know if you have any issues.

The issue may be due to any recent hardwrae or software changes and also due to any virus.
1. Remove any recently added hardware/software.
2. Try to boot the computer in safe mode. Press F8 button soon after restarting the computer to enter the advance boot option and select safe mode to boot computer in safe mode.
3. If issue persists even in safe mode, perform a system restore to an earlier time or date when the computer was working as expected. Performing system restore will not delete any data from the computer.
4. Reset BIOS to default values. (Press the F2 key after restarting the computer to enter and access BIOS).
5. Press F3 and F4 keys to reset the BIOS. or press the right arrow key until you reach the exit menu, then select the load BIOS default option.
6. Then, select the Yes option when promted, save the settings and select yes option. restart computer and check.
7. If still persists, perform a system recovery using the VAIO Care Software or the F10 recovery partition.
Note: ensure to backup any important data before perfoming system recovery. System recovery will erase all the data presnt in the computer.

Just reinstall Windows, simply don't reformat your C: drive. All your docs and photos will still be there, you'll just have to search for them.

You actually perhaps using a non blank disc at that time. Burners don't really accept non writeable Discs. Check your CD first before burning. If you are using a rewriteable disc (CD-rw) that has files, it can burn and files will be overwritten but if you're just using a CD-r with files in it, the burner will eject and will tell you to insert a blank disc.

I believe this is a common issue with VAIOs -
overtemping and shutting down.

Does the cooling fan run?

Regards,