Official Sony S11/S12/S13 (2010) Owners Thread

[Kenji87]

hi, i had a slight creak on both my hinges on my s12 when brand new.

now, about three months later they are smooth but it did bother me at first.

Yesterday I brought my notebook to my selling point to send it to Sony repair. I also asked to replace the two feets on the bottom side and the one to the left of the keyboard because there were a bit loose. I'm curious if they will and can fix it without paying for it (I'm not willing to). They told me at my seller, that it will take 3-4 weeks (average). Now i'm having an other notebook, a Packard Bell, received it from my seller, but damn this thing is crap (Sony is a real paradise compared to this one)! I hope I will receive my Sony sooner than 3-4 weeks.

[gusf1]

Ok minor update with regards to a 2nd HD in a caddy... it works! Great!

I took some photos and will post tomorrow.

The caddy needs a bit of work; removing some screws etc. and the plastic casing, I took the Sony edge off and stuck it on with Blu Tack - I know this sounds a bit like "There I fixed it" but I used some all along a flat edge, squashed it down and trimmed the blu tack. I take care of my laptop despite cavalier attitude towards butchering it, I don't drop it etc. so should be ok??

The main delay in posting is that I had issues cloning the right parts of my 500GB HD to my 128GB SSD.. let's just say I am now intimately familiar with BCDEDIT, DISKPART and BOOTREC.. a number of panic moments over the past couple of nights... Clonezilla & GParted did the trick for the most part, from USB using Unetbootin - I'll post details tomorrow or later in the week.

To anybody considering this option: DO IT! for the relatively cheap cost it is well worth it. Amazing company to do business with - I was making changes on a Friday night, and the item arrived from the US to Scotland on Monday AM!

Laters

[Gracy123]

Hm, thanks for the update, really curios to see the pics. I was hoping for a more elegant solution of the cover problem though :-/ Don't want to modify the cover, neither to stick it.... there should be a different way.

How about the caddy itself? Does it fit good? Please take/upload as much pics as possible thanks

[Boo Boo]

no pics? . .

[MAK136]

Hello All,

I am in need on replacing my laptop and have been looking at S13V9E. I have tried to look for either so called "expert" or customer reviews but apart from one on Amazon, can not find any. I need it for personal and business.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

[Cones]

Hello All,

I am in need on replacing my laptop and have been looking at S13V9E. I have tried to look for either so called "expert" or customer reviews but apart from one on Amazon, can not find any. I need it for personal and business.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Hi, I've just bought one myself. The VAT back offer from Sony made it a great deal for me.

There are a few S series reviews.

Here :- Sony VAIO S Series Review - A Review of the Sony VAIO S Series

Sony Vaio S series (VPCS11V9E/B) Review | Laptops | CNET UK

I hope that helps?

Thanks

Mark

[MAK136]

Hi, I've just bought one myself. The VAT back offer from Sony made it a great deal for me.

There are a few S series reviews.

Here :- Sony VAIO S Series Review - A Review of the Sony VAIO S Series

Sony Vaio S series (VPCS11V9E/B) Review | Laptops | CNET UK

I hope that helps?

Thanks

Mark

Thanks Mark. I have been dithering and was seeing the cheapest deal at Amazon and number of units being reduced. I bought the last one, and as you said, another £155 coming back makes it extremely attractive.

Is your on order or have you got it in your possession? if yes to later, what is the build quality like?

Regards

Mick

[Cones]

Mick,

Yes, I have it. The build quality is excellent. Better than the several Dells and Toshiba's I have previously used at work.

The magnesium case is nice and rigid. Illuminated keyboard is brilliant for typing in a darkened room.

Even with most of the Sony software loaded it still works nice and fast. The fingerprint reader is a neat way of logging in as well.

HTH

Mark

[glfp]

Hi to all,

I'm a S12V9 owner from 1th October .... I'm quite happy with this note, but recently I'm driving crazy by some annoying random freeze .... the freeze appears randomly when I'm normally working .... at a time the mouse is blocked and all the pc is frozen. No BSOD, but just a freeze. The first time it appears after some days ... recently every 15-20 or 30 minutes /last week, after a recent Windows update).

I revert to previous configuration (prior of Windows Update) then it freeze after 1 or 2 hours ..... at the moment it freeze after 4-5 hours .... but still randomly.

I remove some things ..... fingerprints drivers, mouse, network, wan, skype, ecc. ..... it still freeze.

I know that is difficoult to understand the origin..... at least I'll restore original situation or a full Windows reinstallation ..... before to do this, I ask you if you know some solutions or if this issue is know ..... I search previous posts but without any clue ....

Please help me ! Thanks !

Gianluca
Italy

[mkouk]

Hi to all,

I'm a S12V9 owner from 1th October .... I'm quite happy with this note, but recently I'm driving crazy by some annoying random freeze .... the freeze appears randomly when I'm normally working .... at a time the mouse is blocked and all the pc is frozen. No BSOD, but just a freeze. The first time it appears after some days ... recently every 15-20 or 30 minutes /last week, after a recent Windows update).

I revert to previous configuration (prior of Windows Update) then it freeze after 1 or 2 hours ..... at the moment it freeze after 4-5 hours .... but still randomly.

I remove some things ..... fingerprints drivers, mouse, network, wan, skype, ecc. ..... it still freeze.

I know that is difficoult to understand the origin..... at least I'll restore original situation or a full Windows reinstallation ..... before to do this, I ask you if you know some solutions or if this issue is know ..... I search previous posts but without any clue ....

Please help me ! Thanks !

Gianluca
Italy

First thing i would do is restore the laptop to its original software. You can do that with the recovery software or by pressing the assist button. I am pretty sure you can uninstalled something that messed up a few settings, slowing down your laptop.