Sony Vaio CB Official Owners' Thread

thx, pal. Finally i've got the answer about my problem

BTW, for all sony vaio VPCCB17FG user i've got some good news for you. well i just uploading some benchmark tests on youtube. here's the link for u all guys if u curious about the benchmark test on sony vaio vpccb17FG

YouTube - Mafia 2 Benchmark Test on Sony VAIO VPCCB17FG
YouTube - Half-Life 2 Lost Coast Benchmark Test on Sony VAIO VPCCB17FG
YouTube - Resident Evil 5 Benchmark Test on Sony VAIO VPCCB17FG
YouTube - Counter-Strike Source Benchmark Test With Sony Vaio VPCCB17FG

I'll be wait for your reply on there. See you on youtube

 

Thanks man. SATA 2nd HDD Caddy IBM Thinkpad T510 12.7mm DV16 | eBay

So that would be fine? Sata to sata, and it's 12.7mm. Shouldn't matter that he's saying it's for Thinkpads, right?

 

Looks like you're suffering from the same card recognition issues I am though. Good to see I'm not the only one. Photoshop not recognizing the Radeon 6630M is killing me.

But I'm in communication with Sony's "highest tier" of support right now, so hopefully a fix will be forthcoming...

 

wow, that's good to hear. Please keep us updated on what happens. I'm extremely pessimistic when it comes to issues like this and big companies like Sony. Hopefully I'm wrong!

 

Sounds good. Let us know if there's a fix for this. Thanks cassy101!

 

I really hope the fix will come soon. Thanks and keep us posted, cassy101.

 

Wow... thx, sir Let me know if they already inform u about the problem

 

Hello,

For those already received their orders, would you mind sharing your impressions regarding your machine. Any pros and cons would be nice. I'll start with mine.
Pros:
- Silent
- Fast (much faster than my previous laptop)
- Huge screen, I like having more space for opened windows.

Cons:
- Kinda heavy
- Battery life's short (or is 3-4 hours normal for this one?)
- Fingerprint magnet.
- I installed VMWare and created an XP SP3 VM, however the touchpad scrolling doesn't seem to work.

As for the ones still waiting, how's your status? I remembered someone ordered an orange one (Nice), and user FromThailand, have you received yours yet?

 

Mine will arrive tomorrow morning. My second order was Neon Orange but i thinks it's not for me. My first order (EB series) was a mess and super late so i cancelled it when i saw the new C series. I ordered again for the 2nd time, the Neon orange ,,,, but! it took almost 17 business days without any progress on my order, the rep said i need to rebook my order due to some system error. Okay! (controlled my temper).

On the positive side, something good (for me and i think for Reli and ScoobyDo too) happened.

The day I cancelled my Neon Orange to rebook the order, sonystyle.com was weird that day(April 19). There's some kind of a glitch. 8GB ram is $20 i think, Windows 7 Pro, Norton 3yr subscription, Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional ARE ALL for FREE!!! so i took the Fresh Start option

So i maximized my order,
Plus, they gave me 10% discount on my order due to inconvenience. I also received an email for Credit confirmation. They will credit my MasterCard a $40 value.

Cool. I made a huge savings! My final payment is $859.24 for the following specs:

Component: CD/DVD Player / Burner
Component: High capacity battery
Component: AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M (1GB VRAM) hybrid graphics with Intel® Wireless Display technology
Component: Fresh Start
Component: Norton Internet Security™ 2011 (3 year subscription)
Component: Sony® Imagination Studio™ Suite
Component: 8GB (4GBx2) DDR3-SDRAM-1333
Component: Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor (2.30GHz) with Turbo Boost up to 2.90GHz
Component: 320GB Hard Disk Drive (5400rpm)
Component: Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional
Component: Black
Component: Genuine Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit
Component: 15.5" Full HD VAIO Premium Display (1920x1080)

Luckily! the order went through! they assembled my order based on my glitched configuration hehehe. the HDD didnt have a glitch that they so i got the lowest one (i'll upgrade to SSD in the future).

