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    SZ430N Won't Recognize Internal WAN Card

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ambrosia, Mar 22, 2007.

  1. ambrosia

    ambrosia Newbie

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    I have a SZ430N with the built in sony ericsson WAN card for Cingular. I blew away my machine, and now the card is not recognized. I cannot see it in device manager.

    I backed up all my drivers and restored them, but the card is not recognized. I followed all of the instructions that were in the Edge SmartWi Vista thread.

    When I click turn on, it says the hardware switch is off. Since this card is internal, I don't know where any switch would be. I'm pretty sure my system doesn't even see it.

    The really annoying part is that the Cingular Communications Manager and SmartWi utility came loaded on my laptop...and everything worked fine, however they are not in the download section Sony's site for this model.

    I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate. The Vaio came with business, then I upgraded to Ultimate, and the card worked fine...so I know it works with the OS. I just wanted to start fresh.

    If anyone has any ideas, I would really appreciate the help. I'm running out of ideas.

    Thanks!
     
    ambrosia, Mar 22, 2007
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  2. Mobilehavoc

    Mobilehavoc Notebook Consultant

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    You need to install the VDC drivers for the card otherwise it won't be recognized.

    Once the drivers are installed you need SmartWi to turn it on.

    Not sure if this is the thread you were talking about:

    http://forums.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=107032

    But following these steps should get it to work. When you use SmartWi to turn on WWAN does the light above your keyboard for WWAN turn on?
     
    Mobilehavoc, Mar 22, 2007
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  3. Transfer

    Transfer Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah, I deleted SmartWi a few weeks back and it seems I toasted any use of my WWAN (SZ460). I re-installed smartwi using VAIO recovery center built into the PC but it says "smartwi.exe has stopped working" whenever I try to open it. I'm curious to see where this thread goes. The Sony Ericsson card is not detected in my system properties either.
     
    Transfer, Mar 22, 2007
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