written by SRBARDE on 05/01/2012
I HARDLY USED THE LAPTOP. BUT WHEN I STARTED USING IT, IT STARTED MAKING A SOUND THAT STARTED GETTING WORSE AND IT STARTED TO SHUT OFF AFTER WORKING FOR LESSER PERIODS. THE PROBLEM WAS IT WAS PURCHASED IN EUROPE & COULD NOT BE TAKEN BACK AS ONE YEAR HAD ALREADY PASSED. I TOOK IT TO THE INDIA SONY CENTER & THEY EVEN REFUSED TO TOUCH AS IT WAS MEANT FOR EU MARKET. RIDICULOUS!!!. I JUST GAVE UP AFTER SHOWING IT TO LOCAL PEOPLE WHO COULD'T DO ANYTHING. NOW I AM STUCK WITH A MACHINE, WHICH IS OLD, THE MOTHERBOARD IS THE PROBLEM AND IF I WANT TO GET ANYTHING DONE IT WILL BE COSTLY ENOUGH SO THAT I WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH A NEW MACHINE. I ALMOST DON'T KNOW HOW THE MACHINE WAS BUT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE MOTHERBOARD IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AND SO IT WAS SOLD TO ME BY PC WORLD AT A LESSER PRICE (RELATIVELY). I AM NOW STUCK WITH A USELESS PIECE OF HARDWARE FROM SONY. SINCE THEN I HAVE STOPPED GETTING SONY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.