Fuzzy picture after sleep

[Fordwich]

My FE41S has a pin-sharp picture ... until I rouse it from sleep mode, whereupon the text is noticeably fuzzy, and does not recover. Any fix for this?

[Blencogo]

Hi Fordwich,

Three things for you to try (you may have tried some already) -

1. Update your nVidia Video Driver to 7.15.10.9813a - available here: -

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/updates/updates.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&c=0&s=VGN-FE&m=2550

2. Install the Microsoft Reliability Hotfix: -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938194

3. Install the Microsoft Performance Hotfix: -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938979

[Fordwich]

Already had the two MS patches, courtesy of automatic updating. Ran the NVidia driver update and that seems to have sorted the display issue.
Just one strange thing though - the S1 button doesn't seem to toggle between dim and bright now like it used to ... and Fn/F5 and Fn/F6 doesn't alter the screen brightness any more.

Unless I'm doing something stupid, it looks like one step forward and two steps back

[Blencogo]

Those functions are controlled by the Sony Utilities - so they shouldn't be connected - but who can tell these days!!!

As with lots of things in Vista, it is always worth doing absolutely nothing for a couple of days as these things seem to fix themselves after a couple of reboots. If this fails then you will need to download the Original Utilities Package for your model from here: -

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/updates/updates.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&c=0&s=VGN-FE&m=2550

Right-click on the downloaded .ZIP file and choose "Extract All" and show extracted files.

Run the Setup.EXE in each of the following folders in order: -

1. Utils Installer 1 Sony Utilities
2. Utils Installer 2 Sony Shared Library
3. Utils Installer VAIO Event Service
4. Utils Installer Setting Utility Series

[Fordwich]

Spot on! After reading your reply I tried S1, and it's working normally again.
Thanks! :smileygrin:

[Blencogo]

I swear it's Black Magic sometimes!!

:smileygrin: :smileygrin: