Sony VAIO VGC-RB Series User manual

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SERVICE MANUAL
VGC-RB Series
Area/Destination Lineup Remarks
VGC-RB36G
VGC-RB34G
VGC-RB30
VGC-RB38G
VGC-RB35G
VGC-RB33G
VGC-RB32
VGC-RB31P
VGC-RB39CP
CTO
VGC-RB39CB CTO
US
VGC-RB39C CTO
VGC-RB15MG
VGC-RB13M
VGC-RB10M
American
Latin
VGC-RB12M
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(F) 2004 Sony Corporation
Published by Sony EMCS VAIO-GSC [F]
9-876-530-01
PERSONAL COMPUTER

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DISASSEMBLY

DISASSEMBLY FLOW CHART
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LEFT CHASSIS
ASSY
PCICARD
HDD ASSY
CPU
CARD READER
SWITCHING
POWER
MOTHER
BOARD
OPTICAL
DRIVE
BASE COVER
ASSY
FRONT PANEL
ASSY
TOP COVER
ASSY
FRONT USB
/1394 PORT
MEMORY
SYSTEM FAN
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Procedure to remove
LEFT CHASSIS ASSY
TOP COVER
Procedure to remove
1
2
○
1Two screws.
○
2Remove the left chassis assy
in the direction of arrow.
1
2
3
○
1Two screws.
○
2Ascrew.
○
3Remove the top cover
assy indirection of arrow.
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Procedure to remove
FRONT PANEL
Note: When DVD-
ROM is
Being used, in order to
mitigate the burden to
optical door (lower),
please apply oil to the
position of a figure using a
swab at the time of
exchange of the optical
door.
Oil: LUBRICANT 1
1
1
2
2
2
3
○
1Three claws.
○
2Three claws.
○
3Front panel assy.
Note: apply to the position of the
figure using a swab.
Place to apply: panel shaft and
holes of door’s rib
Place to apply: applies together
with panel from the core side
of front panel.
Oil: LUBRICANT
Amount to apply: Properly
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Pr
ocedure to remove
1
2
4
3
3
○
1harness (IDE CD-ROM)
○
2harness (power)
○
3Four screws
○
4Remove the optical drive in
the direction of arrow.
B
ASE COVER
Procedure to remove
1
2
3
○
1A screw.
○
22pull the claw.
○
3Remove the base in the
direction of arrow.
6
OPTICAL DRIVE
3
3
1
2
4
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Procedure to remove
3
1
2
2
○
1harness (CARD READER)
○2Two screws.
○
3Remove the CARD READER in
the direction of arrow.
CARD READER
FRONT USB /1394 PORT
Procedure to remove
○
1A screw.
○
22 screws.
○
32 screws.
○
4USB Cover.
○
51394 Port.
○
6Front USB Port.
3
2
6
1
2
3
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Procedure to remove
Procedure to remove
1
2
3 1
1
5
6
5
5
○
12screws.
○
2harness (power:P5)
○
3harness (SATA).
○
4Pull the lever in the direction
of arrow.
○
54screws.
○
6HDD
4
2
○
1Ascrew.
○
2Remove the PCIcard in the
direction of arrow.
5
PCI CARD
HDD ASSY
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Procedure to remove
1
2
3
3
3
3
5
4
○
1harness (power: P1)
○
2harness (power: P2)
○
34 screws.
○
4Pull out the switching power in
the direction of arrow.
○
5harness (power:P3)
SYSTEM FAN
Procedure to remove
○
14 Screws.
○
2Remove System fan in the
direction of arrow.
1
1
1
1
2
SWITCHING POWER
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Procedure to remove
1 1
1 1
2
○
1Open two clips at the same
time.
○
2Memories
MEMORY
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CPU
P
rocedure to remove
○
1Eject the lever in the
direction of
arrow.
○
2Open the cover in the direction
of arrow.
○
3CPU
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1
1
1
3
2
Procedure to remove
○
14 screws.
○
2DC fan (with heat sink)
○
3Pull out the CPU fan sink in the
direction of arrow.
○
4harness (System Fan)
○
5harness (1394)
○
6harness (FP USB_1)
○
7harness (IDE)
○
8harness (FP USB_2)
○
9harness (SATA)
○
10 harness (FRONT PANEL)
○
11 8 screws.
○
12 Mother Board.
7
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
11
MOTHER BOARD
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MOTHER BOARD ASSY
1 2
6
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COVER SECTION
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DRIVE SECTION
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BOARD
SECTION
SECTION
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ACCESSORIES
900
KEYBOAD 901 MOUSE 902 SYSTEM SPEAKER 903 CORD, POWER
906
CONTROLLER, VIDEO
905
REMOTE COMMANDER 907 CODE CONNECTION
908
TV OUT CABLE 909 CABLE, MODEM
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IR, RECEIVER

