Q&A: Does anybody know when the new Sony Vaio laptops will be released?

I know Sony just debuted the new 3D F-series at CES. I am interested in purchasing a new mainframe and don’t want to get last years model if a new one is life unrestricted soon. Thanks!

Answer by classycoolsam
The Sony Vaio 3D F-series laptops were supposed to be unrestricted at the end of February 2011 but due to the Intel Sandy Join chipset design flaw Sony has withheld the release date until Intel corrects and fixes the flaw.

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I own a Sony Vaio mainframe (VGN-CR410E) and lately it has been charitable me nothing but distress. It is getting very hot, and it will randomly shut down. Also, the CPU treatment is at or near 100% most of the time when I have nothing running. I go back to school in a few weeks, and all of this worries me.

Is anyone else is having this issue, and how can I fix it without having to take it to the store, or ship it out?

Answer by Jessica
I have a Sony Vaio and it works perfectly fine. How ancient is yours? Mine is a small over a year ancient and I haven’t had any distress.

Answer by gamingenius
A few things can be done to fix the conundrum. First off, it’s a well known fact that laptops in general tend to have more over heating problems than desktops. One way to alleviate the severity of this conundrum is to go to your nearest bestbuy and buy a can of compressed air. Blow the air through the air vents in your mainframe. This will apparent out the dust that’s accumulated in your air vents and help your mainframe better cool itself. You can also buy a cooling pad for your mainframe. Just lowering the heat will help your computer’s performance (heat is your computers worst rival). The shutdowns are most likely a product of overheating (when a computer gets too hot to function, it saves itself by powering down to avoid physical hurt). As for the CPU treatment, you should press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up the task administrator. Click the Processes tab and look under the CPU section. The numbers usually should be any 00 or lower numbers that fluctuate. The ones that are really high (consistently above 10) are the reasons that you are having 100% cpu taken up. End persons processes and you’ll find your computer runs much nearer. The only business that should be consistently high is “Idle Processes”.

Answer by Osian
I have a sony vaio mainframe and I never have had that kind of cpu conundrum but it does get hot when I play games. Are you covering the vents on the side of your mainframe?

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