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SERVICE MANUAL

VGC-RB SeriesArea/Destination Lineup Remarks

VGC-RB36G

VGC-RB34G

VGC-RB30

VGC-RB38G

VGC-RB35G

VGC-RB33G

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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(C) 2005 Sony Corporation

Published by Sony EMCS VAIO-GSC [F]

9-876-530-01

PERSONAL COMPUTER

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DISASSEMBLY FLOW CHART

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LEFT CHASSISASSY

PC I CARD

HDD ASSY

CPU

CARD READER

SWITCHINGPOWER

MOTHER BOARD

OPTICALDRIVE

BASE COVER ASSY

FRONT PANELASSY

TOP COVER ASSY

FRONT USB/1394 PORT

MEMORY

SYSTEM FAN

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LEFT CHASSIS ASSY

TOP COVER ASSY

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3 1 Two screws 2 A screw

3 Remove the top cover

assy in direction of arrow

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1 Two screws

2 Remove the left chassis assyin the direction of arrow


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FRONT PANEL ASSY

Note: When replacing

an optical door cover ,

please apply an oil to the

position shown in the

figure to avoid the optical

drive sticking upon

retraction. Please oil both

sides of the hump.

Oil: LUBRICANT

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1 Three claws

2 Three claws

3 Front panel assy

Note: Also apply an oil to the 6 position

shown in these photos.

Place to apply: Door hinges and their

compartments.

Place to apply: Springs on upper

and lower doors.

Oil: LUBRICANT

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1 2 4 33 1 harness (IDE CD-ROM)

2 harness (power) 3 Four screws

4 Remove the optical drive inthe direction of arrow

BASE COVER ASSY Pr o c e d ur e

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1 A screw

2 Pull the claw

3 Remove the base in thedirection of arrow

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OPTICAL DRIVE

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122 1 harness (CARD READER)

2 Two screws

3 Remove the CARD READER inthe direction of arrow

CARD READER

FRONT USB /1394 PORT

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1 A screw 2 Two screws

3 Two screws

4 USB Cover

5 1394 Port 6 Front USB Port

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5 5 1 Two screws

2 harness (power: P5) 3 harness (SATA)

4 Pull the lever in the directionof arrow.

5 Four screws

6 HDD

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2 1 A screw 2 Remove the PC I card in the

direction of arrow

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PCI CARD

HDD ASSY

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1 harness (power: P1) 2 Four screws

3 Pull out the switching power inthe direction of arrow.

4 harness (power: P3)

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1 harness (System Fan)

2 Four Screws 3 Remove System fan in the

direction of arrow

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SWITCHING POWER

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1 1

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1 Open two clips at the same

time 2 Remove the memory by

grasping both ends and

pulling straight up.

MEMORY

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CPU P r o c e d ur e t or e m

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1 Move the lever around the

holder and lift as shown by thearrow

2 Open the cover in the directionof arrow

3 Remove the C PU carefully bypicking up at two ends slowly

and lifting off the socket. Thesocket contains pins that can bedamaged easily!

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Grease (in the surface at the splatter) Note: When heat sink is removed from CPU, wipe off the

thermal diffusion grease and put new silicon compound tothe place shown in the figure.

Thermal diffusion grease : silicon compound (G-765) 90G Amount to apply : 0.5g (as the same size as the tip

of a match) (Pentium 4)*Take care not to apply the grease to any other places

because it has high conductivity.


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1 Remove the screws in a criss- cros

pattern, loosening 50% on eachscrew to partially unseat and then

repeating to finally remove all

screws on the second pass.

Removing the screw entirely in an

order can damage the CPU and

socket.

2 harness (power: P2) 3 DC fan (with heat sink)

4 Pull straight up on the CPU fan sinas shown.

5 harness (1394) 6 harness (FP USB_1)

7 harness (IDE)

8 harness (FP USB_2) 9 harness (SATA)

10 harness (FRONT PANEL)

11 Eight screws 12 Mother Board

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1111

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1111

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MOTHER BOARD

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MOTHER BOARD ASSY

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COVER SECTION



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DRIVE SECTION



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BOARD SECTION


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ACCESSORIES900KEYBOAD

901MOUSE

902SYSTEM SPEAKER

903CORD, POWER

906CONTROLLER, VIDEO

905REMOTE COMMANDER

907CODE (F TYPE RF) CONNECTION

908TV OUT CABLE

909CABLE, MODEM


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904IR, RECEIVER


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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 R B 3 6 G

R B 3 4 G

R B 3 0

R B 3 8 G

R B 3 5 G

R B 3 3 G

R B 3 1 P

R B 3 9 C P

R B 3 9 C B

R B 3 9 C

R B 1 5 M G

R B 1 3 M

R B 1 0 M

R B 1 2 M

Remarks1 A-1106-960-A BOARD, MOTHER 2 6-707-374-01 CPU(P4/3.60EG/7Q2)

