Official Sony VAIO TT Series Owners Thread

Hey, that's a great program, which I just reigistered for due to a problem with the Firewire-Switch. Well, the Firewire-Switch does not work for me in the TT-Version of the file, but somehow it works in the TZ-Version. Can you maybe post a version of the file, which includes all the buttons of the TT-Version (except for Firewire) and the Firewire-Button of the TZ-Version? I would really appreciate that..!

Thanks in advance. :=)

 

The difference is with DevconTZ, I chose to disable the OHCI controller all together and with DevconTT I chose to disable the adapter only. Just run devonTZ enable Firewire go to control panel enable the 1394 adapter which should still be disabled. Devcon TT should then work fine. Do not run devcon TZ again

I've made an extended version of DevconTT here, it adds CardBus and Audio disabling as well: http://philch.free.fr/files/DevconTT.exe

 

How much of an improvement in battery life is there when using Devcon to switch off devices?

 

I don't think it makes much difference if any actually... but boot time is realy reduced due to all those drivers not loading at start up

 

Thanks for your answer. However, once I use DevconTZ to enable/disable Firewire, it is also enabled/disabled in the control panel. In DevconTT it is still greyed out though - no matter what I do. Any other idea what the problem might be?

 

Just to make sure you did it right, don't use DevconTZ, go in control panel/system/hardware/device manager, under IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers, enable OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller then under Network adapters enable 1394 Net Adapter close control panel and run DevconTT, it should work

 

No matter whether the OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller is enabled, the device manager does not list the 1394 Net Adapter among my Network Adapters. I tried solving the issue by reinstalling the according driver, which did not make any difference though.. mhh, does anybody have the same problem?

 

any new updates on TT lately? .-.V
so far, known refresh update ive discover are VAIO FW, SR, and Z.

 

TT with a 1.6Ghz processor is due out in Australia and New Zealand in the coming weeks, with a 250gb hard drive.

 

That would be nice. Would Sony increase the battery size to compensate or will they be using more power saving cpu's? It would be nice if I can just drop in a 1.6GHz cpu into mine.

 

Nope, same battery size according to the specifications.

I don't think you would see a major difference in performance from 1.4 to 1.6.

 

I was on XP so everything was OK but I've just installed Windiows 7 and only the controller shows up in control panel... I suppose that you're using Vista which should be the same hence your pb with getting it to work I will modify DevconTT accordingly, stay tune...

 

Oh, I guess that's the problem..

 

OK, I modified DevconTT here http://philch.free.fr/files/DevconTT.exe to take it into account. I've just realized though that Win7 (and certainly Vista I guess) Sony Power management already takes care of many more hardware that the XP version does which will overide any changes you make in Devcon when Vista loads.

 

I stumbled upon a Windows 7 driver for our mouse. I installed it, and scrolling is smooth now, but my back button does not work in Firefox, works in IE8 though. So, I configured the back button to do Alt-left arrow. So, at least I can use my mouse as usual. Here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/windows7/support.mspx

 

The Firewire-Switch is working now, but the WWAN-Switch is greyed out now when running Vista. Using the previous version the WWAN-Switch is available.

 

Sh... I replaced my WWAN card to add GPS and changed the ID... I forgot about that. OK I'll fix it ASAP

 

OK, I downloaded it and installed. Now presenter function working but scroll speed still is not saved. After little Googling I found solution on MS support page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222825
Now all is working OK, even Back button

 

Looks like I did not keep a copy of my previous file, can you give me the hardware ID (not Device Instance or Compatible Id) from device manager of your WWAN adapter

 

GPS ? there is some TT with GPS ???

 

OPTIONBUS\GTHSM_NET

Is this the Hardware-ID?

 

May be. Try it here http://philch.free.fr/files/DevconTT1.exe

 

I just replaced the option WWAN card by a Sierra Wireless bought on ebay which includes GPS on the card. The Option should as well but never found any way to activate it.

 

Reading customer reviews for the TT on a nationwide retail store web site the main complain about it were:

*Overheating/slow start/multicolor vertical lines on screen/won't shut down properly.

The model # TT 260 WIN BIZ SU9400

Any comments on this issue.

 

none whatsoever but I'm on XP with RAID 256GB SSD which might help in fast start (under 20sec) and low consumption. I also have never experienced any screen artifacts, in fact never experienced such a great screen

 

I just bought the tt290 customizable one wit 128 gb ssd, 4g ram, and 1.6 ghz so far its looking really good the touch pad does hav some issues but i mainly use a mouse so its fine and my wireless disconnects a lot but it might just be my box its kinda old and i was wondering i like the sp2 on vista but should i install the windows 7 rc on this im afraid there may be issues

 

I dual boot Win7 RC (32bit) on mine and everything works perfectly with Sony Vista drivers and apps except the auto-dimming feature. Win7 is unbeleivably quick for everything you do, startup, app launching, program installs, and none of the annoying features of Vista. I did not install many apps on it so I can not comment on compatibility issues except Norton which would work in slightly degraded mode for example (unless you install Win7 trial version available at Symantec). I think Win7 will be my next OS (going from XP, never used Vista...)

 

I guess i might do that should i do 32-bit or 64-bit since it only has 4 gb rams 32-bit should be better right? And i was also wondering it says 128gb but why does my c drive only hav 107gb?

 

You can try 64bit Win7 if you want to address the whole 4GB, 32bit will only address 3GB but that's OK and I'm sure you'll face less incompatibility issues on 32bit. You could still triple boot Vista, Win7 32 and Win7 64 if you like. 107GB is normal, first you have the recovery partition which will consume some GB (about 12GB I think) plus windows reports capacity as bytes (base 2) which means power of 1024 while disk manufacturer simply use base 10 and marketing size is calculated as power of 1000. 128x10exp9/1024/1024/1024 = 119GB (real capacity) less the recovery size should be very close to the 107GB reported in Windows.

