https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-ar51su-motherboard-repair/m-p/363982#M18781 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Loizos,</P><P></P><P>The AR51SU is not one of the models that Sony acknowledge is affected by a faulty Nvidia chip and although you can arrange a repair through one of their service partners it will not come cheap.</P><P></P><P>I would advise you to Google "reflow repairs" to locate a competent repairer - cost should be between £100 to £125. I suggest you ignore any advice you may find about baking the motherboard in the oven...</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:07:44 GMT rich912 2012-09-29T19:07:44Z https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-ar51su-motherboard-repair/m-p/363981#M18780 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi All,</P><P>I have a SONY Vaio model VPN-AR51SU laptop with problem with VGA chip on motherboard. I make a search in the forums and i found that my problem is a common problem with all vaio laptops because of the high temperatures of the VGA Chip. My Vaio is out of warranty but i must fix it because i have very importand informations on my hard drives and second its very expensive model and i was very happy with this laptop.</P><P>I am wondering if SONY is offering any repair service or if they can exchange the motherboards as they know that all Vaios of this series are facing this problem.</P><P>Hope someone to be able to give me an answer.</P><P></P><P>Thanks</P><P>Loizos- Cyprus</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:02:53 GMT https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-ar51su-motherboard-repair/m-p/363981#M18780 LouisCY 2012-09-29T17:02:53Z https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-ar51su-motherboard-repair/m-p/363982#M18781 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Loizos,</P><P></P><P>The AR51SU is not one of the models that Sony acknowledge is affected by a faulty Nvidia chip and although you can arrange a repair through one of their service partners it will not come cheap.</P><P></P><P>I would advise you to Google "reflow repairs" to locate a competent repairer - cost should be between £100 to £125. I suggest you ignore any advice you may find about baking the motherboard in the oven...</P><P></P><P>Rich</P></BODY></HTML> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:07:44 GMT https://community.sony.ro/t5/pcs-accessories/vgn-ar51su-motherboard-repair/m-p/363982#M18781 rich912 2012-09-29T19:07:44Z