Got mine EB16 yesterday. I'm in love with the screen 1920x1080 gives awesome movie experience.I am yet to test it's gaming capabilities. The raedon is indeed underclocked. I'll overclock it if need be. It's fine for basic gaming like CS 1.6.
The Viao Plus display is great and buy this laptop in full HD only, otherwise there are better options out there.
It's a perfect budget laptop with style. Build quality is not great but comparable to most laptops out there.
There's no high pitch noise or battery drain on my model. Maybe they fixed it. I kept it on all night fiddling with it then put some torrents on download and it didn't heat up. I would rate it as a very good mainstream budget laptop.
Finally, a CNET.com quote - It might not be a machine you'd boast of but it certainly is a machine you'd never regret buying.
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Where to download chipset drivers and stuff like that from intel site?
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Quick question regarding the battery, did you put the laptop on hibernate? and the battery didn't drain at all?
I'm still waiting for by replacement battery, i really hope it fixes the problem.
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Has anyone gotten the thought that the battery drainage happens when turning off or starting up the laptop, not when it's turned off?
I turned off my laptop when at 100% battery, started it up instantly afterwards, and the battery was already at 90%.
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I will try it on stand-by and see if it makes any difference, but to be honest it probably will die overnight on stand-by.
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Why there is no Full HD screen option available for Sony E series laptops in USA ??? Its too difficult to understand the business trick behind such stupid decisions. Sony has Full HD option for other countries, but for USA its only a 1366x768 resolution screen in a >15" LCD, which is the DEAL BREAKER for me
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I myself have a couple of questions, normally it doesn't heat up but the moment I keep it on bed, core temperatures double from 32 to around 60 for me within few mins and then cools up again immediately if I keep it in my lap. Maybe it just loves my lapor maybe bed blocks ventilation? It's irritating.... what do u guys do? get some cooling pad?
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I bought a E series with i5 processor for my wife a couple of months back.It is very quiet at idling with minimal fan noise.
I myself have the F series with i7 processor. Unfortunately , my F11 makes a disturbing whistle sound at idling tasks, and I wish it was as quiet as my wifes !
The 1080p display on my wifes's E series is decent compared even to my F series premium 100% adobe RGB 1080p display, hers even has decent viewing angles (almost as good as my F) and is not too reflective either, I would not call it glossy, maybe semiglossy.
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There are whistling E-series laptops, too - as there are with most laptops. It's luck of the draw, really.. and your wife got lucky!
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Sony UK are quoting 8 weeks build time (due to Bluray writer delays).
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As for build quality of the E series, in my opinion the E series 'looks' more expensive than the F series although I know the F series is better built. The F series is just too plain which is why I chose the E series as both are the same price anyway (for the same spec).
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Ive heard that sony had some problems with sounds comming from the inside...buzzs. Is it true?
I'm planning on buy a 15.5 serie E from 800 do you think it's a good choice
Processor i5 2.4Ghz
Ati HD5650
4Gb ram
500Gb hd
Do you think it will run Just cause 2 well?? And gta 4?
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I will try to overclock my 5650 like others here though cuz Sony has underclocked it to 450 Hz grrr probably why it doesn't get hot.
Also a question - I was playing NFS Most wanted and it didn't fit full screen on 1920x1080 resolution. So I changed resolutions both in game and on laptop but the screen never fits fully.... is this due to widescreen? How do I rectify this? I would like to play NFS in full screen.... I mean I don't wanna see black bars truncating my screen towards left and right. -
But won't you loose your warranty by overlocking it??
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Anyone managed to get the fan speed of the 5650 up from 30%???
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I am curious about that too, seeing that last week when I ordered it stated 8-9 weeks to dispatch. But the lady on the phone was on about the volcano as a reason for the delay, which did not make sence as other products were at 2-3weeks.
