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    Sony Vaio CW (VPCCW1S1E) unable to update Nvidia Drivers

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Caladdon, Oct 7, 2011.

  1. Caladdon

    Caladdon Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello Sony users.

    I'm having trouble updating my Vaio's Nvidia Drivers (GT 230m)
    No matter what I try to do I still cannot update from the last driver available from their official website (Which is now incredibly out of date.)

    Everytime I try to download the latest versions 285.38 and then use the modded inf. file from laptopvideo2go the laptop boots up fine and even reaches the desktop but shortly BSOD's on me.

    It simply will not allow me to update beyond the last "official" driver.

    Sony have just left the hardware to grow out of date and as such I'm unable to load the likes of the latest games, eg. BF3, etc.

    Please advise.
     
    Caladdon, Oct 7, 2011
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  2. Caladdon

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    Bumping this as help would be very appreciated...
     
    Caladdon, Oct 8, 2011
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  3. Caladdon

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    Bumping again...
     
    Caladdon, Oct 9, 2011
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  4. Caladdon

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    Yet another bump... surely the forum support isnt as bad as the 'official' Vaio support....
     
    Caladdon, Oct 14, 2011
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  5. coolguy

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    I will make a modded INF for you. I did make one for someone with a CW2 and Nvidia GT 330M.
     
    coolguy, Oct 14, 2011
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    Caladdon, Oct 14, 2011
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  7. coolguy

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    Download the Nvidia 285.38 beta 64-bit Notebook Vista/ Win 7 driver (You haven't told what OS you are using), extract it with 7-zip, and replace the "nvszc" INF from the attached zip file in the Display.Driver folder.

    Uninstall the existing GPU driver before installing this driver. Run the setup to install the driver.
     

    Attached Files:

    coolguy, Oct 15, 2011
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  8. Caladdon

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    Thus far everything is working well.
    Thank you coolguy. Your efforts are very appreciated.

    Bonus rep granted.
     
    Caladdon, Oct 17, 2011
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  9. coolguy

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    Glad that the driver works for you.
     
    coolguy, Oct 17, 2011
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  10. playplay

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    big thanx for the question and the answer too! :)
     
    playplay, Nov 1, 2011
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  11. digitalpbk

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    Hi,

    I had the same problem upgrading my vaio, The nvidia drivers would just not install . I solved it with modded inf. Have documented it at
    Sony vaio update nvidia drivers.

    Thanks
     
    digitalpbk, Nov 26, 2011
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  12. coolguy

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    Do not steal somebody else's work and say that it is your work. Copying the modded INF from laptopvideo2go and changing the name in the modded INF to your name is called Plagiarism.
     
    coolguy, Nov 27, 2011
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  13. ndarwin

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    hey guys same problem here!thanx for these posts it help me a lot! :)
     
    ndarwin, Feb 14, 2012
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  14. djtrna

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    hi
    thanx a lot for help,working well.
     
    djtrna, Jun 17, 2012
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    Hi CoolGuy,
    I have this same problem, unable to update the graphics driver, i have tried your modded INF it didnt worked for me. It is for different graphics card i saw it later.
    Mine is customised vaio -- VPCCW2C5E, it have nVidia GT330M graphic card.
    tried your modded INF with 306.23 driver version on Win7 64bit
    if you can help, i will b really helpful thanks.
     
    mohsinbravo, Oct 2, 2012
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  16. aswinr

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    :hi2:

    Please, can someone make a modded INF for my sony VAIO VPCCW15FG on Windows 8 also. It's having a 210M GPU explicitly for sony.

     
    aswinr, Nov 1, 2012
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    See my hardware ID. Please help me make a modded INF for working in windows 8. Its a sony vaio vpccw15fg and with GPU Nvidia GeForce 210M. Please, its getting really bad..

    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A74&SUBSYS_905E104D&REV_A2
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A74&SUBSYS_905E104D
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A74&CC_030000
    PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0A74&CC_0300
     
    aswinr, Nov 2, 2012
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  18. davey08

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    Thank you so much for the modded INF file! I was wondering for future updates what I would need to change in the INF to allow this to work again?
     
    davey08, Jul 19, 2013
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  19. stray

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    Does anyone have the .inf file for windows 8 x64 for sony vaio vpccw1s1e, it has a nvidia gt230m ? can anyone share it please
    thanks in advance
     
    stray, Sep 6, 2013
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  20. stray

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    bump
    :hi2:
     
    stray, Sep 8, 2013
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  21. next4nextel

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    Are you guys using the latest BIOS? A simple bios upgrade would solve these issues, also use only the drivers supplied by Sony and not even Ati or Nvidia to aviod BSODs and random screen freezes and errors.
     
    next4nextel, Sep 15, 2013
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    dowaaarad, Apr 14, 2014
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