Had a Sony Vaio motherboard ( Sony model VGC - RA 825G and MB ASUS PTGD - VX ) go out a few months ago. I have been looking for the exact match to mine and found a PTGD - VX but it was out of a Sony RA-104 ( pretty much the same board minus a couple of different connections ). I got it in and it powers up to this:
Press F11 for BBS popup
NVRAM update - ok
Initializing USB controllers - done
1024MB - ok
Usb device - 4 storage devices
Auto detecting 3rd Master - IDE hard disk - status ok
4 USB mass storage found and configured
CMOS settings wrong
CMOS date/time not set
Press F2 to run set up
Press F1 to load default values and continue
First time doing this and didn't know if I'm on the right path and if so where to go from here? Didn't know if these mb's are out of different models would be a problem but decided to take a shot. I don't have the setup disk so any info will help thx...
Tried actually pressing F1 and watch it go? Since it's on a VAIO, Sony *could* be using other proprietry, motherboard-bound parts that could prevent you from booting up, but definitely use default and give it a shot.
