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    Vaio SR Battery on Windows 7 RC

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by pc1990, May 8, 2009.

  1. pc1990

    pc1990 Newbie

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    Well I decided to upgrade to windows 7 rc. Everything works including brightness and volume controls, which people were having trouble getting to work. I am experiencing extreme battery drain or usage? I charge it, but battery starts to fall rapidly. I wanted to know if anyone has any fixes for this or what others have been experiencing on windows 7
     
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    Hi, In my case I try a lot on my NB but the Fn function for adjust brightness still not work.
    ( Volume control is work fine )
    My NB is VGN-SR25S
     
    dreaminside, Jun 24, 2009
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    mattedmunds Notebook Consultant

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    What RC build are you on? I was using RC1 build 7100 on my Z610 and the battery life was terrible. I have an SR now and am using build 7223 (I think, not on it now) and I get a little over three hours with medium brightness, web browsing and photoshop work. Make sure that you click the battery icon in the system tray to check what power profile you're using. I had mine on high performance which seemed to lock the CPU into full clock speed all the time, which will definitely drain the battery quickly.
     
    mattedmunds, Jun 24, 2009
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  4. Lvivkse

    Lvivkse My username is a typo

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    how do you upgrade to that build? i figured windows update would be doing that but im still on 7100
     
    Lvivkse, Jun 24, 2009
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    You can't really update the build unless you have a subscription to the MSDN (or other MSFT-related groups) that allow you to log in and download later builds of the release candidate. I'm sure some torrent sites have it but I'm not sure which ones. The Gold Master build is a couple weeks out - I would wait for that one since it'll be the RTM (release to manufacturer) build and will probably be the most complete version before the product officially launches later this fall.
     
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  6. Lvivkse

    Lvivkse My username is a typo

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    so does everyone else using the freebie source from MSFT get the 7100 build then?
     
    Lvivkse, Jun 24, 2009
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    mattedmunds, Jun 24, 2009
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    In the bottom right of my screen show that I use Evaluation copy,Build 7260.
    I was loaded from www.2bbit.com ( torrent file )
     
    dreaminside, Jun 24, 2009
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    const451, Jun 25, 2009
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