Official Sony Vaio CW Core 2 Duo Series Owner's Thread

I am pretty sure that was an option but I didnt have any. This was a few weeks ago so I may be wrong!

 

I did it few days ago and then did a clean install without installing it again.

As far as I remember, you go in the Gate and there you find a button to disable it instantly but before go to the options (also somewhere in the Gate) and prevent it to start automatically with windows startup.

Did you find a way to see how fast the fan is spinning and whether it is regulated or not by the load ?

 

My CW will be here in a matter of hours!! I'm so excited!


One quick question, can the gt230m handle Crysis at low settings? I don't want to kill my GPU on the first day...

 

The mouse track does not need to be updated because Sony has not issued a new updated since the original, To get the two finger thing going or the flicks, you have to open up the program for the mouse and enable it and it will flick and everything, Enjoy.

Also please, what were the programs that were setup with the computer originally and were in the bottom left hand corner? Thanks

 

guys be careful if u all are updating to the new nvidia driver. mother ing driver doesnt provide 1360x768 resolution so to people who uses this resolution... better not update.

 

At the risk of sounding stupid on my very first post - how do you do a fresh start? Is it an option on the first boot-up into windows?

Will that remove all bloatware?

 

I got it on 12/10 around 4PM.

 

chucky_1234:
You can use Dual Layer DVDs. For me it only took 2 regular DVDs, or it said it would only take 1 DL-DVD.

Sir_Dudley:
Windows Media Player the missing one you are trying to think of? I wouldn't be able to look at the computer as I already 'un-pinned' all but Firefox and WMP.

Chavez82:
Fresh Start is an option you choose when you configure your computer before you order it. So if you already ordered it, it's too late. Or if you ordered a pre-configured computer, it will probably include bloatware.

 

THANK YOU LOGAN,
I hate the feeling like I'm missing something but I think I got it, so the only cool button down there thats rare is the VAIO one right? lol Thanks again.
I was like ahhhh was in the bottom but I think I only took out wmp and IE to replace with firefox.

 

Other than making everything smaller on the screen, whats the big deal with the 768 res compared to 1080 or 1200? Some seem to be complaining about this, but most people can't tell the difference between the two on a 37" TV, how can you tell on a 14" laptop screen? Maybe I am missing something here, but Blu-ray looks pretty much identical on my 720 42" plasma as it does on my 1080p 37" LCD.

 

I just bought a red one from Best Buy. It's a nice solid unit.

One thing I hate, though, is that four important keys require FN combinations:

Page up, Page Down, Home, and End.

It's not like they don't have room for it.....why didn't they make these separate keys?

 

Hmmmm - didnt see that option on the Uk Sony Style site (although didnt end up ordering from there in the end!).

Bit worried about so much space/processing power being lost without me having installed a thing

 

Actually yes, it can play Crysis. Stick with a resolution of 1024x768 on low-medium details and the game will run fairly fluently from beginning to the end.

 

Hi,

I've just got a shipping confirmation. Do you know how long it takes to get to Michigan? I saw that somebody here was also in Michigan.

I tried to put my tracking number on FedEx website. It did not work T_T

Thank you

 

Well it looks like I'm ed. A guy pulled up in a Penske truck, walked to the back of the truck, didn't come out for about ten minutes and then drove away...


!! I'm seriously pissed...

 

I took the notebook to the reseller where I bought it. I´ve tried to shown them the problem, and they couldnt even see it. It´s very mild, but I know it´s there, like a kind of a small flickering.
I compared with another CW at another shop, and didnt noticed any flickering. I just dont know how I can prove to the reseller shop that there´s a problem, if they say they cant see it.

 

Hello guys..do anyone who have the CW face a problem on the battery drian. It seems to a prominent problem wih Vaio Laptop.
On complete shutdowm, the battery drians 8 to 12% per day.
When i disconnected my battery after shutdown, the battery retains its charge over the next day.
So something on the MB is sucking up power from the battery.
Do you have nay idea how to fix this issue. I would hate to disconnect my battery every time is shutdowm?
EDIT: I read on some forum that even on shutdown the Bluetooth module stays on which drains the power. I dont think this could be an issue because my friend who owns an NW (no inbuilt bluetooth) also faces the same issue.

