Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
VMs? Get the quad core, obviously.
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Hmm, haven't touched the fan controls but did set the battery charging level to 50% in Vaio Control Center. I also adjusted basic performance settings for "balanced" and "performance" modes in the Control Center and some finer details in Win8 Control Panel.
I am not that much bothered by fan as it only goes up with CPU intensive tasks which in my case is temporary. Where can I check if my fan controls work as they are supposed to?
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Is this the one with 500GB HDD inside?
Edit: Nevermind... I've seen it is not
But anyway is very cheap!
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I use the Display Color Calibration wizard in Windows 8 and the screen does look a bit better. But it still suffers from horrible viewing angles and the colors are muddy looking.
I my original post, I mentioned that I did like the SVS13A for the most part. There are no other laptops out there with high res screens, dedicated graphics and full-voltage CPUs in a small form factor (15 inch I think is too big still). The Z doesn't count because it has that silly media dock and I think the keyboard feels wonky.
That being said, I'm keeping the SVS13A, but maybe in the future I'll upgrade the screen to a higher quality one...If I can find one that'll fit. I busted open the front bezel and took at look at the current screen:
It's a Chimei Innolux model N133FGE-L31. According to this website, it has been discontinued. There are only two other screens that have the same specs which might fit:
1. LG model LP133WD2-SLBx which is a nice IPS display, apparently
2. Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) model CLAA133UA0x
The bezel conforms to the screen very tightly, so the replacement screen must have the same shape. They all have the same 40-pin connector.
Unfortunately, the replacement screens above have slightly different shaped circuit boards than the original screen. I'm tempted to purchase the LG display and see if it fits! I wouldn't mind spending another $150 for a good screen. -
Yes on the external monitor all OK.
Seems to me that the problem in a firmware of a new panel (by the way after up-dating of system BIOS it is necessary to include 1 time a notebook with an old panel differently pictures isn't present absolutely)
I had to file a cover to set a new panel and as to file the printed circuit board - she by the sizes more original and without alterations wasn't located on the panel. The photo isn't present - everything is already collected.
Sory for my English it is on-line translation from Russian
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I found a panel photo on the Chinese site and added my alterations
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Wow, that sounds tough. But you've given us hope! It sounds like filing-down the additional width of the circuit board on the bottom without ruining the traces was probably the biggest challenge. The extra 4 mm is a big problem because the frame that holds the panel inside the bezel is form-fitting to the original screen. The bezel would have to be heavily modified.
5n4ke: Opening up the screen is not hard at all. There are two rubber pads on the bottom left and right corners. Take those off and remove the screws underneath. Then take a plastic spudger and carefully release the plastic clips that hold the front part of the bezel to the back frame. Start from the bottom and work your way up the sides and finally the top. Take off the front bezel and LCD screen as a whole and remove the LVDS cable before trying to take the bezel off the screen. The bottom edge of the front bezel is taped to the LCD with a very strong adhesive.
Here are some more pictures I took with the screen disassembled:
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i don't know if this will help with the LCD replacement, but i have some info for you here
i have an 13"asus laptop with the same chimei lcd panel came with the SA/S13
the lcd on the asus stoped working and get all black, since the VGA port was dead on it, i took off the LCD of a 15" netbook to see if it was the mainbo or the lcd the faulty on the 13" asus.
since (i gues) all the LCD came now with a 40pins connector, the 15" lcd connector was the same, and warked perfectly on the 13".
so i think you can take any lcd with a 40pins on it to replace the original S13 one
the only thing will be to get it fit on the housing/bezel of the S13, you can even put a 14" if you can make it fit !!
sorry for my poor english
edit: why don't try to put the Z FHD panel ? if you have the model number of course
edit2: i have made some search and here is the SVZ FHD LCD http://cgi.ebay.fr/B131HW02-V0-LAPT...s_LCD_Panels&hash=item231f1734c1#ht_901wt_650
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same here with cpu fan diagnostic
what do you mean with :
" I think the problem lies on the south edge of the screen. Since all the circuitry is there, that part should be modified (filled down circuit board & bezel)"
are you talking about reshapping the bezel, or moving the circuit board ?
if it is about the circuit board, i don't think you can move it, since it is soldered to the lcd panel
the bezel then is realy large and i think there are enought place to do something nice there.
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If you take a ruler and measure the bezel opening, it is exactly 13.25" (13.3 rounded up). I agree that the LG panel circuitry will be in the way. There are some metal brackets that are part of the hinge assembly which cannot just be filed-down. Attached are some more pictures of the bottom part of the bezel frame where the lcd panel sits.
Looking at the pictures of the LG panel, I wonder if that metal frame that surrounds the panel can be taken off entirely? Maybe we can gain back those extra 4 mm for clearance. Unless the actual glass itself is 4 mm larger...that would suck. I guess that's why wwiktor had to resort to cutting the carbon fiber frame backing.
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Official 2012 Sony S Series Owners Thread
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony Owners' Lounge Forum' started by Petrov, Jun 9, 2012.
