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Re: Sony Vaio and Windows Vista. EVERYTHING you need in this thread! Hotkeys fix, official patch from MS. Whine fix, make your VAIO run silent!

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:36:24 GMT

So the power management of the CPU is different from XP ?! because under XP this wasn't so "immediate"....

Hi BlackDevil,

When the MS Team were working on VISTA one of there main aims were "Reducing Power Usage" They made changes to dramatically improve idle power consumption. There goal was to reduce power consumption by powering key components down more frequently and leaving them powered down for longer periods while still maintaining a great user experience.
For example,
While Windows XP did a great job of lowering CPU speed and voltage whenever possible, in Windows Vista they added enhanced capabilities to use power more efficiently on multi-core systems. They created new APIs so that driver and application developers can get notifications about the power scheme being used on the system and then adapt their behavior for the power scheme. Finally, all of the power management configurations parameters can be controlled by the IT department (on a PC-by-PC basis) using Group Policy if they want to tweak the defaults, making corporate deployment of these features easily manageable.

So it has changed & for the better too.

Yes but sadly this new power management has introduced the dreaded Vista cpu whine. RM Clock and other 3rd party utilities can get rid of this whine but in a heavy handed manner - they just crank the cpu to full power and leave it there. Your laptop's temp will increase, the fan will be on all the time and the battery life will reduce. That isn't a 'fix' in my book and until MS or SONY come up with a genuine solution to this problem, I'm sticking with XP.

I think you're misunderstanding - what RMClock does is to enable a technology called HLT. This tricks Windows to THINK that 100% of the CPU is used, but in fact - it's only using 1-2%. RMClock comes with a CPU-monitoring tool, and in that you can see that you're not using 100% of the CPU at all.

I'm running the RMClock 24/7, and I've not experienced that my VAIO runs hotter, the fans runs as they've always done - so basically, everything is as normal exept two things;

1) Windows Task Manager will not display correct CPU use (just use the RMClock one)
2) No whine

Until some sort of official patch or something comes out, this is an absolutely accepted fix.

loathsome+

Re: Sony Vaio and Windows Vista. EVERYTHING you need in this thread! Hotkeys fix, official patch from MS. Whine fix, make your VAIO run silent!

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:26:51 GMT

If you go to Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings you'll see an option called "Processor power management" -- This is where to select your clock speed :)

loathsome+

OK yes i see the option...but I don't know if the CPU speed is really less than 2.17 when it's idle... with everest the clock speed doesn't change whatever i do .. (on battery or not > nothing change ...)

I'm alone in this case ? your CPU speed goes down when your PC is idle ?? or on battery ? maybe i have forgot something...

Thank you for your help !

Kee-Lo >> thank you I'll wait ... :p

2That is normal. Your CPU should clock down when the notebook idles. If you watch it closely, it'll clock up IMMEDIATELY when starting a program etc. (if running @ 100%)

Re: Sony Vaio and Windows Vista. EVERYTHING you need in this thread! Hotkeys fix, official patch from MS. Whine fix, make your VAIO run silent!

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 10:39:45 GMT

If you go to Power Options -> Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings you'll see an option called "Processor power management" -- This is where to select your clock speed :)

loathsome+

Re: Notebook-Akku

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:58:13 GMT

I think he asked for a translation because he didn't understand a word of it. Neither do I Come on, we can't have a sticky thread almost no one understands.

Re: Vaio PAINT comes down

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 13:56:29 GMT

Hi,

Sorry to hear about that. I would seriously doubt you'll get a replacement from Sony.
Why don't call them and ask? You've got nothing to lose

loathsome+

Re: Sony Vaio and Windows Vista. EVERYTHING you need in this thread! Hotkeys fix, official patch from MS.

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:53:27 GMT

koymik:

Yep, I am quite sure it will. Just give it a try! The hardest part to figure out was the Notebook Control Device - took me some time.

loathsome+

Sony Vaio and Windows Vista. EVERYTHING you need in this thread! Hotkeys fix, official patch from MS. Whine fix, make your VAIO run silent!

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:20:37 GMT

Hi all.

I've recently set up my VAIO notebook to fully, 100%, support Windows Vista. Took me some time, but it was certainly worth it

Okay, here's what you need:

- Drivers. Go to the VAIO Vista Upgrade web site to download these. What you'd want to grab from that page:
     ~ Setting Utility Series
     ~ Shared Library
     ~ Utilities
     ~ VAIO Event Service
These are the most required ones. You MUST download and install these.
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Further, the following aren't necessary, but very useful:
     ~ Alps Pointing-device for VAIO (for your touchpad to work properly)
     ~ FlashMedia (if you're using the media readers/writers)
     ~ MemoryStick Icon Registry patch (nothing important, just a nice icon for the MemoryStick to show up in Computer, like this:

Also, if your VAIO notebook has built hardware such as a camera, bluetooth etc., grab the proper drivers for them as well.

Graphics driver are NOT necessary, as all versions of Vista supports the Intel GMA-chipset. I would neither recommend installing the VAIO Power Management, as Vista also has this built in.
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Hotkeys
Probably one of the biggest "losses" in Vista. I see lots of post asking how to get the hotkeys to work. Here's the SOLUTION with an official patch from Microsoft:

You MUST install the following:
     ~ Setting Utility Series
     ~ Shared Library
     ~ Utilities
     ~ VAIO Event Service

After installing, reboot your notebook. Then grab the Sony Notebook Control Device update from Microsoft at this link:
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/v3-19990518/cabpool/7816_2_a5db7ce11f55024ce049b23a6bf61f9c34248ff0.cab
(sniffed by me, loathsome) edit, added; I've attached a mirror of the Sony NCD. Look at the bottom.

After you've downloaded, open up Device Manager and install them for "Unknown device". Your hotkeys should work immediately. If not, try rebooting.

Whine fix
Some users, included myself, notice a small, high pitched noise coming from the notebook. This is extremely annoying if you're in a silent enviroment. I've come up with a solution to this. Download RMClock, and under "Management" enable "Run HLT command when OS is idle". Restart the program and the sound is gone - for ever. You can also make it start with Windows, so you'll never have to bother with it again. This WILL shorten your batterylife, but only with 3-7%, according to my tests.

That's all, enjoy Windows Vista! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me,
loathsome+

Re: Vaio + Vista; ADJUST BRIGHTNESS

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 18:14:43 GMT

Anybody that knows exactly which file to download for the brightness-function to work*?

Re: Vaio + Vista; ADJUST BRIGHTNESS

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:29:09 GMT

Hi,

I solved the problem! I just had to update the BIOS Now even the annyoing magnifying function works. He, he.

Yeah, I bought it. The notebook was just "Vista Capable", so I had to upgrade to 1GB of RAM. Vista runs perfectly now.

Grrrrreat!! Thanks for your reply!

Vaio + Vista; ADJUST BRIGHTNESS

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:58:54 GMT

Hi,

I've installed my copy of Vista Home Premium, and I can not adjust the brightness. I've downloaded every driver / utility from this link, but no. I can adjust the sound via the hotkeys, but NOT BRIGHTNESS! I really need this, as I've bought a really expensive copy of Vista today.

I've got a Sony Vaio N19VP/B-model.

Many thanks.

Re: Slow Start up

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:16:12 GMT

Hi,

Download a program called BootVis and from the «Trace» menu run «Optimize System». I run this program frequently, and it helps a lot.

BootVis can be downloaded from the following link:
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/BootVis-Download-3465.html

Good luck,
loathsome+