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    Sony VAIO PCG-F560 Upgrade Issues

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by DrTony, Jun 3, 2006.

  1. DrTony

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    I took my old VAIO and replaced the HD with a 40GB drive and installed Windows XP Home edition and added a Linksys PCMCIA wireless card. It orig. had a 9GB HD and Win 98SE. Everything is working fine EXCEPT the built in microphone. I suspect a driver since it was working before the changes. It has a Yamaha DS-XG sound card and drivers. ANY GURUs have any suggestions? Sony.com and Microsoft.com were of no help.

    -Dr. Tony
     
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    qwester Notebook Virtuoso

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    Thanks Qwester, I installed that last week, that's why I said sony.com was of no hope. However, I thought, what the heck and downloaded it again and reinstalled, no change except I lost my ability to connect to the web (strange?) until I restored back a few minutes. Any other ideas? Anyone?
     
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    Are you sure it is a driver issue, because that driver is for winXP.

    in the device manager, do you have any none functional devices, anything with yellow question marks?

    Also in the "sound and audio devices" in the control panel, goto the voice tab and do the "hardware test". Do you get any errors?
     
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    Device Manager: No yellow question marks. All devices show functioning normally.

    Sound and Audio device hardware test on microphone fails with could not detect microphone.

    It worked at 98SE, the hardware was not touched. I am out of town until mid July and can't put the 98SE HD back in to verify hardware until then.
     
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