The problem is normally one of the chips have blown.. Now most repair centres can fix it but Sony use a multilayered circuit board meaning that the equipment required to do the job properly is expensive...
So send it back pay your $150 and you will be done..
Could pay the insurance but to be honest the older it gets the more the insurance is not work it.. IN the UK its something like £6 per month.. So after 15months its not work paying no more!!
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