topic Problems with PCG-K115S... in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162624#M125077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought a VAIO PCG-K115S last May and have been having a ball with it ever since. Just recently though, it has been restarting on it's own accord. It does not do it all the time, just every now and then. I sent an error report to Microsoft, (through the standard pop-up) and they said it was a problem with a driver? It said it could be a hardware driver or a software problem?? I cannot think what it might be. The only hardware i have attached, are a USB mouse, printer, BT broadband modem and an MP3 player through Sonicstage. None of these caused problems when i first installed them. I have put a few games, virus protections on etc with regards to Software, but again nothing was put on right before the problems started...only Championship Manager...that wouldn't be it would it?<BR />I have read a couple of threads, and there are mentions of problems with receiving updates from Microsoft. I have done this recently too...would this be it?<BR /><BR />How can i fix it...do a restore?<BR /><BR />Sorry for the mass expanse of writing but i'm not THAT great with computers...<BR />Any responses please put them in lamens terms!!<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance...<BR /><BR />Damien.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:26:50 GMT Damien 2004-08-17T17:26:50Z Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162624#M125077 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I bought a VAIO PCG-K115S last May and have been having a ball with it ever since. Just recently though, it has been restarting on it's own accord. It does not do it all the time, just every now and then. I sent an error report to Microsoft, (through the standard pop-up) and they said it was a problem with a driver? It said it could be a hardware driver or a software problem?? I cannot think what it might be. The only hardware i have attached, are a USB mouse, printer, BT broadband modem and an MP3 player through Sonicstage. None of these caused problems when i first installed them. I have put a few games, virus protections on etc with regards to Software, but again nothing was put on right before the problems started...only Championship Manager...that wouldn't be it would it?<BR />I have read a couple of threads, and there are mentions of problems with receiving updates from Microsoft. I have done this recently too...would this be it?<BR /><BR />How can i fix it...do a restore?<BR /><BR />Sorry for the mass expanse of writing but i'm not THAT great with computers...<BR />Any responses please put them in lamens terms!!<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance...<BR /><BR />Damien.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:26:50 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162624#M125077 Damien 2004-08-17T17:26:50Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162625#M125078 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Damien,<BR /><BR />Games can cause PCs to crash, so I would for an update for it.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:30:30 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162625#M125078 kee-lo_ 2004-08-17T17:30:30Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162626#M125079 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks for the response!<BR />So you think Championship Manager may have caused the computer to restart like it is?<BR /><BR />Sorry for sounding stupid...when you say get an update for the game...what do you mean? Download something from their website???<BR /><BR />Thanks again<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:34:17 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162626#M125079 Damien 2004-08-17T17:34:17Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162627#M125080 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Another thing...<BR />You dont think i need to download anything from the VAIO-LINK webpage to solve the problem then? a media update or 'original driver package' or something?<BR /><BR />Also..i am expecting delivery of an external hard-drive tomorrow...if i installed the game onto this would that stop the laptop restarting?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:39:12 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162627#M125080 Damien 2004-08-17T17:39:12Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162628#M125081 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, games developers make things called "patches", they usually stop common problems that gamers report to them. Getting patches helps sort problems out.<BR /><BR />As for getting anything from VAIO-Link, lets see how this goes first.<BR /><BR />Installing the game on an external disk won't make much difference.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:46:31 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162628#M125081 kee-lo_ 2004-08-17T17:46:31Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162629#M125082 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks so much!<BR /><BR />Found a couple of patches on the Championship Manager website...dowloading them now.<BR /><BR />I'll see how the computer runs over the next few days..if i get any probs i'll be straight back here!!<BR /><BR />Cheers again...<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:58:46 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162629#M125082 Damien 2004-08-17T17:58:46Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162630#M125083 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>OK, let us know how you get on.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 18:14:48 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162630#M125083 kee-lo_ 2004-08-17T18:14:48Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162631#M125084 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">Yes, games developers make things called "patches", they usually stop common problems that gamers report to them. Getting patches helps sort problems out.<BR /><BR />As for getting anything from VAIO-Link, lets see how this goes first.<BR /><BR />Installing the game on an external disk won't make much difference.<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />I doubt that just installing a game would cause reoccuring rebooting problems even when not running it.<BR /><BR />I know I'm like a dog with a bone but I'm sure there is something wrong with the K series of Vaio. There seem to be a lot of problems on here and other forums with freezing or random restarting<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:48:33 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162631#M125084 mappyuk 2004-08-18T20:48:33Z Re: Problems with PCG-K115S... https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162633#M125085 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">I know I'm like a dog with a bone but I'm sure there is something wrong with the K series of Vaio. There seem to be a lot of problems on here and other forums with freezing or random restarting<BR /></PRE><BR /><BR />You're probably right.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 18 Aug 2004 20:58:58 GMT https://community.sony.no/t5/pcs-accessories/problems-with-pcg-k115s/m-p/162633#M125085 kee-lo_ 2004-08-18T20:58:58Z