Repairing my AR21S

[timothy.couckuyt]

Hey guys,

I would love to know how I can get my AR21S repaired. Both the battery and the graphics card (7600 GT Mobile) died. Could I get an offer from sony somehow to see how much it would cost me to repair these 2 components?

Thanks in advance guys!

[Thalamus.]

Hi Timothy,

I suggest you contact vaio support regarding your graphics problem as Sony released a statement that some Vaio models can have distorted video, random characters or blank screen issues due to failure of the NVIDIA graphics chip.

The models concerned are as follows..

VGN-FZ11x, VGN-FZ18x, VGN-FZ21x, VGN-FZ31x, VGN-FZ38x
VGN-AR11x, VGN-AR21x, VGN-AR31x
VGN-C1Zx, VGN-C2Zx
VGC-LM1xx, VGC-LM2xx
VGC-LT1xx, VGC-LT2xx

To contact Vaio support, use the following link to find the contact details: Sony Vaio Support

Click on the following link to read the Sony announcement: Distorted video, random characters or blank screen issues due to failure of the NVIDIA graphics chip OR if that does not work try this link: Distorted video, etc. due to failure of the NVIDIA graphics chip