I have just upgraded to Win 7 and cant get Aero to work obviously my drivers are need updating but i cant get Nvidea or Integrated Intel Media Accelerator X3100 to work. Am i best using the X3100?
View 11 RepliesI read many high quality posts about Windows 7 and VAIO Laptops so I wanted to share my experiences with Windows 7 x64 (64 bit) on a VGN-SZ71 WN/C.
The result is the device center you see here (German Version):
Everything is working, except these Points:a) Brightniss and Monitor Switch FN Keys are not working.
b) S1 and S2 are not working. Stamina / Speed switch works, but there will be no popup that you need to reboot. So you have to remember this yourself ;-)
c) Camera is not working. VGN-SZ (and TZ) have VGP-VCC7 camera models. I used Ricoh_6.210C Driver & VAIO Camera Capture Utility 2.7.
d) VAIO Smart Network not working. I used VAIO_Smart_Network_2.3. The GUI is not working correctly.
See Screenshot:
The procedure, drivers and tools I used:Install everything in the correct order! Do reboot if you are asked to do so! Run all setups in Vista Service Pack 1 Mode and with administrator rights..........
The WEI score of this Sony model, when using the dedicated nVidia 8400GS is one point lower than when using Intel X3100 in Stamina mode.
Strange to say the least, but it proves that with the latest GPU driver, Intel has improved the performance on this graphic chip.
I needed to downgrade one of my SZ's to XP, and all went fine until the network driver install - but the automated driver install for the rest of the components seems not to have 'taken'. I followed the instructions to the letter and every time I boot Windows it asks me for the drivers fo the video, fingerprint reader, sound, etc etc.
What did I do wrong, and how do I get around it? It was for a piece of software which is XP only that I'm required to run, but if I can't solve this easily I'm just going to say to the guy I only run Vista and let him worry about it.
when I try burn an DVD my drive stop working.
it read fine but when I try burn an DVD it give me an error.
my drive is: mata dvd-ram uj-852s
some one know where I can solve this situation or download a new firmware to try solve this?
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my actual date firmware drive is 26/06/2006.
This took me a long time to find out... Read my post here to save yourself the time and just "make it work"!
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I'm thinking about doing a full clean install of Windows 7 (64-bit) on my SZ6 (SZ680 in my case),
and was wondering whether any of you guys have managed to do so successfully already (getting all hardware to function, as well as the Fn, Brightness keys, etc.
Does anyone have any idea if it's possible to download Windows 7 RC 1 for a VGN-FZ190 pre-installed with Vista Ultimate? I'm worried about the drivers not being backwards compatible and it was a mistake buying from Sony 2 years ago without realizing they don't have each and every single driver needed for this computer on their website.
View 6 Replies View RelatedI just upgraded from Vista to windows 7 pro 64. I have a Sony Z, but there isn't any driver support for the video card (geforce 9300m gs) from Sony. The computer doesn't seem to even be recognizing there is a graphics card aside from the on board one.
Also, in device manager there is a 'Base System Device' driver isn't installed either. I've gone over this with sony but I keep getting different people and basically telling me to do the same thing
Can you guys play blu ray on Z in speed mode? I can play in stamina fine but not in speed mode. I think it's because the video card driver's not up to date
View 4 Replies View Relatedi just installed windowns 7 on my tz21,everything works perfect,but my WLAN and WWAN do not work at the same time it means if i want to use WLAN,i have to switch WWAN off by using the VAIO Smart Network can any1 sort this problem for me?many thanks. and it was fine when on vista.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI just recently installed a 64 bit version of windows 7 on my sz650 and so far everything is working great. Most of the important drivers have already been detected by windows.
The biggest inconvinience I have is that I can't seem to find a touchpad driver for the 64 bit version of windows 7. Th touchpad works fine and I can use it but I cant use the scroll function. I've been looking all over the internet for a compatible driver and it's driving me crazy. i really don't want to go back to vista as I like 7 a lot better. Has anyone gotten the scroll function to work on 64 bit 7? If you have can you please post a link to the driver?
unfortunate that sony esupport site gives windows 7 drivers 32 and 64 bit for all SR series except the 100 series.
Has anybody tried installing Windows 7 64 bit on their SR190?
So far I've found this, but it was 32 bit: My Vaio SR190 Windows 7 install experience and walkthrough.
The only Windows 7 threads are specific to the Z model, so I thought I would start one.
I installed Windows 7 on my three year old Sony Vaio VGN-FS760/W (1.73GHz Pentium M730, 2GB Ram, 90 GB 4200rpm HDD, NVidia Graphics).
The Windows experience index was 2.0
But surprisingly the OS rocks! - has a 500MB footprint, runs less than 45 processes with clean install , and even aero works without any issues.
features I like - Random Wallpaper changing native to OS. New transparent start bar. More later as I find the tweaks.
I have TZ191 N XC. 32GB SSD. It ran Windows Vista Business beautifully (clean install, of course).