Thanks for reading my Story

 

i also got the free Bloggie Touch Camera! Cool. Sadly, this camera does not have flash. Thanks anyway

 

have you played any games yet? also if you could note GPU temps while playing would be awesome. really curious how cool it stays when gaming

 

My brother received it the 26th in Canada and sent it to me straight away by first class mail (5 to 7 days) because of the price. It cost him $120 by first class mail. It would have cost $280.00 by UPS.

 

Pros:
Looks cool
Excellent 1080p display
Nice big keyboard
Quiet
Very fast
Easy to upgrade
Solid feel to the chassis

Cons:
Automatic light sensor is nuts (but can be turned off and everything set manually)
LEDs at the front bleed light through the plastic, makes it look cheap
Heavy


I love mine overall. It is fast, quiet and seems to run cool. No complaints really. My only regret is that others got better deals when the glitch and bloggie came into play. But hey, the longer you wait the better deals you get, that is the price you pay when you jump in first.

 

I agree with you (except that I don't find it heavy...then again, I'm mostly comparing it to my last laptop). My only real complaint so far has been the fact that I wasn't lucky enough to get a better price or camera. But I'm very happy with mine!

 

I'm actually quite surprised with the little camera. Just a few years ago I paid handsomely for a Panasonic mini-dv camcorder and this little credit card sized thing pretty much blows it aways. Waiting on pins and needles for the FedEx guy to show. Can't wait to see how the videos look once I download them to my new CB.

 

It just came in and im typing on it and i gotta say this thing is sexy ! the screen is amazing it blows my mind away. The only thing I don't like so far is that it is very finger print prone. I'll get back with a review once i get things set up.

 

what color is yours? Black? I'm hoping the white I ordered won't be so bad about fingerprints.

 

The black is extremely fingerprint-prone. I wipe it off daily. But then, I'm used to it from the iPhone.

The other thing I keep doing is grasping the lid in the middle to open it, which is right where the camera is. I have to stop myself. That can't be good for the camera after a while...

 

Mine is here! at 1030AM.. i'll get back to you guys..

 

Yeah mine is black
xD i love how the keyboard lights up when i type and when i am just clicking it turns off

 

I've got the white. All I've done so far is make the 4 recovery dvd's. Waiting for my SSD to get here today from UPS before I set things up and really get into it. Backlit keyboard seemed nice, the screen is huge of course, and it did run quiet. Idle, it was about 40-45 degrees C, which compared to my netbook at 75-80C, is crazy good.

 

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What kind of SSD did you get ? I'm looking to upgrade mine since i did get the cheap 320gb hard drive 5400 rpm.

 

Ok, one of the first things I did after turning mine on was pop in the ESET NOD32 antivirus cd to install. Does anybody else's laptop vibrate alot when reading a cd? Its pretty loud and you an feel *alot* of vibration on the palm rest while its spinning... is this normal?

 

what program burns the recovery dvds?

nevermind, think I found it.... Maintenance>Create a System Repair Disc.

 

I really didn't notice any vibrations really when i was burning my recovery cd's and the spinning is normal because of the high rpm's that it requires to burn the recovery discs.

 

I personally bought a Kingston 128GB

 

actually that doesn't seem right. Can anyone tell me how to burn the 4 Sony Recovery Discs?

 

Haven't got mine yet but it supposed to be quite simple according to this Sony tutorial... YouTube - Sonyaustralia's Channel

 

Thanks... Vaio Care was the answer.

 

Crucial c300 128gb. This thing flies now

 

I'm still waiting for the price of SSDs to drop. I'm sure they make the CB series fly, but this thing is flying as is. I have the 500GB 7,200 RPM and can't believe how fast this thing wakes up. I'm still impressed by how much faster this is than other laptops I've used and that this is not an enthusiast laptop.

 

yeah, i wipe it on a daily basis now.

Look forward to your orange reviews.

SSD is still kinda pricey now. But i hear the performance is really fast. How much did you get for your SSD?

 

I paid $200 on Amazon (same price on Newegg) for the Crucial c300. Not sure if it was this topic or the CA. I fresh installed Windows 7. I can't get the AMD Catalyst Control center to install again. Any help?

 

I paid 6,690 baht for my Kingston 128GB SSD which is exactly $223.18 USD.

