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    Memory use

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by filipomg, Dec 23, 2012.

  1. filipomg

    filipomg Newbie

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    Hi!
    I think my laptop uses to much memory at the startup and also it takes 2 minutes and 3 seconds at the startup. Here I posted some images from the task manager from the startup.What apps should i disable,or is this normal?

    I have a Sony Vaio SVE1711V1EB with 6gb of ram, intel core i5 2450m and ati hd7750m 2gb vram.
     
    filipomg, Dec 23, 2012
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  2. Pohmell

    Pohmell Notebook Consultant

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    It's normal for 5400rpm HDD to be that slow.
     
    Pohmell, Dec 23, 2012
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  3. filipomg

    filipomg Newbie

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    yes but 1.4 gb of ram just at startup ?
     
    filipomg, Dec 23, 2012
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    Pohmell Notebook Consultant

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    The more ram you have the more windows utilizes it. ~25% of total is fine.

    If you want to reduce it, remove unneeded startup programs.
     
    Pohmell, Dec 23, 2012
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    James D Notebook Prophet

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    Totally normal. 77 processes. If it were 1.6-2 then I would suggest to do a clean install.
     
    James D, Dec 23, 2012
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    I managed to get ~20% ram usage at the start-up . I disabled the following apps:
    Utorrent,Adobe Reader and acrobat manager,adobe acrobat,adobe start-up utility,aimp3,bluetooth software x2(??) , bdregion,daemon tools lite, iastoreicon,isbutility,hamachi client,pmbvolumewatcher,Catalyst Control Center,Syanptics Pointing Device Driver(i never use the touchpad) and rainmeter. If i disabled something important please tell me. I also unistalled vaio care,but i kept vaio update.

    I have also 3 questions :1. Can I use a more advanced vaio control center , i saw on some screens that they have cpu fan control and keyboard backlight on at night only.

    2.Can I overclock my gpu?How?

    3.Can I add an SSD and also keep the HDD?
     
    filipomg, Dec 23, 2012
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    Pohmell Notebook Consultant

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    1. Install under both Win 7 & 8 drivers
    Sony® Firmware Extension Parser Device Driver
    Sony® Shared Library
    VAIO® Power Management Software
    VAIO® Control Center Software

    2. Only nvidia chips so far have the OC ability via BIOS. Surely you can use ATI afterburner for software based OC.

    3. Yes, use ssd as main drive and replace optical drive with HDD bay (9.5mm)
     
    Pohmell, Dec 24, 2012
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