SZ Fan Noises

Hey guys,

I am a owner of the SZ220P model, and I'm planning on purchasing a new VAIO, preferably another SZ, since its such a great notebook in terms of performance and portability. However, with this older model, I've been experiencing loud fan noises, even when its idling, the whining noise can be annoying sometimes. I was wondering if Sony's fixed this problem with the new models of SZ? If not, could someone recommend or suggest a better model that matches up the SZ, but running quieter? for example the FZ for performance or TZ for portability?

Thanks

 

does anyone have confirmed information of a new SZ or TZ in january? Or is that speculative?

If I were you, I'd keep the 220 until a more significant upgrade set comes out. It seems santa rosa and LCD would not be worth the upgrade yet. I would pop it open and see which fan is the bad one and just replace it

 

I'm not sure about the older SZs but SZ6s all have built in fan control system under "VAIO Power Management." There are 6 different levels, from level 1 (quietest) to level 5 (loudest) and the last one is "adaptive."

 

I pretty much my sz650n with the T7500 for a lot of processor intensive tasks and I find that it's pretty quiet. Almost completley silent.

By default the fan levels are at level 5 and you need to change them to adaptive.

 

Prepare for the upgrade of the TZ at January/February with a 1.33 CPU, Santa Rosa chipset and X3100 graphic card. Are we speaking about the perfect ultraportable or no?

 

toss in a 64 gb + ssd and 4 gigs max ram instead of 2 and you have a deal.

 

I'd get an sz now but am worried my 370 will make it seem slow =/