Sony Vaio

Sony VAIO is a Laptop brand from SONY.

Update Nvidia drivers on Sony Vaio
Updating Nvidia graphics drivers on Sony Vaio is been a problem recently as the driver installation is not detecting your hardware. Sony Vaio OEM provided drivers are not up to date and when installing drivers directly from the Nvidia GeForce website, the screen says …
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Boot Time comparison between Sony Vaio CW and Dell Inspiron
This video compares boot time of Sony Vaio CW VPCCW26FG vs the Dell Inspiron 14R
Specification compared
- Both has an Intel i5 Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB of hard disk space.
- Both are 14 inches.
- The Dell has a 1 GB ATI Radeon graphics …
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Compare Dell Inspiron Laptop vs Sony Vaio
This post describes comparison between the new customized Dell Inspiron 14R Laptop, vs the Sony Vaio VPCCW26FG CW Series. The Dell costing around 37k INR vs the sony vaio costing at 56K but similar configuration is interesting. Let us see the detailed comparison between Dell …
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Sony Vaio F and CW series recalled due to heat problem VPCCW26FG
Sony is to recall over half a million laptops of its CW and F series due to a potential overheat problem. This problem is due to a bug in the firmware of the Sony Vaio CW series and Sony Vaio F series laptops. Sony has … read on
Turn on Bluetooth/Wifi on Sony Vaio CW Series
Sony vaio comes preloaded with a utility called Vaio Smart Network, which controls the power status of the Wifi and Bluetooth radios. This is enabled only when the Wireless button on the laptop is turned on. So in order to turn on Bluetooth or Wireless, …
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Boot Time comparison Sony Vaio CW series VPCCW26FG versus E series VPCEB16FG
This video compares boot time of two sony vaio laptops. Sony Vaio E series versus the Sony Vaio CW series (VPCCW26FG vs VPCEB16FG).
The major difference is the E series has an Intel i3 Processor and the CW series has an Intel i5 Processor. E …
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Sony Vaio Battery Care utility Download
Sony Vaio Battery Care Function utility is a sony vaio utility which helps improve battery performance by limiting maximum capacity to 80% of the full capacity.
Read more about Sony Vaio Battery care function in How to Enable Battery care function on Sony Vaio to …
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How to Enable/Disable Battery care function on Sony Vaio to improve Battery life.
Sony Vaio Battery care function increases your battery life time and battery back up in the long run by limiting the max capacity of the battery to 80% or 50%. This means the battery would only be charged to 80% in each charge-discharge cycle. The …
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Sony Vaio CW VPCCW26FG EDID (Extended display identification data)
Extended display identification data (EDID) is a data structure provided by a computer display to describe its capabilities to a graphics card. It is what enables a modern personal computer to know what kind of monitor is connected. EDID is defined by a standard published …
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Install Wireless Wifi drivers on Sony Vaio CW on Linux Ubuntu
Out of the box Ubuntu 9.10 wireless/wifi did not work on my Sony Vaio CW Series (VPCCW26FG), The following error message is shown on start up and on dmesg command.
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Could not read microcode: -2
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The solution was to install backports modules.
Installing Wireless Drivers …
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Sony Vaio Gamma error and color is not saved (Nvidia Geforce GT 300)
The default settings on my Sony Vaio CW Series laptop had wrong Gamma settings, therefore the color reproduction on the screen was slightly on the redish side.
The setting on the Display on Control Panel was not getting saved due to some reason (Windows 7). …
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Sony Vaio CW VPCCW26FG Windows Experience Index

The Sony Vaio CW Series (VPCCW26FG) Got Experience index of 5.8

More Details

Component	Details	Subscore
Processor	Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz	6.7
Memory (RAM)	4.00 GB	5.9
Graphics	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	6.3
Gaming graphics	2263 MB Total available graphics memory …

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Compare Sony Vaio vs Macbook White
So I was looking for a new laptop and I had a couple of options like Dell Studio 15, Apple Macbook white and Sony Vaio CW series. Since I had took a loan amount for around USD 1300 ( 55000 INR), The laptops around my …
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Sony Vaio Windows XP Drivers for CW Series (VPCCW26FG)
Sony Vaio CW Series (VPCCW26FG) comes preloaded with Windows 7 by default. The new series has a new
- Intel i5 Processor
- 4GB RAM
- NVidia Graphics with CUDA technology and 512MB Dedicated Graphics memory.
For anyone who is interested in installing Windows XP, the drivers for …
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