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    Looking to purchase Sony SZ laptop - Did they fix the fan issues?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by biada, Mar 29, 2008.

  1. biada

    biada Notebook Consultant

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    I read reviews regarding the earlier versions of the SZ laptops having issues with fan noise. Did Sony correct this problems on the newer Models? Lets say SZ400 and above...
     
    biada, Mar 29, 2008
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    Unpluggednonthefly Notebook Consultant

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    What fan issues?
     
    Unpluggednonthefly, Mar 29, 2008
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    ng12345 Notebook Consultant

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    I didn't know there were any issues with fan noise

    I owned an sz650 and had no complaints about fan noise
     
    ng12345, Mar 30, 2008
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    No fan issues with my girlfriend's SZ430!
     
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  5. biada

    biada Notebook Consultant

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    Well, search SZ fan noise and you'll get about 50 thousands results. Good to hear that it's not an issue.
     
    biada, Mar 30, 2008
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    no fan issues with my girlfriend too, only noise issues!
     
    mimix, Mar 31, 2008
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    biada Notebook Consultant

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    Ok, I guess I worded it incorrectly... A noise issue is a fan issue. haha.
     
    biada, Mar 31, 2008
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    There is no "noise" issue either.

    There might be a few anal, OCD types who refuse to accept that a fan is necessary to properly cool the processor and said fan makes at bit of noise, other than that...

    The SZ has a full-bore Core2Duo processor, not some handicapped low-voltage engine running at 8086 speeds.

    Running the processor at full speed, particularly with dedicated graphics and you are going to be generating some significant heat - which means that the fan will be running for longer periods and at higher speeds - but that doesn't mean that anything is wrong - quite the opposite in fact.

    If the fan noise bothers you then use the software to throttle down the processor and use only the integrated graphics.
     
    Unpluggednonthefly, Mar 31, 2008
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  9. biada

    biada Notebook Consultant

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    My HP fans comes on somtimes but you can barely hear it. From what I read, the SZ fans are loud? But it looks like it only affects the older model. I'm purchasing the SZ7**
     
    biada, Mar 31, 2008
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    What size is your HP? The form factor of the SZ makes it more difficult to cool, it uses a smaller fan, and for that reason the fan must spin faster.
     
    SpeedyMods, Apr 10, 2008
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