FW11E downgrade to XP

Hello
Id like to downgrade my FW11E to XP , but Im not sure if it is possible .
for example I dont know motherboard ...
Id like to hear any advice before Ill do anything crazy ... .-)

thanks you a lot


Platform x86 ACPI (Mobile)
Intel Cantiga PM45
DIMM1: Samsung M4 70T5663QZ3-CF7 2 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
DIMM3: Qimonda 64T128021EDL2.5B2 1 GB DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series (256 MB)
ATI Radeon HDMI @ ATI RV620 - High Definition Audio Controller
Realtek ALC262 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Controller
Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
Driver IDE Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller
Driver IDE Ricoh SD Bus Host Adapter
Hitachi HTS542525K9SA00 (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA)
Ricoh Memory Stick Disk DeviceRicoh SD/MMC Disk Device
MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ870QJ USB Device
PS/2
Alps Pointing-device for VAIO
Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 5100
Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller
HDAUDIO SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
Ricoh RL5C832 IEEE1394 Controller (PHY: Ricoh RL5C832)
USB1 Intel 82801IB ICH9 - USB Universal Host Controller
USB2 Intel 82801IB ICH9 - USB2 Enhanced Host Controller
Microsoft AC Adapter
Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
motherboard : Sony Corporation DMI Type VAIO
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
MONTVINA ALASKA
CPU #1 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz, 2260 MHz
CPU #2 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz, 2260 MHz
Intel AGTL+ 64 bit
Intel Cantiga PM45

 

Your motherboard is intel thats all you need to know, drivers are all the in one file:
http://www.station-drivers.com/tele...t/INF_9.0.0.1009(www.station-drivers.com).exe

For the rest, make sure you have drivers for the ATI Radeon card and for your Audio Device (can't seem to find that in your list...)

 

You might find it worthwhile using nLite to slipstream the new drivers on the install disc. It will allso upgrade the XP to SP3 prior to installation and save a lot of patching afterwards.

John

 

rubenvb : thanks you a lot !

John Ratsey : I have looked http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html , but I dont understand it at all . With nlite Am I able to prepare driver disc from Vista and than use this disc as driver disc for XP ?

 

HMM ... but there is not ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 driver

may I use ATI Radeon HD 3400 driver ? ... I think no I cant

 

OK after few days of searching and trying everything Im realy done :cry:

I have all drivers for XP .

now I understand how nlite works . I have tried : my XP + Sp3 , my XP + SP3 + Intel Driver , my XP + driverpack and more ....

but after boot from DVD Ive got blue screen ...

if I use combination of my XP + Sp3 , my XP + SP3 + Intel Driver or my XP + intel driver Ive got mesage with this code :
0x0000006b , 0xc0000102 , 0x00000002 , 0x00000000 , 0x0000000

If I use my XP + driverpack or my XP only Ive got this code :
0x0000007b , 0xf78de524 , 0x0000034 , 0.00000000 , 0.0000000

I can not change a lot things in BIOS , I can change date , time , pass , boot device , save and exit thats all ...

can zou help me please ?

 

Does the driver pack include ACPI or Matrix Storage drivers for XP?

 

yes it does ...

 

here is blue screen with error during installation http://imageupload.com/out.php/i142515_IMG1743.JPG

 

You didn't slipstream the correct AHCI or Matrix Storage Manager drivers for the ICH9M controller. That BSOD occurs when AHCI/RAID is enabled (it's enabled by default on the FW series) and Windows fails to load the correct drivers.

You can download the correct driver here and slipstream it with nLite.

 

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Im very curious about one thing ... when I did benchmark with Wprime on Vista result was 33.027 , but now - on XP Im on 55 . Need I an another driver ?

 

Hi Gore-M!

I got my FW11E 2 days ago, but I'm having some problems with it under Vista.. so I'm going to install XP as well.. Where did you get all the correct drivers from? Would you be so kind to hook me up with some links?

I'm gonna go try already anyway
Cheers!

 

mmm.. i'm getting the same BSOD as gore.m did
(0x0000007b , 0xf78de524 , 0x0000034 , 0.00000000 , 0.0000000)

i did slip in the Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI-Controller with nLite..do I need to include others? I'm not sure what drivers to include and which not to.. gore-m, would you be so kind to list the once you needed to get the XP install to work?

 

can anyone give me the link to download for windows xp the graphic driver, modem,bluetooth, wifi and a sistem base for vgn-fw11e, i try some driver but doesn't works

thank you for support

bye

 

rutgervd : install only (ONLY!!!!!) driver which is posted above and in nlite chose ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI-Controller ONLY !!!!
And it works .


UH after 7 days I have almost all drivers I dont have (original) driver for web cam (but it works by win default ) and I dont have wifi . Be patient Ill sort all drivers and Ill post whole pack for you ... than you have to love me for this

 

ah! okay gore.m.. i'll give it a shot with ONLY that driver! will let you know if it works out! and that driver pack would be sweeeeet! thanks already!

 

I have completed pack , I ll upload it tomorrow .

