topic Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM! in PCs & Accessories

VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:45:46 GMT

My K215z has a big problem with the speedstep and i think is a common problem for the K series.. if i use the battery my laptop should work at 1.6Ghz and it works at 3.06Ghz.. i have to restart my computer to work properly... does anybody knows how can i fix this?

Thank you.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

seb21__ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 19:56:39 GMT

It's a Pentium4 mobile, which supports only 2 steps.
Full speed and low speed. Or 3.06 and 1.6GHz on your VAIO.

A Intel Centrino CPU supports 6 different steps.

HTH

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

GBS — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:01:40 GMT

Hee Hee, Good Luck.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:14:19 GMT

I like that smilie GBS

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:44:22 GMT

It's a Pentium4 mobile, which supports only 2 steps.
Full speed and low speed. Or 3.06 and 1.6GHz on your VAIO.

A Intel Centrino CPU supports 6 different steps.

HTH

I know that.. but the problem is if i set the settings for POWER MANAGEMENT on BATTERY LIFE..it should not use the 3.06Ghz and stay only at 1.6Ghz.. (sorry for my bad English.. i think you did not understood exactly whats the problem)
And that drives me mad!!!
That's a bug that sony doesnt bother to fix it.. i read that K115 has the same problem but they could fix it by a new BIOS update.. so there's no new update for my K215z
Does anybody know how to fix this????

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

seb21__ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:55:53 GMT

Mmmh,I have no idea. But lol, my english isn't much better.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 20:59:47 GMT

sony doesnt do anything to please the customers.. lack of support ... too bad for those very beautiful laptops..
also the battery power meter is not good it doesnt shows the remaining time acuretly..

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

seb21__ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:13:28 GMT

 sony doesnt do anything to please the customers.. lack of support ... too bad for those very beautiful laptops..

True..........:smileysad:
.........the possibility that my next laptop is from Sony, becomes smaller each day.:smileysad:

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:20:56 GMT

Think this has been posted before and the concensus that it was an Intel bug.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:22:19 GMT

Yeah..next time when I will buy a notebook.. it will be a TOSHIBA or HP, even to my friends i wont recomand VAIO.
How about the battery meter time do you know something to fix this issue?

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:24:34 GMT

Think this has been posted before and the concensus that it was an Intel bug.

So there's no way to fix this? or should i search on Intel's website?

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

kee-lo_ — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:34:11 GMT

I would search Intel's site, you never know what you might find.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

GBS — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:38:55 GMT

Does the 215 also have a Phoenix BIOS?
If so have a look at their site.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:43:05 GMT

I would search Intel's site, you never know what you might find.

I did a search on their website.. and i found nothing .. p4m has no bug!!

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 21:47:01 GMT

Does the 215 also have a Phoenix BIOS?
If so have a look at their site.

I have no idea what bios i have.. i cant have a look now as i am partitioning my hdd..

Can you find out something?

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

GBS — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:05:19 GMT

Sorry you have lost me....

I suggest using Everest Home Ed
to find out what your BIOS is. I am pretty sure it is Phoenix.
Have a look here.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:13:12 GMT

I will check my bios after i finish my partitioning.. but first i think i know where is the problem.. its not an INTEL bug.. the bug is somewhere in the software from Sony that provides the ability to change the enchanced speedstep from 1.6ghz to 3.06Ghz (in my case) from the : Performance, Battery Life and Degrade options.. and i think only sony vaio can fix this.. or maybe someone who is a very good programmer and has a good hardware architecture knoledge.. but maybe i am wrong..

i will also try this...SpeedswitchXP its an application that does the same as the Power Management from SONY VAIO with that power savings options .. and i will disable the SONY VAIO POWER SAVINGS and use that one!

But if i will have the same problems that means 100% that is an INTEL BUG.. i will test this as soon as i install my recovery dvd...

So stay tuned and I will post this with an answer and a solution..
I think i am on the right path...

If i will fix this.. please STICH the solution to everyone who needs it!

Thank you

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

GBS — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:23:12 GMT

Good Luck.

This BIOS agent (as shown above -"look here") looks pretty smart. I have just used it and will see if it comes up with any recommendations....

I still think it is a BIOS - XP2 related problem. You have exactly the same problems as I had. My problem started when I installed XP SP2, and was fixed when I got a new BIOS.

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 22:27:06 GMT

The thing is that i have the same BIOS version like yours .. you updated with R0110X or something like that.. and that is my actual BIOS version.. so basicaly mine has allready the bug fixed..
Thats verry odd!

Do you have a PHEONIX bios? if you do.. where can i find an update.. i had a look here...www.pheonix.com and did not found any updates..

Re: VAIO K215Z SPEEDSTEP PROBLEM!

pixeldude — Wed, 06 Apr 2005 23:02:53 GMT

My bios is PheonixBIOS R0110X1

Where can I find an update?