 

It's all working now. Thank you.

 

Which would you recommend though 32-bit or 64-bit i guess i dont really no the difference lol i tried researching it but all i no is the gb things. So far im really enjoying the laptop though the boot time is fast sp2 is showing no problems

 

Hi
Just got a TT 230
Pretty dang nice, only thing I would add is a backlit keyboard.

I've been perusing the thread... but haven't hit all 119 pages yet.

Are there any general pointers/upgrades/fixes that I should do right away?

Also, 1 question:
I use XP on my desktop and Vista on the TT.
Will there be a conflict in syncing my WinMobile phone to both?
I know that XP uses ActiveSync, and Vista uses WMDM, but I have not done the WMDM on Vista yet as I'm worried that I won't be able to Sync on the XP if I do.

Thanks

 

Oh... 1 more
Can you use ATT with the Gobi, or do you have to use Verizon?

Thanks again

 

As far as I know only VERIZON.

 

hi guys im new to the forum and have just bought the vaio tt11wmb, it will be delivered on friday

just wondering...my vaio is black but i wanted the crimson red screen casing but the cost of it was too much as i could only get it as a customisable option (im in the UK) and i got a great deal on a black one.

does anyone know how to go about getting one? or better yet does anyone have a part number? i would be forever grateful! im sure theyre available from sony somehow!??

also, if i want to upgrade the processor which processor would i need?

many thanks in advance!

Peter

 

Really? Couldnt get black over here (Aus) when I went to buy mine and ended up with a red one:



They recently had a 'runout' sale over here with the Red and Gold models.

Maybe they didnt sell as well as they thought, hence only offering the black ones now (personally I love the red now, I have seen a couple of black ones with friends and thought they were too bland - but each to their own..lol)

 

yeah the crimson red is only available when you use the vaio websites customising option to configure a new tt.

the red is available for £1500 for the base level model withou fingerprint reader, only 2gb ram and no wwan...

whereas i picked up the tt11wmb with 4gb ram, wwan fingerprint reader etc for 1200.

so it was 300 more for the red with a lower spec

do you have a part number for the red screen please mate?

 

Hughesy88 it looks like your going to need these parts X23186852 and X23186832. If you know someone in the US you could order it and send it to them. It is not cheap though as it costs about $300 for both of those parts.

VGN-TT165N/R
http://servicesales.sel.sony.com/ecom/accessories/web/productSearch.do

Also, the processor is soldered and it is not easy at all to upgrade it.

 

Not to sure unless you mean what model mine is, in which case mine is a VGN-TT15GN/R and it came with the 1.2GHz CPU, 2G memory (I have since upped mine to 4G of memory), fingerprint reader, 120G HDD, no HDMI and no Blu-Ray only DVD-RW (neither of which were biggies for me anyways).

We only had two models initially released here in Australia the VGN-TT15GN and the VGN-TT17GN (which has the 1.4GHz CPU, SSD, Blu Ray and HDMI - in otherwords the works) Trouble was you would pay nearly $1000 more for the difference.

If you mean the red bezel and lid itself, no I don't sorry.

That link takes you to a Sony error page saying 'We are sorry the information you are looking for was not found'

 

geekygirl in the top right hand corner on that page you can still input part numbers and model numbers. I posted the model number for a US red TT in my other post. You can use that model number to work out the parts that you need.

 

geekygirl's VAIO TT looks somehow red pinkish.

 

thanks rachel thats a great help...are you 100% sure that that product number is for the red casing?

thank you!!

 

I have a craptastic camera and photography skills to match

No its quite red actually!

 

also any uk sellers of the red casing?? please please please help!!

 

I currently have a Thinkpad T60p and one of the best things is that it's a true desktop replacement -- not only in power, but I can also drive 2 LCDs out of the docking station. That is, I can use both the VGA and DVI at the same time.

I'm wondering whether or not the Sony Vaio TT is capable of this as well. The laptop is so new, there is no info I canfind out about this.

Typically it's a problem with the video cards used in laptop which prevents this (they usually use integrated graphics card). My thinkpad doesn't use an itnegrated card, it uses an ATI mobility FireGL v5250 card. However, I thought the TT might be able to do this since it's able to play 1080p videos which indicates it has some serious video horsepower.

Anyone know for sure?

 

For sure you can't (or at least I wasn't able to). You can drive the internal screen plus an external 1920x1200 at the same time in extended desktop mode, but you can't drive two external screens at the same time.

 

Is this even with the TT's lid closed? Typically laptops that support multi-mon out of 2 ports on a docking station needs to have lid closed, otherwise it's driving 3 screens (VGA, DVI and internal).

 

Hmm...I have mine hooked up with VGA (mine has no HDMI, and AFAIK there is no DVI port on any models ) to my 18.5" 1360x768 LG monitor, and have used a dual view setup when I was running Vista, with Ubuntu I can duplicate the screens, but not independant of one another.

I have seen a setup with an Asus EeePC 1000H driving TWO external monitors and its own screen...and that has a weaker graphics solution than the TT. They are using the VGA port and a USB to VGA connector. Like this one http://www.evga.com/uvplus/

 

geekygirl, there's a DVI port on the docking station.

 

Hi, i have an spare wwan mini pcie card (dell 5530) i couldnt order the TT with wwan option because it's not available here as option. is it easy or even possible to install it myself afterwards? i couldnt find any guides/pics where to fit in the wwan into the TT.