I just bought a sony vaio vgn-sr39vn this week so am trying to set it up myself!! I had it downgraded to XP as that is more familiar to me.
1..I would like to know where I can check the level of the battery as it is charging.
2..Wifi is set up and working well & recognising all the connections in the road incl. mine but I know it is a big drain on the battery. As I have a fast cable (Virgin Broadband) I don't really need to use the wifi in the house so I assume I just turn it off. Correct?
3....How do I set up Outlook Express to work for both...my broadband AND when using wifi? My normal email address?
4...ALSO....I just bought a dLan 200 AVeasy Starter Kit after hearing it is brilliant at boosing internet speeds etc. When I installed it I found another network became installed which is maybe how it works BUT when I tried to send an email from my laptop, I got the message 'This machine has more than one Ethernet or more than one wireless adaptor' so I couldn't send the email PLUS I could no longer get connected to my own wifi connection!
I'm here to describe a weird experience that i had with a Vaio SR.
The model that i purchased was " Sony Vaio VGN-SR39VN/S".
It seemed as the perfect laptop. However, when i opened the monitor lid, holding it from the left side, the screen started making "waves" from the top left and bottom left side (those waves you get when you push your lcd screen with your fingers anyone?).
At first i was amazed. The "waves" continued to happen for 2-3 seconds, even after i positioned the monitor to the height that i wanted. Moreover, with every little vibration (e.g. typing on the keyboard), the "waves" where coming back ! Then, i did the same thing, but this time from the right side. Same thing. Waves again ! I started scratching my head. My Samsung NC-10 netbook does not make ANY waves when i open or try to position my screen in the height that i want, nor the previous laptops that i owned. LCD screens do make waves only when you put pressure/force on the back of the lcd with your fingers and/or when you put pressure/force with your fingers on the front of the screen. Why the Sony does this ? Isn't supposed to be superior quality?...........
Trying to get rid of these questionably useful programs -- but I don't see entries for them in add/remove programs in the control panel (or for any of the other useless VAIO software packages that come on OEM machines sans "fresh start")
I have just been given a VAIO PCG8A2M (GRX316MP) , i was told "it's broken but if you can fix it yo can have it" so having a quick look at it there's no sign of life on the display but the lights come on and i can here the HDD heads moving about.
Looking a little more i found that all the ram is missing , so now im not sure if its worth buying some ram to see if it works or not ? The lack of ram would prob explain the lack of display but i wonder if i should be getting POST beeps at least, which im not.
So my question is if a VAIO had no ram should (if all else was working) it be getting POST beeps ?
Just performed a successful XP downgrade on my Vaio Z520, but have noticed that on this copy of the Vaio Silver Desktop Theme/Appearance doesn't exist.
I had it on my SZ and loved it over the XP Blue. Is there a way to get it back? I still have the restore discs from the SZ.
I don't know whats the diference (besides the price), between VAIO TZ295N & VAIO TZ395N. Specs in all the websites I've checked say they have exactly the same components: Intel coreduo 1.33Ghz 2GB RAM DVD-RW and 64GB SSD Hardrive. I was wonder if the diference might be in the hard drive interface, with the TZ295N being PATA and TZ395N being SATA.
I'm wondering if the Blu-ray optical drive (Panasonic UJ-232A) of the (old) VAIO Z series will be able to fit into the (new) VAIO Z series? I would really appreciate it if anyone is able to answer my question.
The reason I'm asking is because I'm seriously thinking of selling my VAIO Z690 & just buying the base Sony VAIO Z (VPCZ112GX/S). I may just be able to afford that base model & the icing on the cake will definitely be the UJ-232A drive being able to fit into the (new) VAIO Z series & work.
Am planning to get a sony laptop for me. The design simply rocks I am getting mixed reviews about cw and E series. But i made up my mind to get one.
My budget is aroung 40000rupees. Thats around 800$. So suggest me a better one between these two for occasional moderate and less(mosltly) demanding games. I dont care whether its 14 or 15 inch.
Am looking at lower end versions of both the models.