Also can someone please tell me how I can put a ssd in the 17" ec. Do I need anything like a mounting bracket or has the empty "hhd slot" got all I need (srews)? Reason I ask is because I have no idea what to expect when I will open the laptop up. -
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They were surprised to see that the spare hdd bay was completely stripped out. So no sata controller or whatever. You just can't install a hdd there in the future. So if you want 2 available hdd slots you'll need to order the laptop with 2 hdd. Else they'll just strip all the hardware of the available slot, as seen on the picture below.
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Ive been playing for some hours on the 1366 15" and i must say its not that bad.
Just dont compare it to a lcd tv or pc lcd..colors are very soft.
For gaming this is exellent,some games dont need 1080p to be nice.
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What do you mean by the beep? like an intense buzz?
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Edit: I phoned them up and the guy said that I can't update an order and need to cancel and reorder and that would mean no special offer applicable from that periodso I would lose the free bluray writter.
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The production of your customised VAIO order has started.
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I baught eb14 almost 20 days back with 512 graphics card and Iam facing a problem. The left speaker no more works, I think it's loose sometimes if i hit lightly above speaker it works and suddenly goes off. Not sure if I could get replacement bcz in India we don't have such option. Wonder how can this kind of problem can come in Vaio model. have to check with Service centre guys and will extend the warranty for 2 more years.
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Hubert_Cumberdale Notebook Enthusiast
Greetings
I've just stuck in an order for an e-series as below, price seems pretty good for the spec.
I assume it'll arrive full of crudware, any advice on the easiest way to do a clean install? Do these things come with proper install disks?
Yours excitedly, etc
Laptop VPC-EB1X - Configurable
Your configuration:
* Intel® Core(TM) i5 Processor
* Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
* Glossy black
* 320 GB Serial ATA (5400 rpm)
* 4 GB 1066MHz DDR3-SDRAM
* ATI MobilityRadeon HD5650 1GB
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Nice configuration - what country did you order it from?
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Sony Style UK have a free upgrade to a BR player until May 10th - save £50 quid !!
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hi everybody, ı want to buy this model but ı have a question. I had used F11 seri but I gave it back because of the noise at fan. so, if there is a noise (that makes me insane at F11 seri) in this model I wont buy. anybody could instruct me...
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Mythdat
I have had my e-series for over a month now and have left all the Sony pre-installed software on the machine...
By doing a clean install - would there be a large increase in performance?
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Once you've clean installed then installed everything you need (VAIO notebook control software, antivirus etc) you'll probably come out with 10-15gb extra HDD space, 15-20 less processes running and 5-8% less memory usage.
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hi everybody, ı want to buy this model but ı have a question. I had used F11 seri but I gave it back because of the high pitched noise at fan. so, if there is a noise (that makes me insane at F11 seri) in this model I wont buy. anybody could instruct me...
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no, ı wanted to ask, is there any proven noise problem like f series?
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Can anyone explain the naming convention of the vaio EB model codes?
i know that:
EA = 14" monitor
EB = 15.5" monitor
EC = 17" monitor
EB11FX-EB16FX are slightly different versions of the same notebook (some with bluray, bigger hdds etc)
I think it's the 4th digit of the code which confuses me. Sometimes it's numeric, other times it's S, H, J etc. The Sony site has the J version. Is this the best out of all of the E series? The J version also has slightly different colours (e.g. coconut white as opposed to silver white on the EB11-16FX versions)
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Anybody with windows 7 and ubuntu both installed on their Vaio? Would need a guide to do so.
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Some market get all Core i3/i5/dual i7, some only get Core i3, some has the ATI 5650, some only has ATI 5470. -
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Been looking for a new laptop ever since my HP Pavilion died and these Sony's have really taken my eye.
Especially with the free blu-ray drive offer at the moment, the prices for customising the build on the website seem very good compared to pre-built offers in stores and on websites.
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Hubert_Cumberdale Notebook Enthusiast
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It seems the battery drain has been fixed in the latest updates...getting 100% battery after 12 hour hibernating..
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Official VAIO E Series Owners Thread
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony Owners' Lounge Forum' started by Metsn, Feb 3, 2010.