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    Z-Series Official 64bit nVidia 9300m GS 187.35 DRIVERS!!!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by MegaMan X, Oct 18, 2009.

  1. MegaMan X

    MegaMan X Notebook Evangelist

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    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    Thanks for sharing the link. Appreciate that. :)
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Oct 18, 2009
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  3. Base

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    Tried it on my european Z and now I have no NVIDIA Card in the device manager. Just the Intel Card is working. (Win7 64B)
     
    Base, Oct 18, 2009
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    dont forget the gobi drivers are there now for w7.
     
    brody_, Oct 18, 2009
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  5. Miyabi

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    try using the speed mode you will see the NVIDIA card in device manager. and so by this upgrade, the brightness mode will work on NVIDIA for Win 7, amirite?
     
    Miyabi, Oct 18, 2009
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  6. MegaMan X

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    From the Sony Website

    I've bypassed the Model Check and uploaded it to my server. Please only download it if the previous drivers did not work, or if you do not know how to bypass the model check.
     

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  7. sniper_sung

    sniper_sung Notebook Evangelist

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    Mine does not work :confused:

    I have Z690 (Z3) using BIOS R2168M3, running Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, however the nVidia card does not work correctly with this driver. The desktop is folded into half size in horizontal direction... By the way I still don't see the brightness hotkey work (probably because i'm running server 08 r2, not win 7)
     

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  8. coolguy

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    You can use Universal extractor software too which extracts the setup files.
     
    coolguy, Oct 18, 2009
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  9. Base

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    Same for me - doesnt matter if I am using Sonys or MegaMans driver.
     
    Base, Oct 18, 2009
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  10. Madmitch89

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    I've got the same problem... Would love to have this working before I go to work so any ideas???
     
    Madmitch89, Oct 18, 2009
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  11. Miyabi

    Miyabi Notebook Evangelist

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    so it doesnt work...
    thanks to those who tried. zannen desune.
     
    Miyabi, Oct 18, 2009
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    For the people whose setup this is not working on, can you please post your Z-model and which OS (since I see some are using server '08 R2 instead)? not sure if I should try and install this on my Z590 running W7, the last nautilus driver i tried to install gave me no display so i had to roll back to the vista 7.15 drivers from Sony.
     
    dLo GSR, Oct 19, 2009
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  13. reaborg

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    I have a z570. Installed the new graphics drivers. glad to have a more recent update, but other than that, brightness adjustment in speed mode still doesn't work. I am thinking its more of the Event Services problem than anything else now. Because when I installed the Event Services for Z820G, that's made for Windows 7 64bit, my brightness wouldn't work for either Speed or Stamina. So I reverted back to older Event Services, and lo, my brightness now works for Stamina, but not for speed.

    So, definitely sounds like Event Service hasn't been tweaked for Windows 7 yet (either 32 bit or 64 bit).
     
    reaborg, Oct 19, 2009
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  14. MegaMan X

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    Megaman - can that BIOS be applied to any Z?

    Cheers,

    S
     
    stevod, Oct 27, 2009
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  16. MegaMan X

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    Probably. I don't see why not, the Z hasn't seen any hardware changes since its inception, besides processors which are interchangeable.
     
    MegaMan X, Oct 27, 2009
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    Thank you, MegaMan, this is the only driver really working with my z590. I have tried the european version, posted here about a week ago, but it turned off my background on switching (everything else worked). This one works 100%. Great help! Thanks again!
     
    suland, Oct 27, 2009
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