{"id":3394,"date":"2013-09-05T15:26:23","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2013-09-05T15:26:23","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T19:26:23","slug":"widespread-reports-of-sony-vaio-notebook-wi-fi-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2013\/09\/05\/widespread-reports-of-sony-vaio-notebook-wi-fi-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Widespread reports of Sony Vaio notebook Wi-Fi issues"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Several people have come forward to report wireless problems with select Sony Vaio notebooks \u2013 particularly the Vaio Fit \u2013 over the past few months. Issues range from capped speeds over Wi-Fi to signal strength significantly diminishing the further the system is from a router.
\nOne of the most prominent threads on Sony\u2019s support forum seems to suggest the issue stems from the Broadcom wireless card (BCM43142) inside the machine. One user reported a max signal strength of just two bars with speed tests resulting in just 1MB\/sec download speeds and anywhere between 1-5MB\/sec upload.
\nSony issued a series of updates for the wireless card about a week ago according to Vaio Fit owners but these did little to quell the connection issues. Multiple users said they have contacted customer support and have been offered numerous fixes \u2013 most of which didn\u2019t work. The only solution it seems is to physically replace the Broadcom card with a unit from Intel (Centrino 6235).
\nReplacing the Wi-Fi card is a simple enough procedure that could even be accomplished by those that aren\u2019t very tech-savvy but having to do so on your own dime on a brand new notebook is uncalled for. We\u2019ve reached out to Sony for a comment on the issue but we have not received a reply as of writing. If we do hear back, we\u2019ll update this story accordingly.
\nDo you own a Sony Fit laptop that has experienced similar Wi-Fi issues? If so, have you had any luck with Sony customer support in solving the problem?
\nvia Widespread reports of Sony Vaio notebook Wi-Fi issues – TechSpot<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several people have come forward to report wireless problems with select Sony Vaio notebooks \u2013 particularly the Vaio Fit \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[602,741,853,1002,1147,1206,1207],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-technology","tag-laptop","tag-networking-2","tag-problems","tag-sony","tag-vaio","tag-widespread","tag-wifi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/papNkV-SK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5864,"url":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2014\/07\/01\/some-surface-pro-3-users-complain-of-wi-fi-woes-after-first-day-firmware-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":3394,"position":0},"title":"Some Surface Pro 3 users complain of Wi-Fi woes after first-day firmware update","author":"NCCT","date":"July 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Ten days after launch, Microsoft is still trying to squash the bugs in its Surface Pro 3 tablet. 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