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    Win 7 on Sony Vaio Z21MN/B - SLOW!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by vistman, Jan 24, 2010.

  1. vistman

    vistman Newbie

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    Hello,

    I'm using Windows 7 on my Sony Vaio Z21MN/B and it is slow. Whenever I'm doing two things at a time, it is lagging. When I move windows, its often slow and you have to stop working for a second or so. I am wondering whether the graphic drivers could be the reason for this.

    I'm currently using the graphic drivers version 8.15.11.8684 which is the current driver on the sony homepage.

    I'm wondering whether there are newer drivers and where I could get them from?

    Or do you have any other idea what I can do? I have the 32 Bit version.
     
    vistman, Jan 24, 2010
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  2. NHT

    NHT Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have the same problem in mode Stamina?
     
    NHT, Jan 24, 2010
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  3. vistman

    vistman Newbie

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    Yes, same problem.
     
    vistman, Jan 25, 2010
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    pricehouse Newbie

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    Z11 - win7 x64. Very fast. No lags at all.
     
    pricehouse, Jan 26, 2010
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  5. vistman

    vistman Newbie

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    Does nobody have an idea?

    I dont wanna send it in as I depend on my laptop.
     
    vistman, Jan 30, 2010
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  6. patrified

    patrified Newbie

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    I have the same problem with my Z11, both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of win 7 are very slow, especially after watching some videos.
    The fan is running faster (even when idle) than on vista.
     
    patrified, Jan 31, 2010
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  7. uluvbs

    uluvbs Notebook Consultant

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    did vistman and patrified do a clean install, or could it be the Sony bloatware slowing things down?
     
    uluvbs, Jan 31, 2010
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  8. patrified

    patrified Newbie

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    I did a clean install.
     
    patrified, Feb 1, 2010
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  9. H.A.L. 9000

    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    Try putting it in performance mode on the Windows 7 power management menu, because on first install or until the user changes it, it's on Balanced and that (for me) was slow as molasses!
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Feb 1, 2010
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    Thanks, I am pretty sure by now, that the power management seems to be the problem. On Vista I was using power saving with silence mode all the time and it didn't cause any performance problems while surfing the web or watching some videos.
    This doesn't seem to work for Win7...
     
    patrified, Feb 1, 2010
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