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    Sony Vaio S Series Questions

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by igoforthebest, May 17, 2010.

  1. igoforthebest

    igoforthebest Newbie

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    Hi All,
    First Post.....

    I recently bought a Sony Vaio VPCS117GGB.
    Specs: Core i5 520, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HDD, Geforce 310, 2Kgs.

    Coming from a Macbook Pro this laptop is quite similar to the unibody macbooks (except the size and battery life). However there are a few annoyances with this Sony.

    1) When i close the lid the notebook goes to sleep, however when I open the lid, unless I press any button, windows does not wake up. Is there a way to enable this?

    2) Any brightness controls for the backlit keyboard? Its too bright in total darkness and is quite distracting when looking at a screen

    3) Can a WWAN card be installed in this series? I read in one magazine that its got built in 3G but cant see any.

    Any help will be appreciated thanks!
     
    igoforthebest, May 17, 2010
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  2. TofuTurkey

    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    I've got a Z but maybe this will help... searching may reveal the results you want, you can also post in the S-series owners' thread :)

    Try Vaio Control Center > Power Management > Lid Action Settings
     
    TofuTurkey, May 17, 2010
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  3. chris2k5

    chris2k5 Notebook Consultant

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    Are you in the states? I've been looking for a Sony Vaio S Series in that type of configuration.

    I can only get the S through Best Buy with no dedicated graphics. AHH.
     
    chris2k5, May 17, 2010
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  4. igoforthebest

    igoforthebest Newbie

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    Hi TofuTurkey,

    Thanks for the reply, I checked the Power Management in Vaio Control Center but I could only see the 'Settings for the behaviour when closing the lid'. Theres nothing about opening the lid.
    btw I'm in Australia.
     
    igoforthebest, May 18, 2010
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  5. TofuTurkey

    TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango

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    This doesn't appear?

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    TofuTurkey, May 18, 2010
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  6. DTree

    DTree Notebook Guru

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    ^^ no, same thing with my S, you have to press a button to wake it up
     
    DTree, May 18, 2010
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  7. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Notebook Deity

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    or disable sleep which is the best
     
    Boo Boo, May 19, 2010
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