 

I have just downgraded my FW-30/B (Japanese version) to XP SP2 (Eng) using nLite.

The WPrime runs about 37s with the P8400 (2.26 Ghz). However, I still don't have all the dirvers. I got the basic like Wifi (Intel 5100) and Bluetooth, etc. The biggest problem is still the ATI Mobility HD 3470 Driver. Still can't find a legitimate one yet.

 

OK , here is my driver pack for FW11E and XP .
I had an problem sort out all Intel drivers after so much testing I had an chaos in this .-)) So try highest one and you ll see - let me know which works good as first (thanks) ... There is problem to install Bluetooh , so follow way in txt , find last file and install driver with this - no with original installer .

After installation you can try DriverAgent , youll see a lots of drivers seems to be out date , but Im not able to find better drivers than I have and Im not sure about DriverAgent and paying for something what was originally for free . But If is here anyone who has money for spend (I dont have ) ) it would be very nice update all and post this updates for us here lets our FW work perfect .-)

thanks

http://rapidshare.com/files/133998772/FW11E_Drivers.rar.html

 

bbunny :
Im not sure about you ... but when I was buying my FW , in specification was written ATI Mobility HD 3470 , but I have HD3400 inside (driver is included in pack - and it is not for 3400 only - so you can try it)

 

The device driver on my original Vista FW also said "ATI Radeom Mobility HD 3400 Series Drivers" but I think the hardware is HD 3470.

BTW I just found a full catalyst ATI driver for HD 3470 on a Toshiba Site (M300 XP Driver).

You may be able to edit the Setup file and use it for FW.

http://www.toshiba.co.th/itb/Satellite_M300/ati_display_driver.zip

 

Hi everyone.
Tk Gore.m! I take your pack and now I start to use nLite.
One question... In pack I found some file .exe, they are driver that I must install after install win xp?
You have done a boot dvd with sp3 integrated?
Tk from an Italian guy who love xp and hate vista!!

 

argh! - i've slipped in the ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI-Controller on the windows xp install CD, but it's still giving me the same BSOD (0x0000007b , 0xf78de524 , 0x0000034 , 0.00000000 , 0.0000000) ..

do i really don't have to slip in any other drivers? :S

 

In pack is folder called : FOR Slipstream STOR_AllOS_f6flpy32_8.2.3.1001_PV_Intel This folder is for using with nlite ,I simply used Win XP with SP2 installation disc (no already slipstreamed or "cuted off" version , but full original version) and I added there ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI-Controller only . And it worked . So check your procedure again , maybe you are doing an little mistake anywhere .

Rest of pack is for using in XP only , I recommend to install all drivers and than SP3 .

 

Does anyone get the Brightness keys *Fn5/6" to work after the downgrade? I can manage only to get the volume keys to work. thanks.

 

Anything I need to do before I vLite my FW?

 

RESmonkey : of course ! You have to do your own recovery DVDs and download all drivers you will need .

bbunny : uhh I missed this buttons , Im so stupid . Can you explain me how it was working ? ... (Im afraid it was part of vaio sw)

 

Hi, first of all thanks gore.m!!!!
But I have 2 questions
1. I'm not able to find the idden partition so I can take the driver for bluetooth like your file tell
2. it's possible find the sony utilities for xp? I try the utilities for vaio sz4 but they don't works
Tk!!

 

Ok, now bluetooth works!!!

But the Fn keys don't work, don't work the brightness but also the volume....

 

Im afraid we can not use Sony Utilities from any other model for FW , I think it is the same situation like with drivers , there is an checker for model in every installer - I have tried this few times .

Im not sure right now (I dont have notebook with me right now) but I think volume works ..

 

The problem is .... I had a call with Sony Vaio support first - than I started to find solution by myself , I asked them if is possible to have driver for XP . They answered NO and they said "There wont be any support for this model and XP in future" and We can not help you with any problem with XP because there is not support for such problem .

But maybe it is an problem with keyboard , so there should be an solution .

 

It's a big big shame they force us to use vista even though xp is clearly faster, come on, 2008 and still with some whack software, what a pity... There is a solution forsure, hope you get it! If there is a way to get 90% of the funtions (something you already got?) I'll downgrade to xp, no doubt, I also wanna install linux (god why I chose a sony...)

 

I think that also for other brand is the same problem.
Before I using drivers of sz the volume works, I think that I must try other model driver...
Other problem... the resolution of webcam... is vga now...
Ahi Ahi I tell you that I hate vista???

 

hi all,

it has been almost a week now since i am a proud owner of a vaio FW11M. And i have installed a dualboot of XP and Vista..just to trie and get everything working in Xp and when that happens, i will switch to Xp totaly.
Tnx, for the drivers...i just couldn't find my SATA driver, tnx to al of you i did find them.
But when trying to install the bluetooth under xp, y try to find the place you refer to in the TXT file, but i just can't find it. Please explain how i can install my bluetooh under xp.

 

Francis997 the driver in the directory bluet....\win32\brcm in the pack works!!!!

