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    VAIO Z 9300M GS problem..

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bonbooni, Sep 30, 2009.

  1. bonbooni

    bonbooni Notebook Consultant

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    Dear all,

    I am using google chrome. While I am in the SPEED mode, and after a while of using chrome, when I try to open IE or FireFox, their windows flicker as they are maximized. I mean they do not maximize smoothly. If I went back to Stamina mode then everything gets back to normal. When I go from that to SPEED again, everything is OK and after a while same story again.
    I thought it might be a driver issue ( my driver date is back in 2008) trying to install the latest driver when I am in SPEED mode I get this msg "the nvidia setup could not locate any driver that is compatible with your system hardware"
    I use this link to download the driver http://www.nvidia.com/object/notebook_winvista_win7_186.81_whql.html
    Your help will be greatly appreciated.
    Best regards
     
    bonbooni, Sep 30, 2009
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  2. heavenly_wild

    heavenly_wild Notebook Deity

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    Hi bonbooni,

    From what I know, Sony Vaio Zs aren't compatible with the drivers from nvidia (as in, from nvidia's website). Only install video drivers from Sony itself.
     
    heavenly_wild, Oct 1, 2009
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  3. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Yep. bonbooni, if you want to get the latest Nvidia GPU drivers for the Vaio Z notebook, you will probably have to get those "modified" Nvidia GPU drivers from the following site:

    http://laptopvideo2go.com/

    I've not used the modified drivers before & I'm no expert on installing these modified GPU drivers. Therefore, I cannot comment or help much. :( I apologize for that though. :eek: However, quite a number of fellow members, who are also Vaio Z notebook owners, have used them. You may want to search for such a thread or maybe some of them could help you out. Good luck. :)
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Oct 1, 2009
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