6-707-375-01 CPU(P4/3.40EG/7PY)6-707-376-01 CPU(P4/3.20EG/7PW) S S S6-707-377-01 CPU(P4/3EG/7PU) S S S6-707-756-01 CPU(P4/2.80EG/7PR) S S S6-707-804-01 CPU(CEL/2.80G/7TN) S S S

3 1-787-313-11 HEAT SINK W/ FAN, DC4 6-600-388-01 DDR 512MB (HYS64D64320HU-5-C) 2 2 2 2 S S S

6-600-387-01 DDR 256MB (HYS64D32300HU-5-C) 2 2 2 S S S 26 1-468-901-11 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) S S S1-797-217-11 HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD1200JD/120GB)1-797-176-11 HDD (W-CVXL80SD2-S/WD800JD/80GB) S S S

12 2-581-606-01 HDD CAGE21 8-457-604-90 DRIVE, DVD DW-D22A-VG22 2-581-586-01 OPT DOOR123 2-581-757-01 LABEL (DVD+/-RW)24 1-797-063-11 DVD-ROM/H-8163-F S S S

1-796-906-21 CD-ROM/SA-148-F S S S25 2-581-587-01 OPT DOOR226 2-581-755-01 LABEL (DVD-ROM) S S S

2-581-758-01 LABEL (CD-ROM) S S S30 1-789-138-11 CARD READER 50 1-789-141-11 CARD, MODEM51 A-1057-182-A MOUNTED PWB(US), ENX-26 (US F S)

A-1057-183-A MOUNTED PWB(MX), ENX-26 (US F S)

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R B 3 4 G

R B 3 0

R B 3 8 G

R B 3 5 G

R B 3 3 G

R B 3 1 P

R B 3 9 C P

R B 3 9 C B

R B 3 9 C

R B 1 5 M G

R B 1 3 M

R B 1 0 M

R B 1 2 M

Remarks52 1-789-039-71 CARD, VGA (RADEON X300) S S S

100 1-963-566-11 FRONT PANEL CABEL

101 1-963-569-11 HARNESS, USB102 1-963-570-11 HARNESS, 1394103 1-830-298-11 CORD, CARD READER 104 1-963-531-11 HARNESS (HDD)105 1-963-565-11 HARNESS (ODD)106 1-963-745-11 HARNESS(AUDIO AOI)200 A-1096-303-A ASSY, BEZEL, FRONT, HRZN201 A-1106-962-A ASSY,BEZEL,FRONT,HRZN(S)202 2-581-585-01 BEZEL203 2-581-588-01 USB DOOR 204 2-581-595-01 OPT DOOR SPRING205 2-581-600-01 LEFT SLIDE206 2-581-601-01 RIGHT S LIDE207 A-1106-963-A ASSY,BASEPAN,HRZN(S)208 A-1096-307-A ASSY I/O SHIELDING, HRZN209 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 FOOT214 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 FAN218 2-581-582-01 LED HOLDER(CLED-1D)

219 2-581-646-01 SIDE COVER L

220 A-1107-622-A FAN DUCT BKT ASSY

250 2-581-750-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER

2-581-751-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER

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R B 3 4 G

R B 3 0

R B 3 8 G

R B 3 5 G

R B 3 3 G

R B 3 1 P

R B 3 9 C P

R B 3 9 C B

R B 3 9 C

R B 1 5 M G

R B 1 3 M

R B 1 0 M

R B 1 2 M

Remarks

250 2-590-521-01 LABEL, MODEL NUMBER




251 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 LABEL2-581-752-41 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 LABEL2-582-521-31 ID LABEL

252 4-649-870-11 LABEL (ETHER), CAUTION

253 4-678-118-01 DVD LICENSE STICKER

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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ACCESSORIES & PACKING MATERIALS

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R B 3 4 G

R B 3 0

R B 3 8 G

R B 3 5 G

R B 3 3 G

R B 3 1 P

R B 3 9 C P

R B 3 9 C B

R B 3 9 C

R B 1 5 M G

R B 1 3 M

R B 1 0 M

R B 1 2 M

Remarks

900 1-477-805-31 KEYBOARD (US)

1-478-084-31 KEYBOARD (LA)

901 1-797-026-41 MOUSE (USB)

1-797-194-11 MOUSE

902 1-826-059-11 SYSTEM SPEAKER (BOX TYPE)

1-826-059-21 SYSTEM SPEAKER (BOX TYPE)

903 1-830-300-11 CORD, POWER

904 1-478-297-32 IR RECEIVER

1-477-218-61 RAY-CATCHER UNIT

905 1-479-087-11 REMOTE COMMANDER (RM-MC10)

1-479-183-11 REMOTE COMMANDER (RM-VC10U)

906 1-417-421-21 CONTROLLER, VIDEO

907 1-757-518-11 CODE (F TYPE RF), CONNECTION

908 1-827-465-11 TV OUT CABLE

909 1-782-207-12 CABLE, MODEM

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OTHER PARTS LIST(NOT SUPPLY FOR REPAIR)Sale time


