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Sony VAIO FB 530
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1 41594 04-09-2006
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Recommended By Average Price Average Rating
100% of reviewers $1,150.00 10.0
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Description: Specifications
• Model
VCG-RB50

HARDWARE
• Processor1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 640 with Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (3.2GHz, 2MB L2 Cache)

• Operating System
Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005

• Front Side Bus Speed
800MHz

• Chipset
Intel® 915G

• Memory
512MB PC-3200 400MHz DDR
(Expandable to 2.0GB)

• Hard Drive3
250GB 7200rpm Serial ATA Hard Drive

• Graphics
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900

• Graphics Interface
VGA-Out
x16 PCI Express (vacant)

• Optical Drive
DVD+R Double Layer/DVD±RW drive4
DVD+R DL Write (4x MAX);
DVD-R Write (16x MAX), DVD-RW Write (6x MAX);
DVD+R Write (16x MAX), DVD+RW Write (8x MAX);
CD-R Write (40x MAX), CD-RW Write (24x MAX);
DVD-ROM Read (16x MAX), CD-ROM Read (40x MAX)

• Ethernet
10Base-T/100Base-TX Fast Ethernet (RJ-45)

• Modem
V.90 compatible data/fax modem (RJ-11)

• Expansion Slots
Multi-Media Card Reader (Memory Stick®, Memory Stick PRO™, Memory Stick DUO™, Compact Flash® Type I and Type II, SmartMedia™, SD/MMC, xD Picture Card®
One x1 PCI Express (vacant)
One x16 PCI Express (vacant)
Two PCI (One vacant)

• Expansion Bays
Two 5.25” Half-Height (occupied)
One External 3.5” (occupied)
Four Internal 3.5” (one occupied)

• Port Connectors
Six USB 2.0 (two front/four rear)
Two PS/2® (Mouse/Keyboard)
One VGA Out
One Parallel Port
One Line In
One 6pin i.LINK®6Port (rear)/ One 4pin i.Link® (front)
One Headphone
One Microphone

• Power Requirements
Max. 305W
100-120V 7A; 200-240V 3.5A (50/60Hz)
Keywords: Desktop PC Multimedia computer


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Old 04-09-2006, 07:28 PM   #1
Olle Gladso
 
Registered: Feb 2005
Distribution: Mandriva 2009.1 powerpack
Posts: 22

Rep: Reputation:
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid? (in USD): $1,150.00 | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.12-18mdksmp
Distribution: Mandriva 2006 Powerpack.



This is a Sony Vaio FB530. It comes with a 250GB SATA
hard rive, integrated graphics (Intel HD). It has onboard sound as well as integrated networking. Onboard sound did not work in Mandrake 10.1,does work from 10.2 onward.
I installed a sounblaster 5.1, and. using Alsaconfig it works great. The IEEE 1394 did not work under Fedora core 4, did work on core 3. Under Mandriva 2005 LE as well as 2006 everything works perfectly, except the multimedia keys on the Sony keyboard. The hard drive (a Maxtor) did go sour after 10 months. Sony promptly shipped a WD as a replacement. KDETV does have problems when using an SMP kernel. TV Time works perfectly. This is true with a Leadtek as well as an ATI ve or ATI pro tuner/capture card.
 




  



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