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    Help!! From Fellow Tz Owners!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Kody, Nov 18, 2007.

  1. Kody

    Kody Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well ive had the TZ90 for a week now and ive got to say i really love it but ive got one major problem, when im surfing streaming sites such as you tube, its fine when i have the power adaptor on but when im running on battery, the wifi connection seems to be cut down by half and i wont be able to stream videos on youtube the same way i do with the power plug connected. I did another test by playing Warcraft 3, when im on battlenet, playing a game, everything seems fine but after i pull the power plug out (while in the game), ill start to lag and eventually get disconnected unless i put the power plug back into my laptop.

    Does any TZ owners have the same problem as i do? Can i turn off whatever that is slowing down my wifi connection when im running on battery?
     
    Kody, Nov 18, 2007
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  2. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Doesn't look like your Wifi is slowing down but your processor, I'll bet it cuts down to half speed when running on battery, there is an option to make it run at full speed on battery.
     
    Rahul, Nov 18, 2007
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  3. Kody

    Kody Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know the TZs are suppose to be cut in half in performance running on battery but its definatly the connection thats slows down as well, how do i make that option?
     
    Kody, Nov 18, 2007
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    Im not 100 percent sure on this but I think you need go to control panel/poweroption and go to advance and change the performance function such as processor and wifi. I believe the initial setting of wifi on battery is max battery performance so you probably need to change it to max performance.
     
    jimmytnugent, Nov 18, 2007
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    psun786 Notebook Evangelist

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    I think there is some power setting in Vista control panel where you can adjust both CPU stepping and Wifi power save mode.

    Go to => Control Panel => power options => high performance [or which ever is active] => change plan settings => Change advanced power settings => Wireless Adapter settings => Power saving mode [off]

    I personally do not like any of the power saving option. I did rather bring my 1lb extend battery than have to cut already cripple TZ performance to half LOL.. but that is just me.
     
    psun786, Nov 18, 2007
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  6. Kody

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    There is only CPU control, cant find any Wifi Control options and im running XP by the way
     
    Kody, Nov 18, 2007
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