Memory pcg grx316mp

[randallised]

PCG-GRX Memory problems. Does anyone have advice about getting the other bank to work. No post on boot or access to bios even though modules are the same?

[kee-lo_]

Well apparently some people say tapping the RAM makes it work, other people use cardboard, and others have had it re soldered.

[wishartw]

This seems to be a common problem. It also happend to me and a friend of mine. Have a look at Vaio Village. on ezboard.com. At first I thought that I would be faced with the motherboard replacement cost, which is in the hundreds of pounds range. The actual cost to was £80 and Sony had the laptop returned within 2 weeks. I thought the service in this instance was excellent, however, if this is such a common manufacturing fault, then Sony is liable under the UK Consumer Laws.

In addition to this, since the repair, I now get noise from my speakers when running in power save mode.

The following link seems to offer a good summary of the problem.
http://p200.ezboard.com/funofficialsonyfrm8.showMessage?topicID=3743.topic

[kee-lo_]

This seems to be a common problem. It also happend to me and a friend of mine. Have a look at Vaio Village. on ezboard.com. At first I thought that I would be faced with the motherboard replacement cost, which is in the hundreds of pounds range. The actual cost to was £80 and Sony had the laptop returned within 2 weeks. I thought the service in this instance was excellent, however, if this is such a common manufacturing fault, then Sony is liable under the UK Consumer Laws. 

Oh I totally agree, Sony should be aiming to repair the GRX as it's still a good machine.

Still love the GRX 2 years later and I hate to think of ever moving away to a new desktop/laptop because I'm so acustomed to this one.