 

I don't think you can do anything with the drain till sony updates the vaio but could someone take a pic of the programs that were pinned when it first came with the computer or tell me the programs, id really like to make sure i havent missed anything

So far: I have explorer, vaio laptop icon, IE, google chrome...... I thought there was more.? Sorry if I sound repetitive but i just need to know. Also if someone can take a pic when they press the start button or can tell me wats in there. thanks. **** im interested in where and what vaio put in

Other than this lil thing, I love this laptop, 720 HD, fast, sweet keyboard, awesome mouse

 

I created the Recovery Disks a couple of days ago and didn't see any options, just all or nothing. But I think you have several options when doing an actual recovery:
How to perform a system recovery using Recovery Discs.
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/...KC&externalId=C1008109&fes=true&mdl=VPCCW19GX

How to use the Restore C: Drive option to perform a system recovery.
http://www.kb.sony.com/selfservice/documentLink.do?externalId=C1008143

 

Do you mean 1366x768 resolution ? I updated to the newest nvidia driver from sony esupport, and I can still choose 1366x768 resolution.

 

Sorry for the late response. Congrats on the laptop. I've been updating my CW manually from the sony esupport page.

 

You could try creating a new user account. Login with that and it should have all the same icons pinned and everything. Not really sure why you are worried about this though.


Anyways good news for me! Laptop went into production today. Maybe I'll have it by next weekend. I should have upgraded the shipping...it takes too long! Maybe I'll be lucky and it can come on Thursday, since my fiance has Thursdays off. Otherwise I won't be home to get it. Should have had it shipped to work.

 

The effect of battery drain isn't as bad as it looks - at least, on CW.

Say, assume that my CW battery is once charged to full. I boot up CW on battery, and it shows 92% thanks to battery drain. Then, as I use it, it stays at 92% for lot longer than it should (say, 20 minutes or more). In this case, the issue is as much as unreliable ACPI reading as battery drain.

 

ughh still no production email on my cto ordered on the 27th, would it go into production on the weekend or am i sol until monday?

 

Here's a copy of my tracking info. It was picked up on the evening of Dec 2nd, and arrived the afternoon of Dec. 8th.

Dec 8, 2009 2:44 PM Delivered Clarkston, MI
Dec 8, 2009 6:54 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery LAKE ORION, MI
Dec 8, 2009 4:39 AM At local FedEx facility LAKE ORION, MI
Dec 8, 2009 4:38 AM Arrived at FedEx location LAKE ORION, MI
Dec 7, 2009 7:00 PM Departed FedEx location PERRYSBURG, OH
Dec 7, 2009 3:20 PM Arrived at FedEx location PERRYSBURG, OH
Dec 3, 2009 1:17 PM Departed FedEx location BLOOMINGTON, CA
Dec 3, 2009 1:04 AM Arrived at FedEx location BLOOMINGTON, CA
Dec 2, 2009 8:17 PM Left FedEx origin facility SAN DIEGO, CA
Dec 2, 2009 6:49 PM Arrived at FedEx location SAN DIEGO, CA
Dec 2, 2009 6:02 PM Picked up SAN DIEGO, CA

 

I remembered you mentioned about not having the "Vaio Update" utility anymore since doing the Clean install, well I found it on Sony's Site just in case you still might need it:

VAIO® Update 4 Software
ftp://download.sony.com/US/pc/SOAVUD-00203287-0040.EXE

 

Thanks scottybgood.

I got the "advise you that production on your customized VAIO computer has begun" email this afternoon at 1:44 pm.
I ordered it on 11/27 at 9:30 pm.

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8700
4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066
NVIDIA GeForce GT230M GPU
320GB Hard Disk Drive
Icy White

I guess it would be to much to hope it ships today. I don't know if they ship on Saturday or not.

 

Can someone please tell me how to make recovery discs for my Vaio CW!!! Pleeeeeeaaaaseee!!!!

 

Go to Vaio Control Centre and there you'll see an option to create recover Disc.

 

I do not see it.

 

same here... about what time did you order yours?

 

I also didnt get anything as of now.. i can only hope that it will go into build on monday.. i ordered it on 27th 11am and at that time the shipping estimate was Dec 15th... I sent a mail to them but no reply.. I will probably call them tomo or something.. God i hope they wont cancel it after making me wait for so long..

