Problems? See this thread at archive.org.
I had got one BSOD on my fiance's CW. I can't remember what I was doing. Nothing too intensive.
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As requested :]
Photos of the Vaio CW white:
http://s476.photobucket.com/albums/rr128/MrPengu/Sony Vaio CW - VPC-CW1S1E//
Knock yourself out lol. But don't blame me for being messy!
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finally an update on sonystyle.com. I am so happy!
Order Status:
Your VAIO is being built
Estimated Ship Date:
12/22/2009
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I'm glad you liked the shots The pics were taken at night in my living room, so I had to use the flash on my digital cam. Some came out a tiny bit blurry, but I hope you kinda got the sense of the way it looks.
Eitherway... It's very pretty and worth all the cash imo. Prettier in real life for sure.
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I got my CW today
and an upgrade to Blueray writer
as well.
Hai Can any body guide me to activate the two-finger scrolling ? Do I need to install any additional driver for this? -
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hmm congrats to all those who got the free blu ray burner upgrade...!!! stupid me had paid the extra money to get the burner when i ordered...! now i wonder...should i fight with Sony??? :-D ... well they gave me the blu ray burner for 80$ which isnt too bad...!!! good news is...its being built right now...so i know i am getting it...!!! may be they will give me an additional battery or something...
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Hello all and especially ninja2000 and cwl999,
I want to overclock my gpu and maybe my cpu, but I don't really know how to do it on a laptop. I've overclocked desktop computers using the BIOS, but laptop BIOS is scarce.
You are both speaking about system tools, but I can't find the right software , could you give me more details?
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ive had 2 bluescreens but i thought they were related to overclocking the GPU. i havent had one since updating the GPU to 187.83 off sonys website, and, touch wood, that will be the last of them
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also got a production email about an hour ago on my cto black...finally
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received my laptop today
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Well i would definetely update the nvidia GT 230m graphics driver
link to nvidia driver update:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=VPCCW1MFXB&upd_id=5292&os_id=45
Depending on where you bought/ordered your CW from, you may want to update the bios (if you custom ordered it off sonystyle itll probably be up to date).
apart from that... there isnt really that much that needs updating. intel have released a newer driver for the intel wifi link 5100, which you may want to update to
EDIT: you may not have the intel wireless 5100, you may have a different one ( i cant remember the make). check to see which one you have in the device manager
Another would be to install vaio update 5, it does all this for you apparently... it has found 4 patches for me and wants to install them automatically so you could always use that
link for the updated VAIO update 5: http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/info/info.aspx?l=en_GB&url=VAIO/Updates/EP0000211610.exe&m=VPCCW1&ip=EP0000211610.htm
Hope this helps
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nooo my estimated ship date went from 12/22 to 12/28
says cw is being built... it wouldn't seriously take them 2 weeks to build it, would it? so, why the long ship date? -
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I got my being built email last Friday afternoon and the shipped email on Monday. It left San Diego at 11:47 pm Monday and is here in Texas today. Should get it tomorrow.
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good to hear!
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thank you
& i don't get how to detect the patches in the vaio update 5 page?
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hi...pls can anyone say hw is the performance of Cw.i hav orderd fr this idiot
...i need this stupid soon
Processor =2.2Ghz
Mem =4GB
HDD =500GB
GF = 512MB
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umm i have a i think registry hack which another user here gave to me which allows to have over 3-3.5GB Ram in 32bit OS, im not sure if this works but i have seen few users sayinng that they have it and its working for them.
IMO, you cant compare TV screen's with laptops screens, becuase I for one, dont notice much difference in 720p vs 1080p Tv's there is a noticeable difference but not as much, maybe since most of the stuff i watch is in Standard definition, but same for high def things. When it comes to laptop's i notice alot of difference between resolutions, I like high resolution on laptops since you get more real estate even for the sacrifice of smaller text but yes you can change the dpi to get bigger font size, but if you compare 1280x800(16:10) and 1366x768(16:9) you wont notice much difference just a very slight widescreen view, but if you compare 1366x768 with 1600x900 and 1920x1080 then you see a great amount of difference since you see more real estate and everything smaller. This cannot be compared to TV since the all you get with a higher res is a sharper picture, but it matters most on computer screens as there is more than just a picture or video.
I totally agree that 1080p is an overkill on a 13-14" laptop but looking at the Z series i think the CW deserves ATLEAST 1600x900 res as other 14" laptops come with 1600x900 res.
I dont know for others but have a high res and having more real estate matters alot to me since i know you can have 2 full pages open side by side on 1600x900 of word or browsers and other things so it comes in handy. Just my 2 cents
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Hey everyone...
