Official VAIO E Series Owners Thread

[gupp]

Yes I did

6628 points @ 450 Mhz

7583 points @650 Mhz

[Metsn]

That's great result! I believe you made many ppl happy with that information. Hopefully it'll work well

[gupp]

I should add that this is the i3 version and that I removed all the Sony bloatware (except a couple of VAIO things like the hot key controller).

[Mythdat]

I just got my EB1M1E this monday (i3 330m, 4 gb ram, 5650 1 gb), and found out about the downclocked GPU. So I used AMD GPU Clock Tool to overclock the 5650 from 450 Mhz to 650 Mhgz, then used OCCT to stress test the GPU. After 40 minutes at 99-100% load the temperature was almost exactly the same as before I had clocked, maybe one degree hotter at the most. It never even went above 61 degrees Celsius according to GPUz. I don't know much about overclocking, but does this mean that we can run this card at 650 Mhz without any side effects like shorter life span or possible errors? If heat is the only thing to worry about then it seems overclocking this laptop's graphic card is no problem at all.

Nice! Glad to know we can just bring it up to stock speeds. Thanks for being the guinea pig

[gupp]

I believe most 5650s are clocked at 550 Mhz, so 650 Mhz would be a 100 Mhz overclock from the non-underclocked stock speed. I still want to stress that I don't know much about overclocking, I simply raised the clock speed, ran the stress test and checked the temperature. I'm amazed that it doesn't really get any hotter at 44% overclock (450->650), could anyone explain this?

[135]

I should add that this is the i3 version and that I removed all the Sony bloatware (except a couple of VAIO things like the hot key controller).

What is the power of the adapter? (hopefully not 70W )
Have you checked the BIOS to see if you can switch to intel IGP?
And I guess it's to much to ask you if the processor is soldered to MB...

thanks

[Mythdat]

I believe most 5650s are clocked at 550 Mhz, so 650 Mhz would be a 100 Mhz overclock from the non-underclocked stock speed. I still want to stress that I don't know much about overclocking, I simply raised the clock speed, ran the stress test and checked the temperature. I'm amazed that it doesn't really get any hotter at 44% overclock (450->650), could anyone explain this?

As far as I know, 5650's are rated by ATI at between 450Mhz and 650Mhz, so you're right at the top end of 'stock' speeds there. No idea about the heat though! I might test it on my i5 later and see if that gets more toasty..

[gupp]

I think the adapter is 90W, it doesn't say on it but I googled the model (vgp-ac19v33) and found a page that said 90W...

[matthew_eli]

One question: if I want ot upgrade CPU manually on EB laptops, is that an easy operation or not? Could you post a pic of the bottom?

Thanks in advance

[Asdamine]

I've just received my E Series a couple of days ago. I've noticed the hard drive underneath the right-hand side of the palmrest is constantly making a high-pitched whinning noise, and it's starting to annoy me.

Has anyone else experienced the same?


Here're the specs, in case they're somehow relevant:

Core i5 430M 2.26Ghz
4GB RAM
ATI HD5650 1GB video card
1920x1080 LCD
320GB SATA 5400rpm HDD
Blu-ray Player
Windows 7 Home Premium x64