New owner of EA16FG here. Its my first Sony notebook... so far im loving it.

I was torn between the ASUS N80JV and the Lenovo Y460, which roughly had the same specs.. until i saw the vaio.. and immediately fell in love with it.

Sure it was about 400 bucks more compared to the lenovo... but no regret la.. and i got a free targus bag... no other freebies or discount.. Sony is quite rigid when it comes to that.

Total price RM3999, credit card and no rubbish 2% bank changes.

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Added on May 30, 2010, 1:00 amoh.. i cant seem to upgrade my ATI drivers from the official site. It says that all Sony Viao notebooks are not compatible for the drivers. Can someone point me to the right direction?

Also, can someone also tell me where i can find some widgets to monitor my GPU status?

Thanks again!

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Added on May 30, 2010, 1:04 amDARN... there is so much of bloatware here.. is there a way i can clean format this machine without the bloatware coming back again? The boot up is quite slow. My 3 year old presario boots up 20 sec faster than this Vaio.

This post has been edited by idesmond: May 30 2010, 01:04 AM

Thanks. I will try your suggestion. About the bloatware, is there anything useful there that i will need? I just dont wanna uninstall everything only to realise that there are some stuff that is crucial to the running of the notebook.

i too was looking for a dealer that is able to sell me cheaper, but so far cannot find... so i just went to Sony.

The free bag worth RM99 is Targus. It looks water proof to me.. but at the same time the quality build isnt the best. (Rather flimsy and material looks under RM99

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Added on June 1, 2010, 1:32 amThanks for offering to help. I will download the CCleaner and let you know. Thank you very much again.

VAIO RAWKS!!! Am selling off my 1 month old EEEPC.. anyone wants? cheap cheap.. hehehe

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Added on June 1, 2010, 1:41 amHi ThewandererX,

Here are my stuff.. hope you can help me identify which is rubbish. Thanks


2007 Microsoft Office system Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 12.0.6425.1000
Adobe Flash Player 10 ActiveX Adobe Systems, Inc. 17-Feb-10 1.78 MB 10.0.12.36
Adobe Flash Player 10 Plugin Adobe Systems Incorporated 28-May-10 10.0.45.2
Adobe Photoshop Elements 8.0 Adobe Systems Incorporated 17-Feb-10 1,577.0 MB 8.0
Adobe Premiere Elements 8.0 Adobe Systems Incorporated 17-Feb-10 1,264.0 MB 8.0
Adobe Reader 9.2 Adobe Systems Incorporated 17-Feb-10 208.6 MB 9.2.0
ArcSoft Magic-i Visual Effects 2 ArcSoft 28-May-10 2.0.1.85
ArcSoft WebCam Companion 3 ArcSoft 28-May-10 3.0.21.278
ATI Catalyst Install Manager ATI Technologies, Inc. 30-May-10 3.0.750.0
Business Contact Manager for Outlook 2007 SP2 Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.0.8619.1
CCleaner Piriform 31-May-10 2.32
Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight Electronic Arts 30-May-10 1,427.9 MB 1.0.0.0
Dropbox 30-May-10 0.7.110
EA Download Manager Electronic Arts, Inc. 30-May-10 5.1.0.4
EASEUS Partition Master 5.0.1 Professional EASEUS 29-May-10 82.5 MB
Google Chrome Google Inc. 28-May-10 5.0.375.55
Intel® Control Center Intel Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.2.1.1007
Intel® Management Engine Components Intel Corporation 17-Feb-10 6.0.0.1179
Intel® PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software Intel Corporation 18-Feb-10 13.00.0000
Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Intel Corporation 17-Feb-10 9.5.4.1001
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology Driver Intel Corporation 17-Feb-10 01.00.01.1002
Java™ 6 Update 16 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 17-Feb-10 97.7 MB 6.0.160
Java™ 6 Update 16 (64-bit) Sun Microsystems, Inc. 18-Feb-10 6.0.160
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Kaspersky Lab 28-May-10 9.0.0.736
Media Gallery Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.1.1.11200
Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Microsoft Corporation 29-May-10 9.31 MB 3.0.86.0
Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable Microsoft Corporation 29-May-10 33.5 MB 3.0.17.0
Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 20.5 MB 11.0.8003.0
Microsoft Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 7.19 MB 12.0.4518.1014
Microsoft Office Small Business Connectivity Components Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 0.16 MB 2.0.7024.0
Microsoft Office Suite Activation Assistant Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 8.37 MB 2.9
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition [ENU] Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.72 MB 3.1.0000
Microsoft SQL Server Native Client Microsoft Corporation 18-Feb-10 9.00.4035.00
Microsoft SQL Server Setup Support Files (English) Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 20.1 MB 9.00.4035.00
Microsoft SQL Server VSS Writer Microsoft Corporation 18-Feb-10 9.00.4035.00
Microsoft Sync Framework Runtime Native v1.0 (x86) Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 0.61 MB 1.0.1215.0
Microsoft Sync Framework Services Native v1.0 (x86) Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.45 MB 1.0.1215.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 0.41 MB 8.0.56336
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable (x64) Microsoft Corporation 18-Feb-10 8.0.56336
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB954430) Microsoft Corporation 29-May-10 1.28 MB 4.20.9870.0
MSXML 4.0 SP2 (KB973688) Microsoft Corporation 29-May-10 1.33 MB 4.20.9876.0
NVIDIA PhysX NVIDIA Corporation 29-May-10 120.1 MB 9.09.0720
PMB Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 257.9 MB 5.0.00.10260
PMB VAIO Edition Guide Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 197.5 MB 1.0.00.09250
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (Click to Disc) Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 184.0 MB 3.0.01.11230
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (VAIO Image Optimizer) Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 39.4 MB 1.0.00.10150
PMB VAIO Edition plug-in (VAIO Movie Story) Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 68.5 MB 2.0.01.12010
RAR Password Recovery v1.1 RC16 (remove only) 29-May-10
Realtek HDMI Audio Driver for ATI Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 17-Feb-10 6.0.1.5992
Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Realtek Semiconductor Corp. 17-Feb-10 6.0.1.5992
RivaTuner v2.24 MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2009 edition Alexey Nicolaychuk 28-May-10 v2.24 MSI Master Overclocking Arena 2009 edition
Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 LJ Roxio 28-May-10 125.0 MB 10.3
Setting Utility Series Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 5.1.0.11200
SmartSound Quicktracks for Premiere Elements 8.0 SmartSound Software Inc 17-Feb-10 25.5 MB 3.11.3090
Sony Home Network Library Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.1.10160
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver Synaptics Incorporated 17-Feb-10 14.0.10.0
VAIO Care Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 5.0.3.11130
VAIO Content Metadata Intelligent Analyzing Manager Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.6.0.09250
VAIO Content Metadata Intelligent Network Service Manager Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.6.0.09080
VAIO Content Metadata Manager Settings Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.6.0.09240
VAIO Content Metadata XML Interface Library Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.6.0.09080
VAIO Content Monitoring Settings Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.4.1.09180
VAIO Control Center Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 4.1.0.10160
VAIO Data Restore Tool Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.2.0.09150
VAIO DVD Menu Data Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.00.09240
VAIO Entertainment Platform Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.6.0.09150
VAIO Event Service Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 5.1.0.12010
VAIO Gate Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.2.0.09240
VAIO Gate Default Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.0.0.10290
VAIO Manual Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 4.0.0.09160
VAIO Media plus Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.1.10160
VAIO Media plus Opening Movie Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.0.07030
VAIO Movie Story Template Data Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 438.5 MB 2.0.00.09240
VAIO Original Function Settings Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.0.07010
VAIO Personalization Manager Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.0.06220
VAIO Power Management Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 5.0.0.11300
VAIO Quick Web Access Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 266.9 MB 1.2.2.3
VAIO Smart Network Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 3.1.0.11250
VAIO Transfer Support Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.1.0.10200
VAIO Update 5 Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 5.0.0.10300
VAIO Wallpaper Contents Sony Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.0.0.06010
Webroot Software Installer 17-Feb-10
WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software Broadcom Corporation 01-Feb-10 6.2.1.500
Windows Driver Package - Broadcom Bluetooth (09/09/2009 6.2.0.9405) Broadcom 17-Feb-10 09/09/2009 6.2.0.9405
Windows Driver Package - Broadcom HIDClass (07/28/2009 6.2.0.9800) Broadcom 17-Feb-10 07/28/2009 6.2.0.9800
Windows Live Essentials Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 14.0.8089.0726
Windows Live Sign-in Assistant Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 1.94 MB 5.000.818.5
Windows Live Sync Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 2.79 MB 14.0.8089.726
Windows Live Upload Tool Microsoft Corporation 17-Feb-10 0.22 MB 14.0.8014.1029
Windows Mobile Device Center Microsoft Corporation 29-May-10 6.1.6965.0
WinRAR archiver 17-Feb-10


