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    new vaio ns owner need help with apps

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by acer47ok, Mar 8, 2010.

  1. acer47ok

    acer47ok Notebook Consultant

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    Hey I just got a vaio ns with a pentium dual core t3200 @ 2ghz. I just did a fresh install of windows 7 so theres no SONY apps in there. I'm having trouble with notebook hardware control. It doesn't detect the voltage, it's basically showing ... and so I can't undervolt it and I really want to. Also when I installed NHC, it seems to take over the original settings somehow and always dims the screen to 0% when I start up the PC.

    I'd also like to know if vaio's have a way to enter the bios during boot?

    What are some recommended apps/drivers for me to download for this laptop? It comes with a gma4500mhd. Do I have to download drivers or does it pretty much come or auto download with the windows 7 updates?
     
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    H.A.L. 9000 Occam's Chainsaw

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    You can enter the BIOS with F2. But there won't be any advanced features other that letting you specify your boot devices, and turning on/off security passwords. And BTW, Vaio's "BIOS" is actually a UEFI and it doesn't control the hardware the way a regular BIOS does per'se, so NHC might not be interfacing with the hardware right. For the drivers, you need to install the Sony Shared Library, Sony Firmware Parser Extension Device Driver, Sony Notebook Utilities.
     
  3. acer47ok

    acer47ok Notebook Consultant

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    Works fine with rmclock.