R B 3 4 G

R B 3 0

R B 3 8 G

R B 3 5 G

R B 3 3 G

R B 3 1 P

R B 3 9 C P

R B 3 9 C B

R B 3 9 C

R B 1 5 M G

R B 1 3 M

R B 1 0 M

R B 1 2 M

Remarks

2-514-993-01 COA LABEL (WXPMCE2005)SP2 US2-348-253-01 COA LABEL(WXPH)SP2 US

2-348-254-01 COA LABEL(WXPP)SP2 US2-342-712-01 MS WORKS COA CARD HOME/MCE2-345-266-01 MS WORKS COA CARD PRO4-658-756-02 MS XP SEAL4-672-397-01 EMBLEM (P4-HT) S S S2-589-208-01 EMBLEM (CELERON-D) S S S2-024-764-01 LABEL, ATI S S SA-1083-939-A AOL ASSY VER9 OPTIMIZED2-548-332-01 CONNECT CASH CARD2-589-703-01 WELCOME MAT(RB)(EN/SP)2-582-436-01 WELCOME MAT2-586-709-01 LEGAL SAFETY BOOKLET(HRZ-EN)2-582-437-01 LEGAL SAFETY BOOKLET2-586-710-01 LEGAL SAFETY BOOKLET(HRZ-SP)2-585-024-01 SONY ACCESSORIES CATALOG (LCU)2-585-025-01 SONY ACCESSORIES CATALOG (CDS)2-586-711-01 SONY PICTURES DVD

2-589-074-01 CANADA DISCLAIMER LABEL (SD)2-589-075-01 CANADA DISCLAIMER LABEL (CDS)1-528-692-31 DRY, BATTERY CARBON-ZINC2-591-122-01 IN-HOME SERVICE FLYER(LCU)4-674-622-14 SERVICE FLYER 4-680-626-02 HDD RECOVERY FLYER (SD)4-680-708-04 HDD RECOVERY FLYER (LA)(SD)4-670-095-01 GVD LABEL2-048-506-03 MEXICO SVC GUIDE(VAIO)

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BASIC PARTS LIST VGC-RB39C (XP Home)The parts in the "BASIC LIST" will be referred to as part list. VGC-RB39CP (XP Pro)The part order should be taken place based on the part number in the list. VGC-RB39CB (XP Pro SMB)

Ref.No.2 CPU Ref.No.4 Memory Ref.No.21/24 Optical

Cel 2.8 256MB DVD+/-RW

6-707-804-01 6-600-387-01 1-797-062-11

CPU(CEL/2.80G/7TN) DDR 256MB (HYS64D32300HU-5-C) DVD+-RW/P-108-F

CD-ROM

P4 2.8 512MB (256x2) 1-796-906-216-707-756-01 6-600-387-01 CD-ROM/SA-148-F

CPU(P4/2.80EG/7PR) DDR 256MB (HYS64D32300HU-5-C)

DVD+/-RW

P4 3.0 1GB (512x2) 1-797-062-11

6-707-377-01 6-600-388-01 DVD+-RW/P-108-F

CPU(P4/3EG/7PU) DDR 512MB (HYS64D64320HU-5-C) DVD-ROM

1-797-063-11

P4 3.2 DVD-ROM/H-8163-F

6-707-376-01CPU(P4/3.20EG/7PW) Ref.No.11 HDD

80GB SATA

1-797-176-11 Ref.No.52 Graphics

HDD (W-CVXL80SD2-S/WD800JD/80GB) RV370

1-789-039-71

160GB SATA CARD, VGA (RADEON X300)

1-797-077-11

HDD (W-CVXL80-2-S/WD1600JD/160GB)


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CTO INFORMATION

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CTO INFORMATIONSUBSTITUTION PARTS LIST VGC-RB39C (XP Home)If the repair part in the "BASIC PARTS LIST" was not available, VGC-RB39CP (XP Pro)refer to order the "SUBSTITUTION PARTS LIST" if available. VGC-RB39CB (XP Pro SMB)

Ref.No.4 Memory Ref.No.11 HDD Ref.No.24 Optical

256MB 80GB SATA DVD-ROM

6-600-427-01 1-796-189-11 1-796-963-21

DDR 256MB (M368L3223FUN-CCC) HDD (M-CALYPSO-S/6Y080M0/80GB) DVD-ROM/SA-616-F

6-600-425-01 1-797-189-21

DDR 256MB (V826632K24SCIW-D3) HDD (M-CALYPSO-S/6Y080M0/80GB)

512MB (256x2)

6-600-427-01

DDR 256MB (M368L3223FUN-CCC) 160GB SATA Ref.No.52 Graphics

6-600-425-01 1-796-943-11

DDR 256MB (V826632K24SCIW-D3) HDD (M-CALYPSO-S/6Y160M0/160GB)

1-796-943-21 RV370

1GB (512x2) HDD (M-CALYPSO-S/6Y160M0/160GB) 1-789-039-31

6-600-426-01 1-796-945-12 CARD, VGA (RADEON X300)

DDR 512MB (M368L6423FUN-CCC) HDD (HG-VC3-S/HDS722516VLSA20/160GB)

6-600-428-01

DDR 512MB (V826664K24SCIW-D3)



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