NOTE:
The number of '2' is the quantity at the time of preinstallment.
In case of the 'S' mark, please refer to the respectively different CTO list.
Sale time
Ref.No. Part No. Description
RB36G RB34G RB30 RB38G RB35G RB33G RB32 RB31P RB39CP RB39CB RB39C RB15MG RB13M RB10M RB12M
Remarks
1A-1106-960-A BOARD, MOTHER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
26-707-375-01 CPU(P4/3.40EG/7PY) ● ● ● ●
6-707-376-01 CPU(P4/3.20EG/7PW) ● ● ● SSS
6-707-377-01 CPU(P4/3EG/7PU) ● ● SSS ● ●
6-707-756-01 CPU(P4/2.80EG/7PR) ●SSS
6-707-804-01 CPU(CEL/2.80G/7TN) SSS
31-787-313-11 HEAT SINK W/ FAN, DC ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
46-600-388-01 DDR 512MB (HYS64D64320HU-5-C) 2 2 2 2 SSS
6-600-387-01 DDR 256MB (HYS64D32300HU-5-C) 22 22SSS2●●●
61-468-901-11 POWER UNIT ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
11 1-797-075-11 HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD2500JD/250GB) ● ● ●
1-797-076-11 HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD2000JD/200GB) ● ● ● ●
1-797-077-11 HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD1600JD/160GB) ●SSS●
1-797-217-11 HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD1200JD/120GB) ●
1-797-176-11 HDD (W-CVXL80SD2-S/WD800JD/80GB) SSS ● ●
12 2-581-606-01 HDD CAGE ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
21 1-797-062-11 DVD+-RW/P-108-F ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
22 2-581-586-01 OPT DOOR1 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
23 2-581-757-01 LABEL (DVD+/-RW) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
24 1-797-063-11 DVD-ROM/H-8163-F ● ● ● ● ● SSS
1-796-906-21 CD-ROM/SA-148-F ● ● ● SSS●●●●
25 2-581-587-01 OPT DOOR2 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
26 2-581-755-01 LABEL (DVD-ROM) ● ● ● ● ● ● SSS
2-581-758-01 LABEL (CD-ROM) ● ● SSS●●●●
30 1-789-138-11 CARD READER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
50 1-789-141-11 CARD, MODEM ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
51 A-1057-182-A MOUNTED PWB(US), ENX-26 (US F S) ● ● ● ● ●
A-1057-183-A MOUNTED PWB(MX), ENX-26 (US F S) ●
CTO
UC PA
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52 1-789-039-71 CARD, VGA (RADEON X300) ● ● ● ● ● SSS●
100 1-963-566-11 FRONT PANEL CABEL ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
101 1-963-569-11 HARNESS, USB ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
102 1-963-570-11 HARNESS, 1394 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
103 1-830-298-11 CORD, CARD READER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
104 1-963-531-11 HARNESS (HDD) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
105 1-963-565-11 HARNESS (ODD) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
200 A-1096-303-A ASSY, BEZEL, FRONT, HRZN ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
201 A-1106-962-A ASSY,BEZEL,FRONT,HRZN(S) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
202 2-581-585-01 BEZEL ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
203 2-581-588-01 USB DOOR ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
204 2-581-595-01 OPT DOOR SPRING ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
205 2-581-600-01 LEFT SLIDE ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
206 2-581-601-01 RIGHT SLIDE ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
207 A-1106-963-A ASSY,BASEPAN,HRZN(S) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
208 A-1096-307-A ASSY I/O SHIELDING, HRZN ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
209 2-581-604-01 TOP COVER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
210 2-581-616-01 IO EMI SHIELDING ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
211 2-581-619-01 SLOT COVER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
212 A-1106-964-A ASSY,BOTTOM COVER(S) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
213 2-581-621-01 RUBBER FOOT ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
214 2-581-622-01 LED RUBBER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
215 2-581-645-01 HOLDER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
216 2-581-628-01 USB COVER ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
217 1-787-304-11 SYSTEM FAN ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
218 2-581-582-01 LED HOLDER(CLED-1D) ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
219 2-581-646-01 SIDE COVER L ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
220 2-581-750-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●● ● ● ●●●●●●
2-581-751-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●
2-590-521-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●
2-590-522-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●
2-590-523-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●
2-590-524-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER ●
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221 2-581-752-01 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-11 ID LABEL ●
2-581-753-01 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-21 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-31 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-41 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-51 ID LABEL ●
2-581-752-61 ID LABEL ●
2-591-109-01 LABEL, ID ●
2-591-109-11 LABEL, ID ●
2-591-109-21 LABEL, ID ●
2-582-521-01 ID LABEL ●
2-582-521-11 ID LABEL ●
2-582-521-21 ID LABEL ●
2-582-521-31 ID LABEL ●
222 4-649-870-11 LABEL (ETHER), CAUTION ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B1 2-581-580-01 SCREW, 6-32# ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B2 2-581-623-01 FLAT SCREW, M3X6 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B3 2-581-581-01 SCREW, M3X6 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B4 2-590-505-01 SCREW 4-40# ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B5 2-591-516-01 SCREW, M3X4 ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B6 2-581-579-01 FAN SCREW ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
B7 2-590-504-01 SCREW 6-32# W/SERRTIONS ●●●● ● ●●●●●●●●●●
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