topic fr415s fan always running in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55679#M130636 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>yeah, I was used to hear nothing with my lifebook except when I was working a lot - but the display of my sony is much better...<BR /><BR />I have another question and I would be glad if you can answer me this:<BR />the FR415s has no TV in. is there any external USB-device to give me a TV-in, so that I could store VHS-videos as DVD? (For me, DVD is a new feature and I don´t know much about it)<BR /><BR />Sony support told me, there was an external device, but it is only available in a kit with another notebook and that I cannot buy it singular.<BR /><BR />Thanks <BR />SamSony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:11:56 GMT Samsony 2004-02-04T12:11:56Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55675#M130632 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello,<BR />as a new vaio user (coming from FS Lifebook) I wonder why the fan of my vaio FR415s is always running, even if I do nothing.<BR /> I phoned with Vaio Support and they told me, its because the FR415s is a desktop-replacing model and it is normal, that the fan runs. hm!<BR />Does somebody know a way, to make it run less often or to make the CPU getting less warm?<BR />Thanks<BR />SamSony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:48:36 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55675#M130632 Samsony 2004-02-04T11:48:36Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55676#M130633 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR /><BR />Sony Support are right, and stopping the fan running all of the time would cause damage.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:55:49 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55676#M130633 kee-lo_ 2004-02-04T11:55:49Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55677#M130634 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Hi<BR /><BR />Sony Support are right, and stopping the fan running all of the time would cause damage.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />Thanks a lot Kee-Lo, so I have to learn to like the sound...<BR />...but I´m happy with it anyway<BR /><BR />SamSony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:00:09 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55677#M130634 Samsony 2004-02-04T12:00:09Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55678#M130635 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yeah....<BR />My friend has a Fujitsu Siemens, and she loves it for it's quiet operation, and it's low battery use.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:01:15 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55678#M130635 kee-lo_ 2004-02-04T12:01:15Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55679#M130636 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>yeah, I was used to hear nothing with my lifebook except when I was working a lot - but the display of my sony is much better...<BR /><BR />I have another question and I would be glad if you can answer me this:<BR />the FR415s has no TV in. is there any external USB-device to give me a TV-in, so that I could store VHS-videos as DVD? (For me, DVD is a new feature and I don´t know much about it)<BR /><BR />Sony support told me, there was an external device, but it is only available in a kit with another notebook and that I cannot buy it singular.<BR /><BR />Thanks <BR />SamSony<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 04 Feb 2004 12:11:56 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55679#M130636 Samsony 2004-02-04T12:11:56Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55680#M130637 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm sure a simple USB Vid capture card would suffice<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 23 Mar 2004 18:29:26 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55680#M130637 ledzep 2004-03-23T18:29:26Z fr415s fan always running https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55682#M130638 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have the same notebook, and have to say that my fan starts only after at least 30 min of use (and only for 5 minutes). It is NOT constantly running.<BR /><BR />If you want to go on with VHS capture, be ready to pay a lot for a good capture device, since it is an analog source.<BR />Do not forget that your vaio is equiped with a FireWire slot, so that you could connect it very easily to a DV cam.<BR /><BR />Tarik<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:31:07 GMT https://community.sony.ba/t5/pcs-accessories/fr415s-fan-always-running/m-p/55682#M130638 bouzebda 2004-03-24T11:31:07Z