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    Vaio Z - Youtube Crash

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by helldemon44, Sep 19, 2010.

  1. helldemon44

    helldemon44 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys, i know this had been addressed or asked many times, but i dunno where to dig up the threads. So i normally use an external mon as my main, and when i run youtube videos in 1080p or w/e resolution, there are no problems. But today i needed to travel so i only took my laptop with me, and i got about 3 crashes in just a couple hours when watching videos under 360p even (using my vaio screen), so am i missing a driver update or is everyone still having this problem?

    I have a Z12 - 1080p screen, everything else standard. 4gbs ram, i5 540m

    If any1 could help me out thatd be great
     
    helldemon44, Sep 19, 2010
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  2. psyq321

    psyq321 Notebook Evangelist

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    There is a new beta driver from Sony that supposedly fixes that problem. The fact that Sony decided to do this shows that the problem was probably widespread (they do not update drivers easily).

    I am testing it right now - so far so good, but those crashes are random so...

    Also, I re-enabled hw. acceleration in Firefox 4 beta... I'll report if I see any crash / hang.

    More details about the driver:

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/518843-beta-graphics-drivers-vpc-z.html
     
    psyq321, Sep 19, 2010
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  3. helldemon44

    helldemon44 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great thanks, tell me how it works out
     
    helldemon44, Sep 20, 2010
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  4. DeathDealer

    DeathDealer Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, definitely tell how it works out!
     
    DeathDealer, Sep 20, 2010
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