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    TX series Window 7? Buttons don't work.

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by subnotedyl, Jan 28, 2010.

  1. subnotedyl

    subnotedyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a generally very nice install of Win7 Ultimate on a new SSD. But I can't control the screen backlighting or use the volume buttons. Other things I don't have that I could do without, but would be nice are the AV buttons. Not sure how well the stock Window power management is. I've tried loading a mess of the drivers from the TX850P/B Vista drivers page. There is a thread saying this the drivers work, but the drivers linked to in that thread to not match what is being discussed? http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=431386

    The drivers from here: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNTX850PB&SelectOS=29
    install, but don't seem to do anything.
     
    subnotedyl, Jan 28, 2010
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    subnotedyl Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've had a bunch of trouble getting this to work, but I think I got it. The brightness, volume and AV buttons do work under win7 Ultimate now. I think the trick was to load the vista drivers after setting the install files to use vista compatibility mode. Or it was just luck after installing random drivers for hours and hours!

    I used the drivers on the esupport.sony.com page.
     
    subnotedyl, Jan 28, 2010
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    I got things working on my really old TXN17P by doing this:

    - Clean install of Win7 (32 bit only I'm afraid)

    - Go to Windows Update and install the hardware-specific stuff from the Recommended Updates page. This will take care of pretty much every driver.

    - Go to the model-specific download page on Sony's support site. Select Vista as the OS. At the very least you will need to install "Vaio Event Service", "Sony Utilities DLL", "Sony Shared Library". In this order. You may also need ""Setting Utility Series Update". Superstition requires that you reboot after every step.

    - The hardware should be fully working at this point. Install anything else you may need, like SmartWi.

    Good luck.
     
    martona, Jan 30, 2010
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    is there a possibility to install those drivers on a japanese vaio tx series notebook? if yes wich one or more specificaly wich driver i should download to make work the AV mode key and FN key on a japanese vaio tx92ps wich i installed on it a french windows seven thank in advance for any help you can give me
     
    redius, Feb 20, 2010
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    i understand what u said but if my model is not listed there what should i do ? wich driver or software i should install to make that damn av and FN key please
     
    redius, Feb 20, 2010
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