~Sony SZ Owners Lounge~

[nikejeff]

hmm well if im not wrong my laptop is running on synaptics driver... so do i reinstall that driver? or i try the alps ? well cuz i brought my laptop from the asia side so... would the sony ca/usa ppl do the warranty?

[Rachel]

I think that you should try the Alps driver as I think that all SZ6/7 SZ models come with the Alps driver. I tried a Synpatics driver on my laptop and my trackpad did not work. You could try downloading the driver from any Sony site. The driver that i use is called Pointing Driver ALPS 7.0F.

I don't think that Sony US/CA will service your laptop for you without a fee unless you have the Vaio overseas warranty.

Edited to add:
This driver on this Sony site for this laptop should work for you.
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu...0N&region_id=1

[nikejeff]

hmm problem fix thx man ! xD

[LandShark]

hi all,

I've just purchased an aftermarket replacement battery for my old SZ-110. it powers the notebook up fine. however, when I log into Windows, it pops up a message saying something like: "non compatible or doesn't have a battery attach, something like that...." and it gives me only one choice, to click OK to enter hiberate mode.

is Sony not allow me to use any aftermarket battery?? is there any way to overcome this?? the battery itself is fine, I could stay at the log on screen for as long as I like, but as soon as I logged onto Windows, this message pops up, and give me no choice but to click OK to hibernate......

[DetlevCM]

Get rid of ISB utility at startup.

CCLeaner -> autostart switch the ISB utility off
or
msconfig - do the same

Edit:
Called ISBMgr.exe

[LandShark]

Get rid of ISB utility at startup.

CCLeaner -> autostart switch the ISB utility off
or
msconfig - do the same

Edit:
Called ISBMgr.exe

many tks!! will give it a try!!

[maiki]

Get rid of ISB utility at startup.

CCLeaner -> autostart switch the ISB utility off
or
msconfig - do the same

Edit:
Called ISBMgr.exe

What is the ISB utility? What does it do?

[DetlevCM]

It checks your battery at startup and gives an error message if you use a non-Sony battery.

[dz2k]

my sz-440 is a great laptop. i was able to do 64 bit vista last month and im very happy!

[Rachel]

I bought a 2.53ghz P9500 processor for my SZ7/C. It probably will only run at 800mhz as that is the max for the CPU my laptop can take but still i will be get the benefits of the lower power draw of a 25w processor. Battery life can only improve. The x3100 graphics card has got a low power draw and the standard battery in the SZ/C/X is rated at 5800mAh.
Upgrading looks pretty easy as the CPU is situated at the base of the laptop.
I would like to sell my current processor but i better hang onto it as my laptop is still under warranty until the middle of 2011.