Sony repair prices

Repair	From
Screen replacementCracked, black, flickering or lined screens	£110 + VAT
LCD and graphics chip repairGarbled, striped or missing picture	£250 + VAT
Keyboard repair and replacementSticky, missing or dead keys	£135 + VAT
Hinge repairLoose, stiff or snapped hinges	£95 + VAT
Power jack repairWon't charge, or only charges at an angle	£95 + VAT
Hard drive and SSD replacementSlow, noisy or failing drives, SSD upgrades	£210 + VAT
Motherboard repairNo power, shutdowns, dead ports	£150 + VAT
Component-level repairBoard repairs down to the failed part	£185 + VAT
Virus and malware removalPop-ups, slowdowns and hijacked browsers	£79 + VAT
Data recovery Free consultation. Physical recovery from £450 + VAT	£99 + VAT
Battery replacementFast-draining or swollen batteries	£135 + VAT
Liquid damage clean and repairTea, coffee and water spills	£135 + VAT
Diagnosis and general repairAnything not listed above	£79 + VAT

Starting prices for parts and labour. Your exact price depends on the fault and the parts your model needs, and we always confirm it before any work starts.

Background

A short history of Sony VAIO laptops

Sony launched the VAIO brand in 1996 with desktop PCs and added notebooks in 1997. The model that made its name was the PCG-505, a very thin magnesium-bodied portable that set the pattern for later slim VAIOs, and Sony went on to build a reputation for compact, carefully styled machines such as the C1 PictureBook, the TR and TX travel notebooks and the carbon-fibre Z series. Model prefixes mark the generations. PCG notebooks and PCV desktops cover the years to about 2004. VGN notebooks and VGC desktops followed, including the 17-inch AR multimedia line that brought Blu-ray to VAIO notebooks in 2006, the 13.3-inch SZ business series and the FZ, FW, CR and NW home ranges. From late 2009 the prefix changed to VPC, used for the E, C, S, F and Z series, and from 2012 to SV for the final E, S, T, Fit, Pro and Duo families.

Faced with falling sales, Sony announced in February 2014 that it would leave the PC business, and the brand passed to VAIO Corporation, a new company backed by the investment fund Japan Industrial Partners and based at the former Sony plant in Azumino, Nagano. VAIO continues to make notebooks, mainly for Japan, and the Japanese electronics retailer Nojima agreed to take a controlling stake in late 2024. Sony-built machines are therefore all more than a decade old.

Common Sony repairs

Choose a repair for details on what we do and how long it takes.

Screen replacement

Cracked, black, flickering or lined screens.

From £110 + VATDetails

LCD and graphics chip repair

Garbled, striped or missing picture.

From £250 + VATDetails

Keyboard repair and replacement

Sticky, missing or dead keys.

From £135 + VATDetails

Hinge repair

Loose, stiff or snapped hinges.

From £95 + VATDetails

Power jack repair

Won't charge, or only charges at an angle.

From £95 + VATDetails

Hard drive and SSD replacement

Slow, noisy or failing drives, SSD upgrades.

From £210 + VATDetails

What we see most

From about 2,000 Sony VAIO jobs in our own repair records, these are the problems customers bring in most often. Some jobs involve more than one fault, and less common problems aren't shown.

Screen and display faults31%

Motherboard and graphics faults18%

Slow, software or virus problems18%

Won't turn on10%

Charging and power jack faults9%

Sony VAIO models we repair

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