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    Old wireless switcher and dvd oddities

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Private-Cowboy, Aug 15, 2006.

  1. Private-Cowboy

    Private-Cowboy Notebook Consultant

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    Hi

    I started to use the wireless switcher tool again after dropping smartwi. But (as we all know) that tool does not allow setting the 5GHz band anymore. My understanding is that you can still use 802.11a networks because the driver supports them (I can set the a-band channel in the driver) but I'd like to have that comfort that the older switch had. Any ideas where that one can be downloaded. And would it have any negative effect to use that older version instead of the new 3.3 a-less one?

    Besides: I recently noticed that when I reboot with a powerscheme active that has the DVD disabled I got a message right after reboot that the drive cant be disabled beause the tray is open. Clearly it is not but even switching power schemes back and forth won't disable the drive. If I reboot with a profile that has the drive enabled and then switch over it will shut down. Anybody had this yet?
     
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    Nobody has an older version from their recovery discs and could put it online?
     
    Private-Cowboy, Aug 17, 2006
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