Official VAIO SR Series Owners Thread

[hamud]

mine is 60 hertz

[duffyanneal]

I have the discrete video and the only option is 60 Hz. I've seen this before on other machines and it doesn't seem to do much. Some displays will go even lower in refresh rate to safe a bit of power, but 1 Hz isn't going to do much.

[dadoes]

Can somebody tell me at what temperature the FAN kicks in when the SR is in silent mode?

I just got my Z and I have observed that the fan turns on when the CPU temp is above 45 degrees C. I would be curious to know when the SR fan turns on.

I'm using coretemp to measure the temperature. I know that other apps such as rmclock give a different temp reading so to keep things consistent, please use the coretemp app.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/


Thanks!

[JairusZ]

This may be a stupid question, but it's not that the laptop is going to standby when you close the lid, is it?

I made sure it does nothing when the lid is closed (screen only turns off), I just find it a bit weird that my download slows to a crawl but it's nothing major.

[ShinyFalcon]

When ACPI reaches 45C, the fan will start turning on. I sometimes hear my fan die down and ramp back up around 35-40C. I can't test it now because my fans are always in silent mode, because my room is freezing. I idle at 26C O_O!

[dadoes]

When ACPI reaches 45C, the fan will start turning on. I sometimes hear my fan die down and ramp back up around 35-40C. I can't test it now because my fans are always in silent mode, because my room is freezing. I idle at 26C O_O!

Thanks, thats exactly the behavior I see with the Sony Z as well.

[ottobahn]

Oh and the speakers are terrible. Worst part of the notebook, IMO. The sound they produce sounds like its comming from tin cans. WTH Sony? I thought you made quality audio?

However, the headphone output is flawless.

Does anyone else have a high pitched buzzing/tinny sound coming out of the left side speaker (or sounds like it's actually from another component vibrating near to the left side speaker) when using the speakers at moderate to high volumes? It's driving me nuts, but honestly I don't plan on using the speakers very often so this isn't a huge deal.

Someone had posted a photo of the SR with the keyboard removed and I was considering taking the keyboard off to take a look inside, perhaps a screw isn't as tight as it ought to be and is allowing a component to rattle a bit more than intended. Would this void my warranty? If not, can I ask the member who did that to provide info on which screws I need to remove to take a look inside? My guess would be the 2 closest to the edges by the hinge (not on the hinge itself).

Other than that, no complaints here - lovely little notebook! My first experience with Vista, and had expected the worst, but I think I have it running very well after tweaking according to Black Viper's guide and disabling all unnecessary services/programs/bloat.

[duffyanneal]

Remove the screws marked in blue. Flip the machine over, open the display to expose the keyboard then slide the keyboard (push on the thin strip of plastic above the CD tray and near the rubber bumper) to the left to unlock the keyboard. Have fun.

[FordUni12]

tweaking according to Black Viper's guide and disabling all unnecessary services/programs/bloat.

Can anyone give me a link to this guide i am very interested

[duffyanneal]

Can anyone give me a link to this guide i am very interested

Try google... it's your friend.