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    Z-590 DVD drive power management help?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by meteorstorm42, Sep 3, 2008.

  1. meteorstorm42

    meteorstorm42 Notebook Consultant

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    I was wondering if anyone can help me out:

    My Z used to turn the CD/DVD drive on/off to conserve energy/battery yesterday (while on battery or plugged in).

    It doesn't seem to be doing so today. Any idea why?
    I haven't uninstalled anything... The "Auto Off" on the drive is still set in the advanced power settings, so I'm not sure why it's not doing it.
     
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    No one has any idea? :(

    Could any Z owner perhaps check which process controls this?
     
    meteorstorm42, Sep 3, 2008
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    Make sure the profile in the Sony Control Panel is set to VAIO Optimized or Max Battery. You may have turned on high performance or could be using a Vista default power profile.
     
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    I made sure I'm on the correct power profile, and that the settings for it were right... Even on Silent mode, it still doesn't power the drive off.
     
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    Is there a service that I shouldn't have disabled perhaps? Something Sony's software may need?
     
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    No one can help? :(
     
    meteorstorm42, Sep 4, 2008
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    I'll try one more time... maybe someone can help?
     
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    Woops...

    I tried to uninstall and reinstall Vaio Power Management, and that made those advanced power options disappear :/
    So I did a system restore, and they're still gone :(

    Bloody Sony and their weird proprietary software...
    Any advice?
     
    meteorstorm42, Sep 5, 2008
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    Try removing ALL Sony utilities and the Firmware devices. Then reinstall just in the proper order as if you were doing a clean install (another thread has these instructions).
     
    plazmic, Sep 5, 2008
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