Hello, I have a Sony VAIO FE41S that has unexpectedly stopped booting/powering on. Upon attempting to power up - the Power Button displays a green light as per usual, but nothing boots e.g. no fan noises, display does not turn on. This happens regardless of the Computer having both AC Adaptor/Battery charge, Battery Only or AC Adaptor only. Holding the Power button for 5 seconds does not turn the Laptop off as usual, and pressing it repeatedly just causes the Battery icon to flicker on/off. If the computer is hooked up the the AC Adaptor, and no button is pressed, the Battery icon double-blinks regularly (suggesting it is charging) - but this seems to achieve no effect. Any ideas? Thanks for reading, I really appreciate any thoughts you guys may have.
Seems to be either a power supply problem or a dead battery problem. Could also be a fried motherboard but not likely... Before this happened did you smell any burning or witness any smoke coming from the computer?
Thanks for replying. I have a spare battery so it doesn't seem to be that, could it be a Power Supply problem even if the Laptop doesn't start up on fully-charged Battery-only power? There was no burning, smell or anything similar.
I just realized that i made a big mistake when i said "it could be the power supply"... i forgot the obvious (the battery IS the power supply!) With that said... i believe its a motherboard problem. I wouldn't know how to diagnose though...
