Hi,
i have a Sony Vaio Z21MN and I'm quite unhappy with the speed after it's been running for like 4-5 hours. I only use it for office work, though I'm a "heavy multitasker", often using 15-20 ff tabs at once and programs such as Excel, Photoshop and Outlook in the background. But I think its not too much.
Right now my vaio is rather slow. The fan is running and is quite loud. I dont really mind about that, but I want my vaio to be fast. I took a screenshot of my temps, do you think they are ok?
http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/3701/tempsk.png
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TofuTurkey Married a Champagne Mango
Yes definitely ok. Not okay when it starts getting into 90 deg C.
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Those temps are low.
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Achusaysblessyou eecs geek ftw :D
haha I agree those temps are pretty low or maybe i'm just used to gaming where my temps break 90C on the VPCZ11...
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Are you running out of free RAM with that many programs open?
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I dont know. I made 2 screenshots. Right now its again really really slow.
http://www.abload.de/img/speedftgd7.png
@shurcool: That's possible! Here is a screenshot of my task manager:
http://www.abload.de/img/taskm3drp.png
I hope you can understand it even though its in German.
It says empty: 20 mb. Now thats not much! What can I do? I already have 4GB I think but 3GB is the maximum I can use with 32 bit. Do you think I have to install Windows 64 bit? I dont really want to as it is so much work -
Actually, the real usable RAM limit with 32 bit OS is closer to 2 GB than 3.
So it looks like you're definitely running out of RAM and it's starting to actively use the page file. This will undoubtedly reduce the performance a lot.
I'd really recommend upgrading to a 64 bit OS if you're such a heavy multitasker. For now, at least, try to set your page file to at least 2-3 GB.
You have 25% CPU utilization (that means 100% cpu utilization of 1 out of 4 CPU threads) in that screenshot; which program is using the CPU that heavily? How many are you running altogether? -
that is only 2 cpu threads because hi is using core 2 duo processor, page file is set to 1.5*ram size.
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On my european Z21WN im running on 105 degrees playing WoW in Speed Mode. I think this is not normal but what can i do? All is running fine but very hot...
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H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw
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Sorry, i´ve made an misstake. The 105 degrees are on the GPU - the CPU runs much cooler!
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I don´t know. Whats the temperatur limit for that chip?
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>100 degree is highly hazardous for every chips, you can start getting worried since 90-95 degree.
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No overclocking at all. Running the z in a docking station.
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I found out the docking station makes nb much hotter than without it. But even though, the temperatures should be surely under 100C. When I had such high temps, my nb died and they exchanged my MB for free...
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H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw
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Sony Vaio Z slow - too hot?
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by farinu, Sep 12, 2010.