Solution: The first step is to understand that Sony is only a brand and underneath every brand is pretty much a well built
Intel Chipset or some other chipset manufacture that Sony don't want you to know about. 1) Goto Intel website and download this utility to find out what chipset you actually have got (this is providing that the VAIO laptop is an Intel Chipset (most of them are):
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldId=116...amp;lan Download the Chipset Identification Utility and run it on your VAIO - (I had to have another computer to download the drivers and a USB key to transfer them to the VAIO laptop as I had 8 devices which couldn't be found in device manager including the Ethernet Adapter so no Internet on the VAIO) This great utility will let you know what your chipset is. For me it was the Intel 945GSM Chipset. Once you know your chipset goto:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx and select 'Chipsets' from the top left hand menu, then 'Laptop Chipsets' then select your chipset for the VAIO laptop that came up from the chipset identification utility. So for me its the 945 Express Family Chipset. Next choose your OS: mine is XP Professional In here you will get a list of some drivers and utilitys not all. In my case I downloaded an INF Update utility but that still didn't sort the network card out and other stuff but you still need it to sort things out. Next from the main Intel download site:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/default.aspx and select 'Graphics' from the top left hand menu, then 'Laptop Graphics Controllers' then select your chipset for the VAIO laptop that came up from the chipset identification utility. So for me its the 945 GM Express Family Chipset. Choose your OS: XP Pro (for me) And download the latest version of Intel Graphics Media Accelerator! and boom your graphics will come after a reboot. Once again from the main Intel Download site, you can also browse to other drivers that you may require, just have a good sniff round the site because just remember that under that Sony is a simple Intel Chipset
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PN...14& With this particular VAIO came also a fingerprint scanner for extra security. Goto here to download the latest drivers for XP which worked a treat like all the drivers above - this software is called: "Protector Suite" the link is halfway down the following page:
http://www.drtweeker.com/2007/05/27/...ers-firefox-20 Wireless drivers for the VAIO I foud here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&DwnldId=130...amp;lan As you can see most of the drivers are available on the Intel website because it is their chipset. I just can't, for the life of me, understand why sony would not provide this information to its users, who after all, are simply asking for HELP and they are just bouncing those cries with a deaf ear. So hope this has helped in some way or another - remember people that Google is your friend and there is always a way. Still can't believe how long it took me to find out all this so no way on earth do I want another fellow human to go through all that again!
General Network drivers for all Intel Chipset boards that got me going just fine:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldId=427...mp;lang The Audio drivers for the VAIO that I eventually found used Intel High Definition Audio and so just a simple AC'97 High Deff Audio driver sorted this out fine:
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PN...14& With this particular VAIO came also a fingerprint scanner for extra security. Goto here to download the latest drivers for XP which worked a treat like all the drivers above - this software is called: "Protector Suite" the link is halfway down the following page:
http://www.drtweeker.com/2007/05/27/...ers-firefox-20 Wireless drivers for the VAIO I foud here:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=N&DwnldId=130...amp;lan As you can see most of the drivers are available on the Intel website because it is their chipset. I just can't, for the life of me, understand why sony would not provide this information to its users, who after all, are simply asking for HELP and they are just bouncing those cries with a deaf ear. So hope this has helped in some way or another - remember people that Google is your friend and there is always a way. Still can't believe how long it took me to find out all this so no way on earth do I want another fellow human to go through all that again!
hehe Chur! Mat.
