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    Problems with alot of drivers

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by x o 4, Jun 16, 2008.

  1. x o 4

    x o 4 Newbie

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    well recently i reinstalled windows XP but on another partition. I started to reinstall the drivers all my graphics drivers have gone fine but im having trouble with these, the most annoying of all the audo driver since im a huge fan of music;(i have no idea what these names of the driver exe. files refer to just want some help)

    -HddProtection, (not approved by Microsoft apparently ie. not tested and proven to work) My laptop was working perfectly well before with this supposedly installed
    -Audio (its a sigmatel but because of the PC wiping my drivers i cannot check which type and since i bought the PC in china everything is in chinese which i do not understand a word of :( )
    -Sinosun_TPM_SecureTools_3.0(no clue in the world what this driver is for)
    -SonyImgF, (not approved by Microsoft apparently ie. not tested and proven to work) My laptop was working perfectly well before with this supposedly installed
    -and the Modem driver

    Yes i know thats alot of problems but the laptop seems to be working just fine without them apart from the audio.

    I need all the help i can get, Thanx guys!!
     
    x o 4, Jun 16, 2008
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  2. nixon

    nixon Notebook Evangelist

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    What notebook do you have? Have you gotten the drivers from esupport.sony.com for your model?
     
    nixon, Jun 16, 2008
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  3. x o 4

    x o 4 Newbie

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    funny you shud mention that. Everything including the manuals are in chinese apart from the actual operating system itself. The laptop refuses to show any traces of a sound card or anything :S

    Its a laptop btw and the drivers were all in a folder on the laptop after installation thats what i have used to reinstall my nvidia driver and so on. However i do think that all laptops in the VGN-SZ series have the same audio driver
     
    x o 4, Jun 17, 2008
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  4. Mujja

    Mujja Notebook Evangelist

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    No, the audio driver in the latest series is different and won't work on earlier models.

    What is your exact model, SZ1-7?
     
    Mujja, Jun 18, 2008
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  5. x o 4

    x o 4 Newbie

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    mines in the SZ6... series
     
    x o 4, Jun 18, 2008
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