topic Re: vaio k215s runs slowly in PCs & Accessories

vaio k215s runs slowly

davis_trane — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:36:09 GMT

I took this pc in order to work with photoshop, primiere, etc,etc.
But, it does not look as fast as it should be(2.8 - 512 RAM).
Most of the time the Task Monitoring shows 100% when I try to do something.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

Twisted-Rizla — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 16:44:20 GMT

Have you swept it for spyware?

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

davis_trane — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 17:47:50 GMT

I have set the power option to performance.
It is getting better.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

kee-lo_ — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:08:04 GMT

What sort of operations are you doing in Photoshop?

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

TygerTyger — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:08:34 GMT

The power option is actually just the fan speed, so I suspect there may be a placebo thing going on here.
Performance=More fan Quiet=less fan.
Then again I suppose it's possible that your laptop was overheating so speeding up the fan cooled it and made it run better.......

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

kee-lo_ — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:36:00 GMT

Aaah but Tyger - when the fan is on fast, the CPU can do more processing as it's colder.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

TygerTyger — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 18:39:01 GMT

I had no idea the fan controlled the function of the CPU, I thought it was the other way around. Now I know.

I'd recommend doing a thorough spyware check using Ad-aware SE and Spybot, then come back if it's still slow.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

kee-lo_ — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:29:04 GMT

It's a bit of both, the CPU puts the fan into a higher RPM to help it process...

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

jammold — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:51:05 GMT

When I used InterVideo WinDVD, the only way to play DVD's was to use performance mode. DVD is a suppose a very intensive process, so is using Adobe's software (which is quite demanding...).

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

kee-lo_ — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 15:59:38 GMT

True.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

TygerTyger — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:09:33 GMT

That's odd. On the older 115s DVD playback worked smoothly even when not on the performance setting, and what's more I could run a whole heap of background tasks as well without so much as a stutter. I've see a few people mention this and I'm inclined to think it's a problem at their end rather than I just have a super-laptop lol.
Adobe Photoshop also ran superbly until SP2. Since then it's a dog.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

jammold — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 16:34:25 GMT

TT I agree, but i think it was a combination of a software quirk (the cause of many wierd problems) and firmware problems.

Since updating the firmware to version US06 and downloading the R0110X1 Phoenix BIOS update, DVD playback is superb and multitasking is fine - wierd!

However, copying DVD's to the HDD and playing back doesn't work very well with the DVD I tried (Beyond Final Fantasy by SquareSoft) - video clips do not playback well until near the end, but run fine on the DVD drive itself... Any ideas?

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

davis_trane — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:05:19 GMT

I confirm that my K215S is not able to play DVD when power option is not set to performance.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

kee-lo_ — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:15:03 GMT

DVD playback is fine on my GRX on adaptive.

Re: vaio k215s runs slowly

jammold — Mon, 11 Oct 2004 17:58:12 GMT

I confirm that my K215S is not able to play DVD when power option is not set to performance

How odd! Must be a K-Series thing!:smileygrin: