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    downgrading vgn-nr460e

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by canmod, Oct 3, 2008.

  1. canmod

    canmod Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys im new here hopefully someone can help me out. i just got a new vaio today, first time owner. ive just finished creating a backup disc and want to put xp on it. i followed this guide here

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=265992&highlight=downgrade+to+xp

    i found that my laptop is the same as the VGN-NR37G/S and downloaded all the drivers for it but i opened one up on my pc to check it out and it says its a vista driver and i see no option anywhere for xp drivers on the asia site. i cant find anything on the internet about this model so just wondering if anyone has any ideas

    appreciate the help, ill lose my mind if i have to stick with vista
     
    canmod, Oct 3, 2008
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  2. thebigpants27

    thebigpants27 Notebook Evangelist

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    Um, can you tell me what exact device your looking for a driver for? You dont always need to download drivers through sony. For example, the sound card, trackpad, etc can all be downloaded through the manufacturer(of those devices) web page, and with the video card, you can use mobility modder on desktop ATI cards, and laptopvideo2go drivers for Nvidia cards, and im sure the Intel GPU drivers are on the intel site....

    So let me know what device you are trying to get an XP driver for and i can see what i can find...
     
    thebigpants27, Oct 3, 2008
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  3. canmod

    canmod Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok i see so i could i just go through device manager once i get xp installed and search for drivers for all the devices showing up with a yellow ? mark.

    i already have a slip streamed xp for the sata drivers

    thanks
     
    canmod, Oct 3, 2008
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    thebigpants27 Notebook Evangelist

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    yup, i don't see why you couldn't.... good luck!
     
    thebigpants27, Oct 3, 2008
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  5. canmod

    canmod Notebook Enthusiast

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    cool i always have the recovery discs if things go south thanks for the help ill post back later if i cant find something
     
    canmod, Oct 3, 2008
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    canmod Notebook Enthusiast

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    nice everything is installed and working fine including fn keys and power management, only thing i need is a mass storage controller driver its the last thing in device manager and im not sure which one i need
     
    canmod, Oct 3, 2008
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    zramdeen Newbie

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    hey i have the same laptop (VGN-NR460E) and i was wondering if u could get me the drivers for Sata, Display, and Network..

    -Computer model #: VGN-NR460E
    -Hard Drive: FUJITSU MHY2200BH
    -Network: Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
    Marvell Yukon 88E8039 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
    -Display: Mobile Intel (R) 965 Express Chipset Family


    ty if u can get these for me


    heres a screen of device manager
    http://img233.imageshack.us/my.php?image=driverscreenub5.jpg
     
    zramdeen, Oct 5, 2008
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  8. canmod

    canmod Notebook Enthusiast

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    is this your device manager or someone elses cause everything is installed on them in that pic. anyway pm me your email i got the display driver form the intel website and when i installed xp it installed sata and network automatically.

    p.s. where did you get the mass storage controller driver?
     
    canmod, Oct 7, 2008
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