Only difference is CW uses Nvidia Geforce 310 and the E series uses some Radeon 5000 series one. CW has 14 inch screen whereas E series has a 15.5 inch screen. In the models which i am looking at both have matte finish and both has WXGA:1366 x 768 VAIO Display.
which one should i go for. whether the screen quality will be on par to Inspiron one atleast? ( I dont need HD).
im planning on using the laptop for videos, photoshop and a bit of gaming, maybe even a bit more gaming :-)
The Vaio F Series only has 330M Nvidia Graphics Card with i7QM and up to 8GB of Ram and up to 256GB SSD.
The E Series has ATI 5650 (a less powerful version, reduced clock speed) combined with a i5 520M with up to 6Gb of Ram and up to 500GB of HDD ? Why can i not choose SSD ?
if I can use the AC Adapter of a Vaio TT on the Vaio Z. The standard AC Adapter that comes with the Vaio Z is of 19.5V and the one for the Vaio TT is of 16V, which I don't know if it's enough for the Vaio Z to function properly or if there could be any problem or damage. Both machines have batteries of 10,8V.
I have an undervolted Vaio Z by the way (last multiplier at 0.9875) so I don't know if this could help in any way for my Z to work ok with the TT AC Adapter.
I have this "problem" since I got my Z. When I start vaio update 3 utility I get this error "messageID=0008" there are no updates for your model bla bla...
However when I go to vaio support page, there are some new updates for my Z590N model (new Bios, USB patch...)
I have downloaded new version of Viao Update utility 3.2.something but I had to uninstall my current version (3.1.something), which I did. However when I started this new setup message poped up "there is no previous version installed" - abort.
I have checked esupport page where is said if you have problems with Vaio Update 3, to download Sony Shared Library which suppose to contain vaio update utility), I run installation but it doesn't install Vaio Update 3
Now, I can live with this esupport page regular visit updates,
Whats the major difference between 16.4" VAIO Display (1600x900) and 16.4" VAIO extra-wide HD display (1920x1080). Upto what angle I could see my display in VAIO Display (1600x900)? Can I watch HD movies perfectly in VAIO Display (1600x900) ?
When i got computer i installed XP and all driver i found on their official web side but still my usb device doens't recodnice nither usb or mouse. on net i can't found drivers than i need
I recently discovered that my Vaio Z will go completely silent (the fan turns off ) after about 10 sec the HDD has turned off..
And, as soon as i click somewhere and the HDD is read again, the fan goes back on. (you can try this by defining the hdd to turn off after 1 min in the power management and closing as much processes as you can,
then watch resource monitor for example, where you can see the disk usage
Time to clean up the basement and digging out some good old comps. I got this Sony a few years back due to its screen sharpness and elegant profile.
The sleek and stylish 15.4" x-black display provides a perfect viewing area. With a strong GPU at the time in GO7600 it was a perfect choice for business and some gaming machine.
Pricing at 1.500Euro-ish, this machine was not competitive in price comparing to others. But its packed specifications and performance can easily justify the difference. The sleek design, the simple beauty and the solid hardware live up to the reputation of Sony performance and quality....
I uninstalled Vista from my Vaio FZ445D/B when I bought it and installed Ubuntu and XP pro on it,
never erasing the partition with Sony's loader stuff. After just 9 months, my DVD drive is broken and I am still under warranty, with one catch - I need to restore my Vaio to its factory condition for the warranty to be honored by Sony .....
I have scratched the lid on my Vaio Z540. Does anyone know where I can find a replacement and is it hard to replace? BTW it is the premium carbon fibre lid.
I couldn't find a thread about this laptop using the search so I thought I'd start one.
I bought one of these new in the UK about 8 years ago and it's still going strong in spite of the second memory slot burning out.
I replaced the 10gb hard drive with a 40gb one, got rid of the awful CD drive which only worked when it wanted to and upped the RAM to 256mb.
I added a DVD drive from the F series which fits and works perfectly despite having a completely different colour scheme. I also have the floppy drive but I've used it all of twice to flash the BIOS - once for XP and then back to Windows 2000.
Apart from Windows Me which it came with, I had it running XP (until SP3 made it far too slow), then changed it to Windows 2000 (and found the drivers for those annoying devices which had yellow exclamation marks!) but now it runs Ubuntu 8.10 quite happily (even the Hotkeys are catered for!)
