Official Sony VPC-Z2 (VAIO Z 2011) Series Owners' Thread

[Ung_Kung]

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I am not familiar with the battery drain problem. Do you mean that the battery would drain fast when put to sleep, or maybe even when turned off? I will have this laptop till monday and would be happy to help find out. Are there any steps you would take to test this aside from: charging it full and then either put it to sleep or turn it off; for an hour, two hours, or perhaps the night?

well problem with Z1 is, once battery fully charged and you unplug it without any usage and machine being turn off, battery will be like 92% or less.

[ota-con]

I just got my Z yesterday here in Hong Kong and of course already having a problem !!!

Anyone experience battery problems?

My battery is irregularly not charging when plugged in, Sometimes it charges and sometimes it doesnt, the battery is not draining but its not charging , very strange indeed.

Any ideas?

When it functions it seems its taking very long time to charge it. Anyone knows the "official" charge time, or did someone test charge times? Need something to benchmark against.

Change your laptop to a new one. You have 7 days.

[ota-con]

Just received my z21 today and boy is it sexy. Anyone know where to find the office key though if you purchased office with it?

Did you purchase it in Hong Kong?
You are supposed to get a key card with it.

[kenshinbg]

For those that have run some games/benchmarks on the Z2 so far, would you say that the following video is fairly accurate of the fan noise made while gaming?

Link

[Marty_NL]

For those that have run some games/benchmarks on the Z2 so far, would you say that the following video is fairly accurate of the fan noise made while gaming?

Link

I would say its pretty accurate, but it's always hard to compare or to get a good impression of noise-levels.

I've recorded the fan noise myself, while stressing the CPU with Prime95 In-place large FFTs and idle and "Performance mode" (dunno if the translation is correct) in "VAIO control center". When you select "silent mode", the fan is hardly noticeable when idle or at light office work.

My recording
I've recorded it in a relative quiet environment, the Z2 was the only noise source inside the room.

[Tae1]

As in there is a big big boost in the max output volume...?

It's a lot better than normal. You might have to sit there and tweak it a little but it sounds decent.

[nailmonkey]

Hi,

Thanks for the earlier reply regarding my screen problem. On closer inspection it seems that the main cluster of stuck pixels is a group of 3. In addition to this there are at least 10 other individual stuck pixels on the screen. The individual stuck pixels are so small though that I would never have noticed them if I wasn't looking for them.

So I called Sony yesterday and the support guy at first said that that number of stuck pixels was fine, then after I disputed this he said I could send the laptop for repair. I wasn't happy with sending a 4 day old £2500 laptop for repair so he gave me the number for the Sonystyle support line (instead of vaiolink support). I spoke to the support guy there and he was very helpful, the outcome is that they are building me a new laptop and I get to keep this one until the new one is ready, so that is a good result!!

The photos below show the main cluster of stuck pixels (near the centre of the screen)

[Crystal1988]

I repeat: sound "problem" was well known by reviews.

As for noise, I'd like to know from somebody who own Z1 if noise is higher, similar or lower

[Tae1]

The Z2 is LOUDER under load and has worse speakers than the Z1.

I don't have my Z2 yet but I'll take you word for it. I'm not saying the Z2 will sound better than the Z1 with SRS Audio Sandbox but it will sound better than stock with the right settings. It's worth giving it a try at least.

[Tae1]

Hi,

Thanks for the earlier reply regarding my screen problem. On closer inspection it seems that the main cluster of stuck pixels is a group of 3. In addition to this there are at least 10 other individual stuck pixels on the screen. The individual stuck pixels are so small though that I would never have noticed them if I wasn't looking for them.

So I called Sony yesterday and the support guy at first said that that number of stuck pixels was fine, then after I disputed this he said I could send the laptop for repair. I wasn't happy with sending a 4 day old £2500 laptop for repair so he gave me the number for the Sonystyle support line (instead of vaiolink support). I spoke to the support guy there and he was very helpful, the outcome is that they are building me a new laptop and I get to keep this one until the new one is ready, so that is a good result!!

The photos below show the main cluster of stuck pixels (near the centre of the screen)

There is software out there that will fix stuck or dead pixels. It's not a 100% but maybe worth a try if you don't want to send it back.

5 Ways To Fix A Stuck Pixel On Your Screen

UDPixel fixed a stuck pixel on a Toshiba RX3 that I owned. Hope this helps.