topic Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing in PCs & Accessories

FE41E Vista Screen res changing

andyjholt — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:45:06 GMT

My new Vista FE41e has a couple of annoying issues. The screen res changes intermittently when I close the lid and then restart. Also MyClub Vaio runs and eventually hangs without completing its update.
Anyone else had these problems and know of a fix?

I would have searched this forum , but the search doesn't appear to work!

#Cheers
Andy

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

paul_k — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:00:01 GMT

Hi, I am getting exactly the same issue with my FE41M. Screen resolution is set correctly, but if I close the lid, when I open it again and press the power button, the screen resolution changes. I then have to go and set the correct resolution again.

I suspect it's more to do with the graphics drivers vs Vista than anthing specifically with the FE41, but it's a major PITA.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Nowjan — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:07:09 GMT

I have the same problems with my Fe41S!!

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Clare1978 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:38:48 GMT

Try this, see if it works

My VAIO computer is unstable when I use the Wireless LAN function in battery mode.

Using the Wireless LAN feature when the computer is running on battery can cause the system to become unstable when going into standby and resuming the system. Symptoms are blue screens, operating system reboot or system freezing.

Solution:

Affected models:

VGN-FE-series

VGN-SZ -series

To avoid this problem (temporary workaround):

1. Click Start, Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel dialog box, click Performance and Maintenance, System.
3. The System Properties dialog box appears, click the Hardware tab.
4. In the Hardware tab, click Device Manager.
5. In the Device Manager locate the Network Adapter category in the list and expend it.
6. In the Network Adapter category, double click Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection.
7. Select the Advanced tab and select the Power Management option in the list.
8. Deselect the Default check box and set the option to level is MAX.
9. Click OK to apply the new settings.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

fabricedelille — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 17:09:56 GMT

I have the same problem with my Fe41M. The screen resolution change to 1024*768 !

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

paul_k — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:23:47 GMT

No Clare, that doesn't make any difference. This is ridiculous! Don't Sony check that their laptops work properly before supplying them to the shops???

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Blencogo — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:29:54 GMT

I've escalated this problem to Sony as an urgent request.

Hopefully we will get an answer - there is obviously a fault in the nVidia driver.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

@5528097000005097 — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:31:57 GMT

Seems that there are a "few" issues with Vista at the moment, is it a compatability problem with Vaios or is Microsoft selling the bread before it's cooked again? It's all about dough

Think I'll stay with XP 'til the merde stops hitting the fan, sorry to those of you that havn't

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Lord_Olorin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:49:50 GMT

I have the same problem, and another one too: I set the default behaviour for closing the lid to "no action". Instead the screen goes blank and stays that way even after reopening the lid. The only way to get out of this situation is hard reboot.

For the other problem with the screen resolution: there is already an updated driver available on the site.
Check "updates" and you'll be fine.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Lord_Olorin — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:57:55 GMT

Yeah, I'm *really* thinking of uninstalling this Vista-sh*t. It works slow, and the process list after a clean boot is really scandalously long. Another fine sample of Micro$oft-crap. The only reason I paid for my FE-41S is for the 2 gig RAM, 160Gb HDD and updated video-chip.

On top of that, I just discovered another misfit of this sad, sad piece of junk: The Bluetooth-stack has completely changed, so almost nothing works under Vista!! I couldn't connect to my GPS transceiver, organizer, ... The internet is full of complaints about this.

And if this weren't enough, I'm now stuck for several hours on the application restore, which seems to hang on the trial of Office 2003. I don't need it, but there's no way I can stop VARU.EXE from executing. I searched the registry, tried msconfig.exe.... nothing works! So I figured: just let it install, then uninstall everything. But no!!!! Even this won't work.

I'm sad

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

fabricedelille — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:37:26 GMT

...For the other problem with the screen resolution: there is already an updated driver available on the site.
Check "updates" and you'll be fine.

Where is this update ?

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Blencogo — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 10:57:21 GMT

It is the System BIOS update and you can find it HERE

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

mister_s — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:15:37 GMT

Yeah. I got my FE41S for the hardware - not Vista. Though I was curious/excited to use the new OS.

Now, after a few weeks using Vista, I've noticed there are a few problems that get in the way of what I'm trying to do. File copying/moving leaves empty directories here and there, I don't really like the windows explorer new style, the wireless didn't work properly after resuming from hiber/sleep/shutdown, the account control thing is stupid (i know you can turn it off), the hardware requirements are vast (OK on the FE41S though). Stuff like that. Nothing really awesome to keep you there.

So I conclude that Vista adds another subtle abstraction layer between you and what's actually occuring on your machine. Good for newbies, bad for experienced users. There's also lots of minor bugs and glitches; natural at this early stage of a newly released OS. So for me, XP SP2 keeps you closer to the action, is more stable and just works properly. Vista isn't for me yet.

To get me back to XP, I needed to download all the FE31 drivers/utils. I needed the FE41S bluetooth drivers (from the Vaio Link site) to install Bluetooth properly. It wouldn't work from the FE31 stuff. I haven't even bothered with the camera - so I don't know about that. But everything else works great. And it's fast. Really fast.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

fastyak — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:21:56 GMT

My new Vista FE41e has a couple of annoying issues. The screen res changes intermittently when I close the lid and then restart. Also MyClub Vaio runs and eventually hangs without completing its update.
Anyone else had these problems and know of a fix?

I would have searched this forum , but the search doesn't appear to work!

#Cheers
Andy

Had the same problem, I had a couple of things done and now its gone. One of the things was couriosly pressing the function key with the magnifiing glass located on F10. It changes the resolution to 1024 pressing again changes back to 1280.
I also installed a VPN client from Cisco but as far as I know there shouldnt be a connection between the VPN client and the resolution, so if anyone has the same problem he maybe wannts to try the FN+F10 combination. My BIOS is the 0200J3, I updated it two days ago, and the res change error was still there.

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

leferdi24 — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:21:07 GMT

Temp fix for this problem peps... Put the computer to sleep before you close the lid.. It should wake up okay.. hope this works.!

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

safcjude — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:29:45 GMT

Temp fix for this problem peps... Put the computer to sleep before you close the lid.. It should wake up okay.. hope this works.!

Hi

Have the same problem with my new FE41S. Putting it to sleep before closing lid sometimes works, but sometimes doesn't - seems to depend on how long you leave it?!

Any word back from Sony on this - it's a bit annoying -

- like My Club Vaio booting up 5 minutes into startup (I've seen the thread and will give the suggestions a go)

- like the new buzzing noise that appeared yesterday and went away when I changed the brightness to max - only seems to happen when it's not plugged in - what's that all about

Any help appreciated
Thanks

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

birdy70 — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:09:52 GMT

Hi,
Sorry for my english , i'm french.
I have a VAIO FE41M, and same pb than Paul_k and many other...
"Screen resolution is set correctly, but if I close the lid, when I open it again and press the power button, the screen resolution changes. I then have to go and set the correct resolution again."
No solution for the moment nowhere....

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Thalamus. — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 16:21:05 GMT

I've escalated this problem.

Hopefully we will get an answer - there is obviously a fault in the nVidia driver.

I've escalated again..

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

Thalamus. — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:19:49 GMT

HI all,

Sony are hoping to release a fix for the screen resolution issue soon..

Re: FE41E Vista Screen res changing

safcjude — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 19:32:48 GMT

HI all,

Sony are hoping to release a fix for the screen resolution issue soon..

Thanks for sorting this

Jude