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    Sony VGN-NR110E Driver issues and dedicated video question.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bazz, Feb 9, 2008.

  1. bazz

    bazz Newbie

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    Alright I tried a million way to bypass the driver update, being Sony never seems to put out any updated drivers. So I been trying to get the updated ones from direct sites, but they wont allow me to. Everytime I try to install a driver that is not from Sony it says you must get the drivers from Sony basically. So is their anyway to bypass this check Sony has on this computer?

    Also how can I upgrade the amount of dedicated ram for the video card. I been trying to like crazy I use to be able to just do it at bios setups on other computers, but Sony locks everything out.

    If you have any suggestions on any of these issues please help me out. I was also wondering if I either formated or downgraded with out any of the bloatware that comes with the computer would it help.
     
    bazz, Feb 9, 2008
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    You can't increased dedicated VRAM. You may be able to increase shared VRAM, but that won't help anything.

    I would clean install. It's one of the first things you should do to a consumer class computer.
     
    Lithus, Feb 9, 2008
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  3. martyp

    martyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    As above a reformat really does help these lappys. Mines took about 3 mins to boot all the bloat.

    As for video drivers, if you have an nVidia card go to www.laptopvideo2go.com to get the latest drivers for your card. You can also get XP and 64-bit drivers from there if you want to go that route.

    I found the ones from the nVidia site did not find the card at all!? :eek:

    And no, you can not change the dedicated VRAM as this is soldered on to the GPU.

    Hope that helps you.
     
    martyp, Feb 9, 2008
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