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    FE reFormattted. lost functionality

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by choiboyogg, Apr 14, 2007.

  1. choiboyogg

    choiboyogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    so i have a fe550g vaio laptop and i just did a full system format.

    i made recovery dvds from the partition drive but during the installation, dvd 2 would not properly spin.

    so i installed xp home instead of the media edition that came with my system.

    i downloaded all the drivers from esupport.sony.com but still my functionalities like Fn brightness/LCD/volume buttons do not work.

    i ordered the recover disks for $26 shipped cause i felt so helpless.

    please help me!

    also, in the device manager, i have a yellow question mark for pci device and my sound still doesnt work
     
    choiboyogg, Apr 14, 2007
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    choiboyogg Notebook Enthusiast

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    i downloaded them and installed them 3 times but didnt work until now.
    i guess i was doing something wrong.
    thank you so much!
     
    choiboyogg, Apr 14, 2007
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    :)

    Glad it worked out for you; not being able to use function keys is obnoxious.
     
    vespoli, Apr 14, 2007
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