 

Please, can someone tell me how to make recovery discs... I am desperate... If you help me I will send money to your paypal account... Please someone help me...

 

If you don't see it in your options, just call tech support at Sony. I'm sure they will help you out and that it won't be an issue for you.

 

Chill Dude. I dont have the laptop in front of me now. But this is what i can guide you to: The option to create the recovery disc is in either in Vaio Care (the vaio icon that you see on the task bar) or in the vaio control centre (its found in the start menu). I think i mentioed the vaio control centre before so if u didnt find it there, it should be in the vaio care.

I'll post again after couple of hours when i reach home with a step to step guide if no one else posts it till then.

So till then, relax and Enjoy your new Machine

 

Another day goes and still no update from Sony...This is so frustrating...!!!! Grrrrrr...!!!

 

Thanks man. It was in the Vaio Care thing.

 

Glad to be of service. Keep following this thread. Many a times you'll get lots of tips and really cool info which may seem small but are quite relevant.

Just one additional point. Update all the drivers to the latest version before you make the recovery disc.

Enjoy...

 

around 5pm est, same exact specs as you except black and p8700, i hope the choice of black didnt hold it up even more or else i wouldve chosen a different color...even pink...i want my laptop sony!!!!

 

Thanks to everyone in this thread - it's been a great help in choosing the CW.

I ordered my CW around 10 PM CST on Black Friday from SonyStyle. The estimated ship date when I ordered was 12/08. The website updated soon after to an estimated ship date of 12/22.

I called SonyStyle yesterday morning. The rep indicated it could possibly ship earlier but could not guarantee it. She said she would email the research guys and then email me back within 24 hours. At 2:00 PM (same day) I received an Order update that production had begun with estimated ship date still 12/22. The website also reflected this, however the estimated shipping date on the website was now 12/01. Had to laugh.

Received a shipping confirmation at 10:30 this morning. Looking forward to it sometime next week.

Best of luck to all of those who are still waiting, may your (positive) updates arrive soon!

Here are my specs:
Product: US-VPCCW190X-LBOM
Component: No additional Photo Editing Software
Component: Fresh Start
Component: No additional Office Software
Component: 4GB (2GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1066 (Reg. price $20.00)
Component: No additional Finance Software
Component: Standard Capacity Battery (VGP-BPS13)
Component: No additional AntiVirus Software
Component: 4044
Component: Blu-ray Disc™ playback
Component: No Engraving
Component: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P8700 (2.53GHz) (Reg. price $150.00)
Component: No additional Video Editing Software
Component: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT230M GPU (512MB VRAM)
Component: Royal Indigo [VAIO Signature Collection]
Component: Genuine Microsoft® Windows® 7 Professional 64bit
Component: 500GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm) (Reg. price $60.00)
Quantity: 1
Estimated Shipped Date: 20091222

 

I've just decided to bypass the whole waiting thing, and will be picking my CW up from Comet tomorrow for the bargain price of £550!

 

me too! and my Estimated shipping date is 12/15 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

ahh I ordered around the same time as you, as well... I hope it goes into production soon, I can't wait any longer for it!

 

Thats great, did you use any ecoupons or did you pester them? , because on their site the price is mentioned £649.

 

Does anyone get static shocks when touching the laptop? I often get them and was curious if others have also.

 

How did you get it that cheap? I got mine from the same place for £649.99

 

Just got the shipping e-mail 6 hours after the production e-mail. Should arrive next Wednesday or Thursday. Too bad nobody will be home Wednesday and maybe not on Thursday either..and not Friday...oh no! Need to hire somebody to stay at my apartment on the day it's gonna be here!

 

Thank you Robo

 

I took some pictures today. My camera isn't the best. Took some in normal light, some in flourescent light in our kitchen. It looks more purple than the pictures show. I may take more tomorrow when I can have sunlight, see if it looks any different.

Kitchen (flourescent light):






Living Room (normal light):







If you quote this message for any reason, please remove the pictures from the quote. I hate it when people leave the pictures, makes for a really long post!

 

lol? mm cant say i've ever encountered that with my cw... its somehow building up static from somewhere? maybe the clothes u are wearing... carpet... i dunno..