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    Vaio Pcg-7h2m

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by roligan1, Oct 5, 2011.

  1. roligan1

    roligan1 Newbie

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    I have reformatted and installed windows XP but when I went to find the drivers/utilities Sony does not recognize the model.

    I'm stuck since without the drivers/utilities there's nothing I can do.

    How do I find the drivers/utilities?
     
    roligan1, Oct 5, 2011
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  2. Primes

    Primes Notebook Deity

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    I looked around and found a reference to that model on German ebay. The listing said the Pcg-7h2m is actually the: VGN-FE11S
    If you can boot into your laptops bios you should be able to confirm both model numbers. Sony laptops usually have 2 model numbers, the VGN and PC# and they both should be listed in the bios.

    here is the link to drivers for the FE11S: VAIO Support Europe

    edit: my bad, the bios might not list both model codes, but at least it should show you something and also give the serial number to look up
     
    Primes, Oct 5, 2011
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  3. roligan

    roligan Newbie

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    Hi,

    that was really helpful. Thank you very much.

    There were 4 files which I have put on my portable hard drive which I then plugged into my VAIO.

    There are
    - drivers
    - modem
    - utilities
    - video

    I have managed to install all the utilities.

    However, I have problems with the other 3. When I try to install a driver it asks me to extract a file. When I extract the file then all I get is just the same files as before. I don't seem to be able to find the execute file which actually installs the file.

    Really appreciate any advice you might have.

    Roligan
     
    roligan, Oct 6, 2011
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    roligan Newbie

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    Just a quick update.

    I have managed to install the wireless LAN starter and can also connect to the same network that the PC I'm writing from is connected to. However, when I click on 'VAIO Update' it says I'm not connected to the internet.

    When I look under Network connection details/support the vaio says 'automatic private address' and my PC says 'assigned by DCHP'. They also have different IP-addresses.
     
    roligan, Oct 6, 2011
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