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    SZ3 clean install

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by wii.lliam, Nov 21, 2007.

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    wii.lliam Newbie

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    Hi,

    Like the original poster of this post ( http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=121335), I got my SZ38GP laptop from HK and bought the Vista upgrade pack.

    Basically, I want to just use only the Vista DVD(the silver one) for a clean install.

    the problem i have is that I can't find the drivers that allow you to change colume/screen brightness via the keyboard(including the s1/s2 button. Which means I have no way of changing whether I want to use the laptop in stamina or performance mode.

    Any help appreciated. Thanks.
     
    wii.lliam, Nov 21, 2007
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    pdudas Notebook Consultant

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    Hi,

    I've managed to install all the drivers and no errors are shown in device manager. However, device manager is only showing my intel graphics card under graphics adapter. There are no unknown devices and I can't run the Nvidia grpahics card driver installer as it says that there are no compatible graphics card install.

    I've tried searching for new hardware but again, nothing is found. Every 5-10 minutes or so, my screen flickers which suggest that it kicks up the other graphics card once in a while. Is there anyway to find it. Thanks
     
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