Now the frikkin' HD in the 'new' Vaio sounds bad. Just don't believe it. Finally decided it was safe to make this the PC replacement, (largely due to the blurb on 'Core Temp's site seemingly saying the temps were not too bad) and now the HD sounds as though it laboring and I can clearly hear it even before I clap my ear onto the damn thing.
It seems to be varying in speed while showing little activity. Do they spool down the speed as an economy measure? Because this whole machine seems to be continually altering screen brightness and keyboard back-lighting. As I've mentioned, the BIOS seems to have so few controls it's almost not worth looking in it. Anyone know if there are other ways to gain more BIOS control?
I'd swap the whole thing out in a New York minute, but I hate UK keyb layout. I suppose I need to replace the drive - a WD6400 BEVT.
Trying to set up a base in a friend's house while I find accommodation. That's tough enough without a string of computer failures. They really are my link to . . . well, everything, really.