(I'm a bit concerned about my CB that is still at the post office in Montreal after 3 days according to the tracking. They said 5 to 7 days to get it here but 3 days at the post office in Montreal is a bit long I think)

 

Hey guys, I received this laptop on Tuesday. I'm trying to play games with it. but it seems like the game wont recognize the graphic card, and I tried to update the driver from Sony esupport, but no matter howmany times i installed it(I used run as adim and in safe mode) it doesn't change the driver version on the video card. Does anyone have any solution to this?

 

Mine will come in a few days time and I want to get some DVD's for creating a Recovery Disk as soon as it arrives. Please let me know how many disks I need for this and what are the other Initial setup tasks to do.

 

4 disks needed, and go to Vaio Care.

 

Is is possible to view my laptop Screen in some Old CRT TV's using the NetGear Push2TV adapter? Even for latest plasma TV's is any kind of Port/Cable is required. I am planning to buy a TV and I want it to be able to display my laptop screen.

 

Have you tried using the Catalyst control center to set it up to use higher performance? I haven't tried it yet, but it seems its having a problem recognizing the Radeon card. I'm noticing it too, but haven't any games to test yet.

 

Hmm. I just tried the Street Fighter 4 PC Benchmark. Running normal on HD 3000 integrated, got about 30 FPS on default settings. I told the catalyst to use the Radeon 6630(1GB), and while the game still said Integrated, it went to 60 FPS same settings. However, the fighters were stuck in the ground. Not sure if its just a game issue, driver issue on my part (I installed the original Radeon driver and updated one from the Vaio site), or something else.

 

Tried PassMark PC Benchmark test. Normal integrated graphics: Score is 1410
Used catalyst to put it on high performance. Score is 1566.

So..it's definitely in there. Just not working 100% or something. Hopefully cassy gets some answers on this, otherwise we all should be getting on Vaio support.

 

So i decided to upgrade my CB with 4gb of memory to 8gb of memory (2x4gb).

Here is a link to the 8gb (2 chips of these 4GB chips) of memory i bought.

NCIX.com - Buy Kingston 4GB 1X4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 NON-ECC CL9 SODIMM Memory Module - Kingston - KVR1333D3S9/4G - in Canada

Can anyone tell me if this is a good choice of memory for the CB series? How does it compare to the stock "Elpida" memory that came with the CB? Also, what does the "NON-ECC" in the link mean?

 

It is running, don't worry. Nothing ever detects my ATI as the ATI, but it is clearly running in games. I was certain that mine was not running at first, but I was just massively overestimating the power of mobile GPUs.

No, really it is not fast now. The difference between a 7200rmp HDD and an SSD is like going from a 486 to an i7. If you are impressed now you are going to be blown away when you get the SSD.

 

The "top tier" of Sony support is working with me to find a solution to this. He said he was meeting with Sony engineers on Friday (guess that's today now) to work toward a possible solution and then he'd call me back. But we'll see...

It's good to know that I'm not alone with this problem though, might motivate them to fix it more.

 

just set the game to high performnce on catalyst control centre.Dont worry about that problem. I have also same problem like u.But, actually the gpu is running perfectly.check my video that i have posted before on the previous pages. tested with: resident evil 5, cs: s, mafia 2, n half-life 2: lost coast. my notebook: sony vaio vpccb17fg

check these out.This is my benchmark video

YouTube - Counter-Strike Source Benchmark Test With Sony Vaio VPCCB17FG

Also check the related video.Good luck

 

GPU temps during benchmarks/playing?

 

yeah, when i first got this computer, i called their tech support right the way. and they couldn't do anything. the only options for me were either they replace my video card or they will give a replacement order...... i got this computer on March 22nd and got my replacement on April 26. how sad....... please let me know if they give you a solution.

 

yeah, when i first got this computer, i called their tech support right the way. and they couldn't do anything. the only options for me were either they replace my video card or they will give a replacement order...... i got this computer on March 22nd and got my replacement on April 26. how sad....... please let me know if they give you a solution.

 

How come your CB has core i7 processor? Is that possible? I didn't see that option when i was customizing mine, but i chose the highest spec i5 avaible. I hope this won't make significative difference when playing games compared to an i7.