hey, how come i did that and now my computer is dead silence. earlier it i could see the light but nothing comes on the screen, no sound nothing. what happen?

Hello: I'm also having the same problem. My sony wont power up, don't think its the cord or the jack. I can't spend a lot of money on it, but I have very important things in there that I need. Can you tell me what you guys ended up doing? Also- how can I get my info?

Count me in as one of the victims Linda, I have the same exact problem with the same Sony vaio "crap" model. This system has given me lot of problems since I got in 3/4 yrs ago.

thanks. i did just that. still no go. i think i will resort to sending it into sony for repair. apparently it should cost under 300$. don't you think this is a bit coincidental... i am thinking... manufacturer's defect... or... perhaps they built this auto-destruct into the computer to force us all to buy new ones?