I dropped a fairly heavy object on the top of my Sony Vaio VGN-FZ240E laptop. When I opened the laptop for the first time after the incident I got an error about a "change in hardware." I restarted and since then I can get to the startup screen, into bios, etc., but when it comes to the point where the OS should be started I just get a continuous black screen. The laptop didn't really sustain any noticable physical damage so I'm hoping I just knocked something lose. I've tried to open the case to look for any parts that might be lose or damaged (But I still haven't gotten the case completely off.) Does anyone have any ideas where I should start troubleshooting? ....And, do you have any pointers on how to dissamble a fairly new Sony Vaio from the case. Thanks in advance for any help! M

Sounds like the hard drive may have been damaged, which may not be repairable. Compaq Presario 5365 AMD K6-2 450 Mhz 128 MB RAM Windows 2000 Professional

..any pointers on how to dissamble a fairly new Sony Vaio from the case Disassembling a laptop is easy but putting it all back together is difficult due to compactness & tightly packaging. Why not just let the experts (Sony authorized service center) do it for you? Didn't you buy insurance that included all accidents? i_Xp/VistaUser

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