This laptop is made in 2011, so it's 6 years old now. It's probably very dusty inside and the thermal paste is not working properly, hence the...
i am sorry @hugogvale; i haven't done any BIOS mod on my laptop, which is a SA, by the way. i don't think i can be of help. afaik, though, SONY...
i think this should be posted in the S15 owners' thread. i do vaguely remember the issue being mentioned there long time ago.
can't help you with the backup software, but there are guides on this thread about cleain installing Windows 7. why don't you start over with...
yes, that's what i did! it didn't work at first (or it seemed like it was not going to work), but after one hour, it started to finally download...
will check this out. thanks a lot :) my searches never got me to this thread... EDIT: didn't work! thanks again for the help though...
it's already checked that and told me that i can upgrade to Windows 10. the Windows icon is showing in the Tray and i've registered for my free...
Windows Update has stopped working on my machine (VAIO SA, running Windows 7 SP1). it cannot download anything anymore. i've tried all the guides...
Windows Update has stopped working on my machine (running Windows 7). it cannot download anything anymore. i've tried all the guides and fixed i...
^ you posted in the wrong thread. repost in the Z2 owners thread.
did you try the new Intel and AMD drivers? fyi, i haven't tried installing anything new on my laptop in about two years or so, so i'm not sure if...
you won't feel the speed difference, tbh. just enjoy the SSD performance :)
have you checked LeekM's posts at Guru3D? i think i remember that his modded Catalyst drivers bring back that switch.
^ yes. 10char
^ my guess is that you should have installed the essential Sony Firmware Extension Parser, Sony Shared Libraries and Sony Notebook Utilities first...
works for me as well...thank you very much :) it's really stupid that it's not enabled by default...stupid SONY, stupid Alps.
good news everybody. apparently, we now can install *official* AMD and Intel drivers and have the hardware switch working. see here for general...
^ was there a specific reason you went with Catalyst 13.1 v2.1 as opposed to any other version?
the power cycle did the trick. the drive is alive.
hey all, today, after i woke my VAIO SA from sleep and entered the Windows password, the mouse cursor just kept spinning and spinning for about...
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