 

Bluetooth again :
Im sorry I didnt write clear instruction because , I wrote this instruction for myself - I didnt except I will post drivers here .

So go into \win32\brcm dir and there use "Driver Package Installer" thats all , than - if it is needed - go to HW settings and use "automatic driver update" .


issue with Brightness keys *Fn5/6" :
Original settings is FN key + F5/F6 + use arrow keys to go UP or DOWN with brightness . But it doesnt work in XP and I think you can be relaxed with this issue , because I think these keys operate with utility in system not with monitor exactly (if is here anyone who still has Vista on FW , let us know) .. I tried system utility in Vista and I remember it was horrible . So if these keys have connection with this utility , be 100% relaxed with this issue .

 

Uh I tried that , but it doesnt work . First I can not use installer on my system (are you sure it is for XP ? ) and if I use dir for driver install , the same driver as my driver (from pack) is installed .

 

tnx,

ill try this tonight when i am at home.

 

Today i got everything working, but when i try to install last driver for some unknown HW, i get the right driver but then it asks me for a sonyNC.sy_ ore something like that.
Doing some reading i found out that this might be related to the FN key issue.
I also found out that the notenook uses a "Sony® Firmware Extension Parser (SEFP)" and that this should fix that issue. So i downloaded the EXE file of the SEFP and i try to extract the files in it, but it doesn't work..so ill continue to search for a solution, bacause i sure would like to be able to use the FN keys..

 

After hearing the horrors of Vista, I want to also downgrade to XP. However, after looking over this thread I'm quite overwhelmed. I'm not a computer expert, and given the troubles gore.m was having I'm second guessing it might not be worth it.

Is there any easy, step-by-step, way to do this?

 

EVERYONE:::
I got the FN+ F2 button working..i followed a guide posted somewhere ont this forum but for another model the brightness key i havn't got it to work..but i got a step further.
I don't know if anyone has gotten this key to work before i did

 

It sound a lot more difficult then it is. I don't know if there is a step-by-step guide, but i can tell you, that you need to find the drivers for your pc, (if its the FW11 they are posted in this thread). And you need to make sure that you have a XP cd which has the SATA Drivers integrated.
But sometimes the cd's don't have that, so with a program which is quite easy to use you can integrate them to your own XP cd.
If you need help with that, or you want to know anything else, just ask...
because at the beginning things can be quite confusing.

 

francis997 : yeah FN and F2 is working for me , it mute-switch off sound _)

NYYankeeGirl : I recommend to you to ask any PC expert for help . If you want try it by yourself - DO RECOVERY DVDs before you do anything !!!

 

Okey, I really need some help here. I got the same BSOD as gore.m did, and i downloaded this "correct driver", and implemented it in my xp disc using nLite. However, it will still give me the same BSOD as always. In nLite, i chose to
*Insert multiple driver folder* and chose the folder from the first link in bogarts quote. Though, after i clicked it i got a list with a whole bunch of drivers, all called something like
Intel (R) ICH10R SATA ACHI Controller
Intel (R) ICH7M/MDH SATA ACHI Controller
etc.

By the looks of it, I'm supposed to pick the one called
Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA ACHI Controller, right?
So I did, and i manage to install XP right to the point where it reboots after install. I still get the same BSOD! Am i using the correct driver? Should i select more than one?

Regards/

 

If you passed first loading of drivers and you choose partiton to install etc ... and after rebot youve got this message so I think it is not problem with sata driver . Because you can not go farther (without good driver) than to first loading of drivers .
So I think ... there is something wrong with your installation disc of XP .
make sure :
1/ your disc is original XP , NOT any cuted off version !!
2/ your disc is in good condition
3/ you did good burn

 

Ah okey, thanks for answer
Yes, the installation got completed, (first reboot went ok) and i got to choose languages and the timer said Installation will be complete in 39 minutes, and when it was complete the computer wants to reboot again to make the final steps, and this is where i get the BSOD. I have been trying with TinyXP though, a very cut off version, and later i also tried with another version that was also a bit cut off. Now ill try with a complete version. Thanks!

 

hi everone.
after reading all comments , i followed instructions and downgraded my fw11e to xp , everything is ok except brightness adjustment f5 - f6 keys. and webcam is vga instead of 1.3 mp. volume and mute works even it shows on screen.its ok but bightness doesnt ! , please help me , my eyes aching because of maximum light !

 

as I said before , this is problem of Vaio SW which is included in original installation or for download on Vaio site in driver section , but it is available for Vista only and according to reply which I got from Vaio support - for FW there wont be support for XP .

 

hi gore.m
thanks for previous posts which you wrote and helped me to be able to switch to xp and get rid of stupid vista. but anyway there should be a way to adjust brightness !!
how can i use it always in max level. why cant we use any operating system except vista. this is not fair. they force us for something. this should stop.

 

Hi! I have a dude.

I could have the original Vista in a partition, then make another partition and install the XP? So have both Windows installed in different partitions.. I have bought my FW by internet but it still doesnt arrived and I can look this dude bymyself