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    Vaio Z Performance Oddity

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by tgrabarc, Apr 3, 2011.

  1. tgrabarc

    tgrabarc Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    I was hoping someone might be able to help me figure out what is happening and if there is a way to fix it :)

    I have a Sony Vaio Z (VPCZ1) with i7 processor and 4g ram

    Whenever I play a game on it (for instance: starcraft 2) occasionally the game will really start to slow down for a minute or two (the game even tells you "your computer is slowing down the game"). Then it will pop back to normal.

    I thought it may be related to CPU getting too hot; so I bought a chill pad; however, has not seemed to help.

    Thanks for any advice; it is pretty annoying!
     
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    ota-con Notebook Deity

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    Is your thermal control strategy on balanced or performance mode?
     
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    Power Plan = High Performance
     
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    Check in VAIO control center under power mangement and power options.
    See what thermal control strategy is selected.
     
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    Ahh thanks. That was balanced. Let me give it a try on performance mode.

    Thanks for the tip! I was worried I had started to burn out my CPU lol
     
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