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    SONY VAIO TT SERIES auto dimmer and noise cancellinng stop working after installed Windows 7

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by lilfarmd, Nov 6, 2009.

  1. lilfarmd

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    Desperately need help!!!!

    I have a tt series VGN-TT190 notebook and after installed windows 7 the auto dimmer, and the noise cancelling doesn't work. I called sony and they don't know how to fix it either- they told me to live with it.

    Please help.... greatly appreciated. Thanks.
     
    lilfarmd, Nov 6, 2009
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    MrT-Man Notebook Consultant

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    Other than those two issues, does everything else seem to be ok with Windows 7 on the TT?
     
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    Hi, Thanks for your replied. Everything else are working except are those two problems. I search every where to find the solutions but no luck. You have any tips? Many thanks.
     
    lilfarmd, Nov 15, 2009
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    What part of the world did your TT come from?

    What version of Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit?)

    I have an Asia-Pacific sourced TT27GD/X. When I recently rebuilt my Win 7 installation, I tried the 64bit Win7 drivers for the US Model TT290 but things like the Light Sensor and Lid Opening trigger didn't work. So I tried the 64bit drivers for the TT4 series from the Sony UK support site, and everything is working fine.

    KJ
     
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    WOW!!! really? I would love to get those drivers. My TT laptop model is TT190 and I'm using Windows 7 32-bit. Would it work? Please let me know and where I can get those drivers. Many thanks.
     
    lilfarmd, Nov 17, 2009
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  7. kendallj

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    Sorry the TT4 drivers are intended for Win7 64bit, although about half those listed will install on 32bit.

    The link for those interested:
    http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/preinstalled/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=VGN-TT4

    There are some 32bit Win7 drivers intended for the TT3 here: (between these two perhaps enough?)

    http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=VGN-TT3WRN_X&os=10

    KJ
     
    kendallj, Nov 18, 2009
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    Don't know if it will help but I discovered there is a tick box for the noise cancelling in the Realtek Audio Driver properties under the 'Enhancements' tab.

    KJ
     
    kendallj, Nov 18, 2009
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    Both of these links I checked have no driver for the ambient light sensor. The noise cancelling still doesn't work. There's no tick box under enhancements tab for the noise cancelling either. There was a tick box for noise cancelling for the previous Vista OS. Any idea?

    Many thanks.
     
    lilfarmd, Nov 18, 2009
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    No, not really. I experimented with different driver sets until I got it right. Also I don't know if the TT1's are electronically identical to the TT2's either. The Ambient light sensor definitely came right for me when I installed the updated Win7 video driver off the link I posted here previously, which was specified as an original driver for the latest TT4 series. Again, why you don't see the noise cancelling option on the audio driver tab is a mystery.

    So I wonder... you've not mentioned what other device drivers you've installed and in what order. If you are unsure what needs to be installed and in what order, a couple of people have posted their TT install recipes in these forums.

    KJ
     
    kendallj, Nov 21, 2009
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