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    Sony VGN-SZ1-SZ4 Series Win7 32 Clean install

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Vlad_AMG, Aug 14, 2010.

  1. Vlad_AMG

    Vlad_AMG Newbie

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    Hi All. I try to install a many versions of drivers for my VGN-SZ80PS. And only these drivers versions works fine with windows 7 pro 32 bit. All functions - brightness, volume, etc and keys FN+F*, S1,S2 - WORKS FINE!

    Here archive with drivers, my readme and BIOS R0112N0 with SLIC2.1
    Download SZ1-SZ4_W7.rar from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
    Enjoy! ;)
     
    Vlad_AMG, Aug 14, 2010
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  2. leslieann

    leslieann Notebook Deity

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    32bit Win7 isn't that difficult on an SZ, you can use most if not all of the original SZ drivers and utilities from Sony.

    The difficulty comes when you want to install 64bit. At which point things become much more tricky as drivers are supposed to be signed and 64bit, and some Sony software refuses to work on 64bit operating systems. The thread in my signature covers most of these issues and most of the SZ line in 32 and 64.



    As for your driver pack...
    Windows driver system can locate and install newer/good drives for pretty much everything except the memory Stick, and the camera. Win7 has built in support for fingerprints, it works quite well. I'm not sure on your Toshiba Bluetooth stack, but some have reported that some of these are trials only.

    In 64bit, the Sony camera utility will not work. Sony provided a new camera utility because of this.
     
    leslieann, Aug 14, 2010
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