My lil Vaio is sick.I think it's pretty bad. (Model = VGN-TX610P)
It'll work for awhile, but it randomly reboots, after which it tells me that the system has recovered from a serious error. The error reports say that a device driver caused the Windows OS to stop unexpectedly (a stop error). But one time today, the error report said something like, "Unfortunately, the error report was corrupted and could not be read. This is very rare and usually indicates a serious problem with your computer..."![]()
So, is it best to just randomly pick a repair place out of the yellow pages? Will they all charge pretty much the same? (One guy quoted me an estimate of about $175 for labor, I think.) Should I take it to Best Buy or is that a bad idea?
It's not under warranty anymore and so the Vaio support people wouldn't even talk to me over the phone unless I paid them 30 bucks on the spot.
I also have very little of my work backed up, and the computer-repair guy said I should quit using it immediately or risk losing everything.And yet, here I am, posting on SW. But I always get good advice here, so I thought I'd risk it.
Thanks in advance! Let's see if it hangs on long enough for me to check the responses!



I think it's pretty bad. (Model = VGN-TX610P)
And yet, here I am, posting on SW. But I always get good advice here, so I thought I'd risk it.
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I dunno what magic was worked, but Little Vaio seems much happier now. yay! 

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