Upgrade install of Windows 7 took forever - roughly 2 hours. But, no errors, or hiccups in installation. Boot times seem about the same as Vista - which were pretty quick, but its been a year now, so I'm a little ho-hum lol. Anybody with a clean install notice faster boots?
Other than that, Windows 7 feels pretty much like Vista. I notice very little improvements, or problems. Aesthetically, I wouldn't even call it much different. As I mentioned to someone on a different board, I don't know if I'm "unimpressed" or "still happy". What's the difference with this OS again?
I faxed my receipt/email to the number provided in the confirmation email and I was wondering if anybody has gotten a confirmation that your request for the Windows 7 upgrade has been successful.
View 4 Replies View RelatedJust installed Windows 7 on a separate partition of my vaio SR. Things went surprisingly smooth. It picked up many drivers (unlike vista) right off the bat. ATI graphics, wifi, ethernet were all working. For the rest, I (re)installed drivers from esupport site for Vista 32 bit. The only minor problem I ran into was the Intel Chipset driver for which I had to run it in Vista Compatibility mode to install. Has any other SR owner given windows 7 a shot?
View 10 Replies View Relatedif Sony will be distributing drivers for Windows 7 for a 2007 VGN FZ-190 running Windows Vista Ultimate.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI've installed Windows 7 64-bit on my Sony Z12MN today and cant seem to get the drivers to work. I tried downloading 64-bit drivers from Sony's website for their Z690 which is more or less the same but any driver I try to run, I get the message that its not intended for my model and the installation aborts.
Is there any way to extract the files from these Sony drivers and then manually install the driver? I know WinRAR couldnt do it
Just installed windows 7 on my vgn-sz650. I have ran into a couple road blocks.
1) I keep getting an error window that says "The installed battery may not be properly connected... ...Click "OK" to enter hibernatemode". I don't get this error with vista. I get the error with the AC plugged in or running off the battery.
2) Can't get the FN keys to work.
Anyone have experience with installing windows 7 on a SZ series?
After successfully upgrading bios to enable VT, I'm noticing some issues with Win7 and my vgn sz280p. The s1/s2 buttons do not work, the video card switch does not say anything when switched (in vista and xp i get a notice to reboot in order to switch graphics cards), and the FN-F1 to F7 keys do not work properly. FN-F1 does not work, F2-F4 (audio controls) work although nothing shows in the screen and no beep, F5-F7 (contrast and LCD/projector) do not work. FN-F10 and F12 also do not work, even FN-Break (delete).
Anyone here using vgn sz and windows7? How did you resolve the buttons issue? I tried installing the vista drivers but they wouldn't work (most of them).
Also, what upgrades have you guys done to a vgn sz laptop? RAM, CPU? I believe I can upgrade RAM from 2GB to 4GB but not sure if the bios will take it. And I'm not sure if I can switch from core duo to core 2 duo.
Other than these few issues, I believe this vgn sz laptop performs good with windos 7. This 3yr old laptop of mine outperforms my other cheaper laptops that I bought a couple months back.
Updated to windows 7 on my FW and it's definitely slower at booting up than vista. Vista was probably under 50 seconds and
it was fully usable after these 50 seconds. Now, in windows 7 it takes over 2 minutes for it to be fully usable.
I have installed Windows 7 Ulitimate on my FZ280. I followed the instructions of ScuderiaConchiglia and the win7 suggestions of Dr Pratik. The instructions seemed to be perfect.
I installed the OS and followed his instructions. Everything seems to work perfectly, including the Fn keys.
But I have found my first issue. I am having problems playing blu ray discs. I have tried Windows Media Player, DivX and Cyberlind PowerDVD to no avail
I have the problem with Novatel Wireless Expedite WV-DO Modem on my TXN27N after I upgraded to Windows 7. It does not show up in Devices manager
View 3 Replies View RelatedI found some info - Windows XP Media Center Edition requires 1.6 Ghz.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...e_requirements
After windows 7 upgrade, the mic did not work. There was no audio driver for winodws 7 included in the upgrade.
View 4 Replies View RelatedCould you post which versions of the graphics driver, shared library, event service, and setting utility series you are running
View 4 Replies View RelatedSo the mic on my TT was working under Windows 7 the other day. But now I notice today that it is not working at all. The built in mic isn't even showing, nor is a plug in mic to the mic port
View 4 Replies View RelatedI'm kinda savvy when it comes to this stuff, but I have hit a wall. I have a Sony VAIO that I would like to run Windows Vista and Windows XP on.
I shrank the main partition on my hard drive and created a new partition of unformatted space to install XP on.
But when I put in the XP CD in and reboot, it says that there are no hard drives on my system
When I installed Windows 7 32 bit I seemed to have lost a few of my drivers, those being the scroll bar in my touchpad, my camera, and the computers ability to go to sleep.
I found this link ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/ but I don't know which ones I need. So if any one good help, that would be grea