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    VPC-Z11 graphics crashing issue (switches from speed to stamina on power then reboots)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by daleski75, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. daleski75

    daleski75 Notebook Consultant

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    Got a weird problem with my Z11 and not sure if this is a driver or hardware issue.

    When on AC power and using my laptop it randomly switches from speed to stamina and I get a lot of black and white random lines across the screen before it reboot's itself.

    I have checked the display drivers, event logs and cannot see anything wrong.

    I don't play games or do anything graphically intensive and my laptop has no over heating issues either.

    Any idea's?
     
    daleski75, Sep 17, 2010
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    When the 3-way-switch is set to "Auto", the Z is going into speed mode when pluggin the cable in and leaving when unplugged.
    This might be a problem with the jack, so its "replugged" every second by moving it or even typing. This might cause problems since the profile is changing each time.

    Since I don't have a Z on my own til now this is just a guess.
    You can try it with the power switch set to "speed" or "stamina".
     
    fuchstronaut, Sep 17, 2010
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    never heard of this issue before...
     
    Andrew08, Sep 17, 2010
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    I have stuck it into speed mode only and it seems to be better, will maybe get around to rebuilding my o/s at some point to see if that works.

    It is a strange issue.
     
    daleski75, Sep 17, 2010
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  5. Andrew08

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    try running it at speed mode and reinstall 188.80 driver from nvidia
     
    Andrew08, Sep 17, 2010
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