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    Windows 7 Sony Optiarc AD-7241S problem

    I have dual boot (win 7/win xp). My dvd-rom works perfecty in win xp but in Win 7 i can't read any dvd-s, it sends pc to "not responding". I have the latest firmware. What do i do?:frown:
  2. Windows 7 win7 x64 bsod - possibly intel 5100 agn wifi related

    Brand new Win7 x64 (pre-installed) worked 2 weeks - then BSOD's mostly bad_pool_header Did a complete system rebuild (from disk) Worked 1.5 weeks, now BSOD's - again mostly bad_pool_header Funny thing - no BSOD when connected wired. Switch to wifi and BAM BSOD almost immediately. Sony says...
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    Windows 7 VAIO Upgrade does NOT WORK!!!

    Faulty Supplement Disc1: I have a VAIO VGN-FW33G, paid and got the DVD's from Sony, and after following the Upgrade User Guide get: This disc cannot reformat the hard disk drive and reinstall windows vista to the default settings. See the intstruction manual supplied with the Supplement...
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    Windows 7 Tricky Nvidia Problem

    Hello. I'm doing fine with most of my Windows 7 upgrading, but there's one exception: My 5 year old Sony laptop. It uses an Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 video card. This card was great in its' day, but is a little outdated now. By itself, it has 32 mb of video memory... not enough to run Windows...
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    Windows 7 Sony RZ10CGP desktop not supported?

    Sony tells me that my RZ10CGP desktop isn't supported under Windows 7. The major sticking point from Windows 7 Advisor is that the advanced encoder board (otherwise known as the motherboard) driver isn't compatible. That sounds like a big drawback to me, something to to with kernel streaming...
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    Windows 7 Compattibilty Issues with Windows 7 Upgrade

    I tried to upgrade Windows 7 34-bit Home Premium to my Sony VGNSZ-440 with 34-bit Vista Home Premium. It would not upgrade because of a few compatibility issues. It was not compatible with Bluetooth Stack for Windows by Toshiba. Should I uninstall the driver to a back-up disk and try to...
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    Windows 7 About to upgrade, but the advisor is asking me to remove Vaio Startup Assistant?

    [SOLVED] About to upgrade, but the advisor is asking me to remove Vaio Startup.. Hey guy, i just bought Home premium and I was getting ready to upgrade from Vista 64 - Win7 64, just one question. It asked me to remove Kaspersky(which i did) and said i can remove itunes (which i did) and Vaio...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Dirvers

    Hello, My notebook is VGN-SZ340P, but sony does not continute support dirver for windows 7, so i have to look drivers for VGA, mainboard... Has any one all drivers ? thanks so much
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    Windows 7 Installed Win7 on Sony VGN-S360p cannot get video driver

    After installing downloading most xp drivers from sony and installing them, I cannot get the video to work. The max resolution i can get to is 1024.768. I've looked around for many fixes but none of them work. ATI Mobility™ Radeon® 9700- the type of card on mobo. I did the Windows...
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    Windows 7 Vaio recovery CDs error

    Hi I have a Sony Vaio FW21L. In installed Windows 7 RTM MSDN version. I then tried to install all the drivers and sony software using the recovery cds but everytime it gets to 50% I get the error: vaio error 505 41 and the installer closes. Does anyone know how I can sort this? Thanks
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    Windows 7 usb not working

    Previously my usb ports were working with my mice with windows 7 for the first couple days. i at first thought that possibly the mouse was broken , but i tried many mice in many different usb ports and its not working. im assuming this is due to a windows 7 problem. Anyone have any ideas...
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    Windows 7 sony driver support?

    Ive recently installed windows 7, however i have gone to the SONY website and ive downloaded the vista 64 drivers for my laptop and they are not working. The main thing that i am wanting is my video card at higher resolutoin bc/ the max it is goig is like 1024X768 on my laptop when it typically...
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    Windows 7 Missing cd dvd drive

    After installing the rc Windows 7ultimate version, I noticed that the dvd drive doesn`t show up when I click on the My Computer icon. I haven`t been able to find a driver for it. The model in my laptop is: Sony (optiarc) dvd-rw ad-7540a. The computer also doesn`t find/show any memory...
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    Windows 7 chipset not supported

    Hi, I've installed windows 7 build 7100 and a couple of functions on my laptop are no longer working, specifcally the fn keys for my sony vaio VGN-FE21H. I went onto the sony euro site and got the original drivers for my laptop and tried to install these, on installing the chipset drivers I...
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    Adding Drives to RAID0 Configuration Without Data Loss on Sony HTPC

    Ok guys, I have a Sony VGC-RC210G HTPC, it shipped with 2x160GB drives in RAID0 config. Yesterday I got 2 more 160GB drives and I want to add them to my config but can I do this without losing all my current data in the original configuration? I have the Intel Matrix Storage Manager, and checked...
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    Windows 7 Issues with DVD Drivers and Processor Recognition in Windows 7

    Hello everyone, this will be my first post, and I had this issue with vista and there was a fix prepared by microsoft but nothing I can fine for Windows 7. THE PROBLEM: OS installed no issues, did a cleaning of the system to find later that my DVD drivers and processor are not seen by the...
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    Windows 7 Sony Vaio fn Keys?

    Anyone know how to get all special keys (fn, media) working on a Sony Vaio in Windows 7? Obviously Sony has no drivers for these and no, the Vista versions do not work at all. Tried already. I'm using Windows 7 7100, 64bit. Sony Vaio VGN-AW190 (came with Vista 64bit originally) Thanks.
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    Windows 7 Problem with DVD Burner

    under windows 7 beta my sony DVD Burner won't recognise a blank Disc. I have looked at disc on another machine and it shows Blank disc but on windows 7 machine it shows as full. has anyone else had this problem. thanks
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    Windows 7 sony minidisc & tsst corp. drivers failure

    hello i got w7(build7000 64xbit) installed on ''msi motherboard : AMD® 790X k9a2 cf" with 6gig ram memory , processor 4400+ amd 64x2 &ati hd3870 vid card,, its working fine on almost everything i got from hardware (like external hdd's & human interface controllers') except my soni...
  20. Windows Vista Support for Vista x64 firewire needed

    Microsoft needs to add proper support for Vista x64 firewire support. As it stands now, I cannot digitize my footage to my x64 installation of vista ultimate due to this. It can control the camera but it cannot actually capture the video. I have a Canon XH G1 and a Sony A1U, same results with...