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    Need HELP from you fellow S460 OWNERS! =( Desperate!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Unknown27, Aug 20, 2005.

  1. Unknown27

    Unknown27 Notebook Consultant

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    Ok here is the scenario. I re-installed Windows to put XP Pro on there. I completely cleaned the system out and made two partitions 1 for windows and 1 for data of course. Well anyway my problem is that I'm having a hard time with two drivers I'm missing.

    1 is obviously the sound driver because I can't hear anything and the other is the modem drivers. For some reason it always says failed to install.

    I got the latest drivers from :

    http://esupport.sony.com/perl/model-swu.pl?mdl=VGNS460

    When I installed the chipset drivers it asked me to look for this file which I didn't have!

    USBEHCI.SYS

    and the other file that's missing is I think my modem since I never installed it. So it shows up as just a fat yellow question mark and the title is :

    PCI Device

    Please help. Thanks in advance!

    Geezzz....I just want sound!! =(
     
    Unknown27, Aug 20, 2005
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  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Did you get a driver disc from Sony? If you are connected to the internet, Windows Update can sometimes fix things.
     
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    Unknown27 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah that didn't work. Any other clues?
     
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    Unknown27 Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah I did that. Well it's ok now though I finally got it. Whew...that took about 6 hours and a whole night of frustration.

    Are you guys like me?? You know one of those people that can't sleep till your computer is fixed otherwise you can't stop thinking about it? Well that pretty much sums up my frustration everytime I'm trying to get a computer to work properly.

    At least I finally got it fixed. Thanks for all your replies! :sony:
     
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    iamsam2046 Newbie

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    Hi Unknown27,

    I got the same problems. Would you mind to give me some hints that how you fix the problems?

    Thanks in advance

    Sam
     
    iamsam2046, Sep 9, 2005
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    Unknown27 Notebook Consultant

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    Let me know the steps you took and I'll walk you through it. This could actually be quite long. Hmmm...how bout you PM me your e-mail address and we'll contact each other that way. =)
     
    Unknown27, Sep 10, 2005
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