Getting Started

[samwardill]

I bought my Vaio today. I connected it as described in the instructions. I switched it on as described and I see the Vaio logo then the Win XP start up screen. When the boot process has completed the screen goes blank and I can't get it to do anything. I have looked at the troubleshooting and I can't see any solution.

[Thalamus.]

Just for interest. I can now get it to start by frigging around with F8 and choosing VGA mode.

Hi samwardill,

Have you tried pressing F10 instead of F8 on booting up, this should start the recovery process...:smileyconfused:

[Blencogo]

Just for interest. I can now get it to start by frigging around with F8 and choosing VGA mode.

Sounds like your display settings are incorrect for your screen or the DVI output is faulty.

Open in VGA mode, click on Start>Control Panel and double click on Display and select Settings.

Check you have the Sony Notebook display selected. Set the screen resolution to 1280 X 800 (or whatever your screen resolution is - you haven't told us which model you have) and set for Highest (32 bit) colour.

Reboot and see if it works. If not have the Vaio checked as there could be a graphics card fault.