Sony Vaio CB35 Discussion thread.

[dashing.sujay]

Where are you seeing the error?

[swiftshashi]

thanks for the prompt reply..
The error is generated just after the vaio logo(bios)

[dashing.sujay]

^Most probably your vaio recovery partition is corrupted. I have 3 vaios with me and never saw this problem. But I saw one guy at service centre with corrupt recovery partition issue, though his problem was something different. You'll have to take it to service centre.

[swiftshashi]

Can this issue,by any far probability be related to kaput CMOS battery!??Because a similar issue on hp laptop was solved by replacing the cmos

[dashing.sujay]

^I don't think so. Sounds illogical. But tell me, when you do recovery after you face the issue, does the problem re-occurs instantly or again after a week?

[swiftshashi]

no,always after a week or so..but for the last time,it occured after a day.

[dashing.sujay]

Hmm.. I guess there's some locha in recovery partition itself. But corrupting again and again sounds like . Rare chances of some rootkit sitting inside recovery. I'd still suggest you to visit sony centre and get you HDD factory restored (mention recovery partition sepcifically).

[anakin]

hi, i have purchased d same cb35 just 15 days back. i gt to say your review of it ws quite helpful. i m havin jus one problem since past couple of days. my keyboard backlight has been kept on auto. in the beginning it used to turn on whenever the ambience lighting ws low (say suppose i switched off a light in the room, it wud turn on). Bt nowadays its been turning on only wen i press a key. i m thinkin mayb theres a problm wid its light sensor??

[dashing.sujay]

hi, i have purchased d same cb35 just 15 days back. i gt to say your review of it ws quite helpful. i m havin jus one problem since past couple of days. my keyboard backlight has been kept on auto. in the beginning it used to turn on whenever the ambience lighting ws low (say suppose i switched off a light in the room, it wud turn on). Bt nowadays its been turning on only wen i press a key. i m thinkin mayb theres a problm wid its light sensor??

Thanks for appreciation.

Light sensor should be just opposite to light to sense properly. But IIRC backlit never turns on automatically if I shut light off. Its for display light. But I'll try and report back tomorrow. (my laptop is messed up now).

[Terabyte]

^
Yes you can turn off the backlight by going into the Vaio Control Center - Keyboard. You can choose from auto, always on and never.

Sorry for the late reply, n thanks!

Also are you guys satisfied with performance of second gen i5 or getting Quad i7 is worth?
How is the performance of 6630M? Anyone played games on it?

[whitestar_999]

6630m review:
AMD Radeon HD 6630M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

i7 quad core in laptop is worth only for those who use their laptops for serious video editing/encoding,virtual machines/environments,3d rendering etc.for most i7 just means more temp(especially in indian summer)& battery consumption.

[Terabyte]

6630m review:
AMD Radeon HD 6630M - Notebookcheck.net Tech

Thanks but I had already checked that.
Just wanted to know your gaming experience.

i7 quad core in laptop is worth only for those who use their laptops for serious video editing/encoding,virtual machines/environments,3d rendering etc.for most i7 just means more temp(especially in indian summer)& battery consumption.

Ok, so will the two cores suffice for next 2-3 years?

[dashing.sujay]

Thanks but I had already checked that.
Just wanted to know your gaming experience.

Ok, so will the two cores suffice for next 2-3 years?

Everything depends on what you exactly use? For instance which games, at what settings. Throw some light on your uses, then it'll be helpful for us to suggest you in a better way.

[Terabyte]

Everything depends on what you exactly use? For instance which games, at what settings. Throw some light on your uses, then it'll be helpful for us to suggest you in a better way.

Games like NFS n Dirt series will do for me.
Laptop will mostly be used for Visual Studio, Oracle, Dreamweaver(i.e. basically all kinds of coding) and other things like browsing and movies.

[whitestar_999]

an i5 mobile(2 real cores+2 virtual cores along with turbo boost)should be enough for your usages for next 3 years.according to notebookcheck review 6630M is enough to play dirt3 & should be able to play NFS Shift at low/med settings.i am not a gamer so wait for others but i think NFS shift is graphic intensive game & 6630M will not be able to handle Shift 2 even at low settings.for a good gaming experience on a 1366*768 laptop i think a GT540M or radeon equivalent is the recommended option.

[Terabyte]

Guys so should I finalize this laptop?
Also how is the Sony service compared to Dell?
Please reply ASAP!! Thanks!

Edit: Also can we extend our warranty? If yes for how many years?

[dashing.sujay]

Guys so should I finalize this laptop?
Also how is the Sony service compared to Dell?
Please reply ASAP!! Thanks!

Edit: Also can we extend our warranty? If yes for how many years?

Yes, go for it. Its a very good laptop. Sony's service is also good.

And yeah, you can get the warranty extended for another two year at just 2500/- only, which is the cheapest in the world . I have already got it.

[dashing.sujay]

^Sony support? Good to see here

Now give TDF guys some mouth watering deals

[aroraanant]

^^^
He sujay you stole my words, I was gonna say the same thing....

[Terabyte]

Yes, go for it. Its a very good laptop. Sony's service is also good.

And yeah, you can get the warranty extended for another two year at just 2500/- only, which is the cheapest in the world . I have already got it.

Great!
Thanks a lot.

[gulati.ishank]

@Sujay
I am soon going 2 buy a laptop as soonas i get into college(a couple months maybe).Can u suggest me which would be better b/w Sony CB35 and asus K53SV.I primarily need it for gaming(Mass effect series ,skyrim ,COD etc).
Asus has better processor, more ram but does'nt have a backlit keyboard and full hd screen like sony and i don't know which one's gpu is better , asus has GT540M.
I am really confused.

[dashing.sujay]

540M is slightly better than 6630M (appx 10-15%). If your priority is just "gaming", then of course laptop with better config will win (which k53 has). Regarding backlit keyboard, its bling bling factor, if it lures you go for it, its totally worthy. It totally makes your laptop different from crowd.
1080p display is something which you won't regret if you can go for it. It just makes everything so beautiful with a bit sacrifice on GPU.
So, set your priorities and get one. And CB35 is very less in market these days. It'd be very hard for you to grab one.

[aroraanant]

The GPU of Asus is better but all over sony one is much better.
The display of Asus is not that impressive, that is the major drawback of that laptop and many people have posted about it.

[gulati.ishank]

Is there any better alternative upto 50K.

[dashing.sujay]

No, not even after you add 5k.

[gulati.ishank]

Well,thank you sujay and aroraanant for your advice.

[reddead]

temperatures are 50+ for me even in idle or when downloading something.,it even reached 76 on BF3....
i guess its because of keeping mine ON all day long


i am thinking of getting a cooling pad....
\cooler-master-notepal-l1-cooling-pad\
hows this one for cb35??

[dashing.sujay]

Can't say. But my temps are around 48-49 and after gaming 3hrs of TF2 it is around 65°.

And why its not showing HDD temp ?

[reddead]

Can't say. But my temps are around 48-49 and after gaming 3hrs of TF2 it is around 65°.

And why its not showing HDD temp ?

is it supposed to show HDD temp too?

[dashing.sujay]

The TOSHIBA is HDD in HWmonitor.