fr415s fan always running

[Samsony]

Hello,
as a new vaio user (coming from FS Lifebook) I wonder why the fan of my vaio FR415s is always running, even if I do nothing.
I phoned with Vaio Support and they told me, its because the FR415s is a desktop-replacing model and it is normal, that the fan runs. hm!
Does somebody know a way, to make it run less often or to make the CPU getting less warm?
Thanks
SamSony

[kee-lo_]

Hi

Sony Support are right, and stopping the fan running all of the time would cause damage.

[Samsony]

Hi

Sony Support are right, and stopping the fan running all of the time would cause damage.

Thanks a lot Kee-Lo, so I have to learn to like the sound...
...but I´m happy with it anyway

SamSony

[kee-lo_]

Yeah....
My friend has a Fujitsu Siemens, and she loves it for it's quiet operation, and it's low battery use.

[Samsony]

yeah, I was used to hear nothing with my lifebook except when I was working a lot - but the display of my sony is much better...

I have another question and I would be glad if you can answer me this:
the FR415s has no TV in. is there any external USB-device to give me a TV-in, so that I could store VHS-videos as DVD? (For me, DVD is a new feature and I don´t know much about it)

Sony support told me, there was an external device, but it is only available in a kit with another notebook and that I cannot buy it singular.

Thanks
SamSony

[ledzep]

I'm sure a simple USB Vid capture card would suffice

[bouzebda]

i have the same notebook, and have to say that my fan starts only after at least 30 min of use (and only for 5 minutes). It is NOT constantly running.

If you want to go on with VHS capture, be ready to pay a lot for a good capture device, since it is an analog source.
Do not forget that your vaio is equiped with a FireWire slot, so that you could connect it very easily to a DV cam.

Tarik