This post has been edited by idesmond: Jun 1 2010, 01:41 AM

Well the ASUS N82jv has got USB 3.0, better battery life because of the Optimus gpu. Aside from that, everything else seems the same.

I think that the ATI 5650 GPU is better (Supports Direct X 11, future proof) Where as the Optimus does not.

Im not sure about the international warranty for Vaio tho.

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Added on June 1, 2010, 1:46 pmThanks for the advice. One question. Isnt the Roxio Easy Media Creator 10 a burning software?

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Added on June 1, 2010, 1:47 pmI dont really like the Viao Gate software. Already win 7 somewhat this feature at the bottom tray.

This post has been edited by idesmond: Jun 1 2010, 01:47 PM

sanesaint: Where are you from? I am from KL but i bought my ea16 in ipoh.

Anyone has issues playing any games with the ea16?

Chances are.. there wont be any promotion anytime soon.. sometimes if u like something enough.. u will buy it even without a promotion.

Thanks Bugeca! I have done all of that already.. but my start up still considered quite slow (about 1 min) not sure why...

at least under a min

IMHO Sony netbooks are too expensive. Netbooks arent very powerful and therefore the price of a Vaio notebook isnt justified.

Here's an interesting fact




Did you know that the Vaio logo also had a hidden meaning? Tthe first two letters represent the basic analogue signal. The last two letters look like a 1 and 0, representing the digital signal.

So what is the hidden meaning then?

Yes that is true. But i was referring to the logo representation of the design element, and not the meaning of V.I.A.O

Hi im using an external monitor with 1080p resolution, but when i jack in the HDMI cable to my EA16, it wont show 1080p, but 768 as max resolution.

Does this mean i need to update the ATI graphic drivers?

Please help.

Thanks

Appreciate the help. I have accessed that screen and i do see the 1080p selection, unfortunately its greyed out so i cannot select this mode.

I have tried that, but none of the buttons allow me to select anything, but i did try to use it as projector mode and it works

Thinking of letting go my EA16 (white) cos hardly used. PM me if interested to buy or trade with iPad (3G only)

cheers!