i think maybe some vaio services is having problem with the patch. im on xp and debian right now, so i cant help much.
in term of driver, sony sea region is a lil. bit late in providing them. best solution is just bring to sony center.

btw SP1 is known to have many conflict with the existing hardware so you have to update the latest driver that support SP1. i have post before about it here in this thread.

electric shock...return back to the shop back .-.
it will be non comfortable for ya when doing some typing task there.

what OS did you use anyway?
anyway, the FN usually related to this following sony driver:

1) Sony Utility DLL
2) vaio Event Services
3) Sony Shared library
4) Settings Utility Services

best assures, reinstall them back.
regards.

http://www.sony-asia.com/section/downloads?site=hp_en_AP_i

its sometime happen in Windows Vista.
but in XP, shouldnt have prob.

no need if you take proper care of it.
mine doesnt even have a tiny scratch yet..

sound like a software issue. maybe related to your sound driver? i cant sure for that. possibly to have problem at the hardware side. anyway, try playing around with the software (driver), including the coded use for watching movie (like using cccp codec).


welcome to the club

^ not available anymore.
perhaps any shop which selling used notebook or ebay.

yup. i mean, you can upgrade yourself if you know how to.

any detail stated on blue screen? is the problem appear after OS update or since it bought?

Savion, welcome to the club.

welcome to the club
it's 4988 now for a new sz. slash price

it's only norton av. only for 1 year if im not mistaken, after that you have to pay for it. anyway, just scrap that, and use any free av, like avira. it works charm and no problem occured to me.

and yes, you can upgrade it to 3gb due to santa rosa platform. maximum it can afford is 4gb.

yea, it's aero enable. even with intel gma950 capable to turn on the aero feature (glass-like taskbar).
any computer with vista use dx10.
about dreamscene thingy, it's a moving wallpaper. support by any dedicated gpu like nvidia or ati.

diff between dx10 and dx9, maybe slightly difference in graphic.

you cant change the available memory (share + dedicated) maybe, but no harm to take peek into bios setup and see what can be done. and notebook gpu usually not available to upgrade.

cheers.

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Added on June 30, 2008, 7:05 pmsanta rosa: intel platform for mobile computing.

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Jun 30 2008, 07:07 PM

anytime
hehe, i know the feeling XD

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Added on July 1, 2008, 1:06 pmnew addition SONY VAIO FW and VAIO SR lineup:

SONY VAIO FW:






SONY VAIO SR:






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This post has been edited by Miyabi: Jul 1 2008, 01:07 PM

its suitable to handle that task, due to dedicated gpu ATI 128 mb. upgrade the ram to 2gb should be smooth since it's use vista.

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Added on July 2, 2008, 1:19 pmoh, its already have 2gb. dont have to, then
if you want go up to 3gb or 4gb (os 64 bit) its no harm

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Jul 2 2008, 01:19 PM

the theory is simple, more ram, more stuff to multitask and able to process in one time

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Jul 2 2008, 01:44 PM

SSD or 2.5" HDD

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do you mean to keep it permanent and disable hiding?
Right click taskbar -> Property -> Notification Area -> Customize -> Choose any application you want it permanent by changing its behavior to "Show" rather than "Hide when inactive" -> Click "Ok" -> Click "Apply"

This post has been edited by Miyabi: Jul 7 2008, 05:07 AM

yes, they do sell it. go check out at any Sony shops.

More news on VAIO SR and VAIO FW.
*note that FW is replacement to AR while SR is another 13.3" subnotebooks besides SZ series.
**note that the leak info is in germany language.
***all upcoming VAIO is based on Montevina platform.
****credits for the info: http://www.notebookreview.com






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