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    Vaio VGN-TZ130N video drivers

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by hgiljr, Jul 28, 2008.

  1. hgiljr

    hgiljr Newbie

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    Hello. So I have had to rebuild this laptop from Vista to our companies standard OS XP using the enterprise media cd. I have everything loaded fine except the video drivers. I have installed first the sony shared library and then the video driver per the recommendation from Sony and still no luck. When I installed the shared library, it detects the video card in device manager but has an exclamation mark pending driver install. Here are my steps:
    1. Under Device manager, under Display adapters I have the video controller (VGA Compatible) with an exclamation mark.
    2. I uninstall it and then install the motherboard driver on Sony website and it reinstalls it.
    3. I then install the video driver but does nothing.

    Anyone having this issue? Any info appreciated. Thanks
     
    hgiljr, Jul 28, 2008
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  2. scottyinco

    scottyinco Notebook Evangelist

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    try getting the latest video driver from intel for the 945GM chipset.
     
    scottyinco, Jul 28, 2008
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  3. hgiljr

    hgiljr Newbie

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    That did it. Until I rebooted... All is clear in device manager after installing the driver from Intel website, but after reboot I cannot make the screen resolution larger then 1024X768, so the screen is not completely full MAX Size 1366x768. If I stretch it then the screen looks blurry. Now if I uninstall the driver and reboot it goes into the right size but certain features go disabled like Standby etc... Where else to look at?
     
    hgiljr, Jul 29, 2008
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  4. bejand

    bejand Notebook Consultant

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    Here is the solution to that from another post. Very common problem:

    "i figured out how to fix this.. uninstall the monitor driver, it should be 1024x768, you need to click UPDATE driver, then select "install from a specific location", then click next, next select "dont choose. i will select driver to install".. click next, select "plug and play monitor" driver and ok.. it will install it.

    reboot the computer, go to your resolution settings of the card, it should now support 1366x768 and you're good to go. took me 2 weeks to figure this out after arguing with intel, sony and looking all over..

    go figure, monitoring driver was the issue, not the video card.

    joe"
     
    bejand, Jul 29, 2008
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  5. hgiljr

    hgiljr Newbie

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    This did it... I too dealt with Sony and no clue. Glad the solution came up. Thanks again
     
    hgiljr, Jul 30, 2008
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