My vaio CW finally went to build phase.. Yay!!!... I will be getting my laptop before Christmas...
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I would try the recovery partition(hopefully you didint delete it, i wouldnt, save my life over a dozen times, i dont rely as much on recov disks as i do on the recovery partition, but thats me
) this should work, since maybe something might of happened to your disks, but im with you that it might be a hardware problem or something if so then, This is just me, but if i was in your position, i would demand Sony to issue a new one ASAP and make up some story about you needing it before christmas or something or if you can wait tell them i need it by 1st week of jan since im going back to school or something. since the fault is on Sony's side not your's you have every right to demand the fastest type of shipping and tell them i want a number of a rep or direct line to manager or someone so i can keep in contact of my status, and having yours be built right away. maybe they might big you something in compensation as an upgrade on something but lets see, i doubt it though so dont take my word for it
NOTE: i would say to do this at your last resort make sure you tried every possible thing you can do to try to recover your system.
another point to note, is that if you find Win7 keys just around the internet there is a great probability that they are generated or fake and will make your windows counterfeit. and another thing is that you key is not at fault whatsoever its a software or hardware fault. if you have problems with your key then its Sony's problem to issue a new key, you shouldnt use your money to buy a new key. Since its in the 30day guarantee i dont know how far Sony will go to repair this maybe they might go all out and do something extra for you 'Tis the Holiday Season
EDIT: i just had another idea that could happen, Sony might send out a repair technician to your house since its under 30 day guarantee.
Please keep us all updated on what you do and what happens
EDIT: another thing i used to do which im guessing is not allowed i just went up in stores and i just took a quick non flash picture of display laptops or noted it down in a very quick and quiet manner so no one notices
, i would just pretend to be looking at the vents and remember the 1st pack of digits then check the sides and lide and back under and go back and forth few times or go back to few laptops and back again to note it so its not so suspicious.
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call up newegg maybe they can give you a discount on the price or if you find the same config somewhere online for a lower price tell new egg and maybe they might match it always look out for vouchers and discount codes and maybe you can get it for cheaper
i would preferablly go for the P7450, i would hate my RAM to be bottlenecked by the CPU since the T6600 is 800 FSB so its going to clock the RAM down to 800FSB to match the CPU, then i dont see the point in DDR3.
This is why i dont agree with other members on there isnt anything different between the two processor's. Just my 2 1/2 cents
well as manks has said, its kinda random im guessing but if its going to arrive before or around christmas maybe you might get lucky and they might give you the upgrade but yes at the moment whoever has told us about the bluray writer upgrade all had blu ray reader, so fingers crossed
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Thank you for pointing that out, I didn't pay attention to the FSB speed, I made my decision purely off power consumption vs clock speeds. Unfortunately its still out of my $800 budget, but I'm considering it now.
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Thanks for the color info Chucky, I have implemented your suggested settings and the screen does look less bright-yet-blah.
Good job, didn't seen that coupon when doing my own shopping, might've used it in my own negotiations. As it is, I got mine from FutureShop for CDN $849, with free JBL speakers thrown in. Seems more $$ than in the States, but then again no waiting
The Good
I've had my Icy White (T6600, G210M) machine for a little over a week now, and am finding myself very satisfied. The typing experience is amazing! Nice little key clicks, and the set-up/spacing makes for rapid-fire typing with few mistakes. The mouse pad is lovely, and I've really gotten used to scrolling using finger circles-- if you don't lift your finger, you can go clockwise then counter-clockwise with your finger to go up and down a page, pretty fast changes in direction too And the color is great, fingerprints are there if you are really looking for them, but overall hardly noticeable.
As for the actual use of it, still learning-- Windows7 is quite a bit different as I came from XP, and simply finding the Add/Remove programs was a discovery. There are cute "instructional videos" about the OS if interested, the designers are very smiley.
Machine is pretty light, and the screen seems very big for 14", once you get used to the loss of vertical space.
The Not So Good
Some minor problems, however-- I had already had one BsoD on the FIRST boot of the machine during Win7 set-up, but after a reboot it was OK.
But from the get-go, I've then encountered problems with Internet Explorer (both 32- and 64-bit versions) where I get a dialog box as soon as I start using the programs, claiming that a program on my computer has corrupted the default search provider (set as Google) for IE. I keep trying to change it, to no avail. It got so annoying (any new window would say the same thing) that I turned off IE and am using Firefox instead. Not that I have anything against Firefox, but what might cause this? I am a bit of a computer noob, so this might be a simple fix.
Thanks!
Official Sony Vaio CW Core 2 Duo Series Owner's Thread
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony Owners' Lounge Forum' started by RayStar, Oct 22, 2009.
