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cannot find drivers for sony vaio pcg-791m
15.4 inch screen, 3 year old laptop - couldn't access device manager before I wiped the machine - owner did not get any cd's. Does not exist on sony website.
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that is exactly it, got all the drivers - thank you so much. Only thing is the wireless is not working. In the device manager it's as clear as a whistle Intel Pro/Wireless 2200bg and the windows zero configuration is started, the button is on at the lip of the machine. It's letting windows control the wireless, there is no software - I can't understand it.
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Thank you very much
You're welcome. Is the wireless still not working? Or is it ok now?
just in case, perhaps this will help....
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-010623.htm
http://support.intel.com/support/wireless/wlan/sb/CS-010623.htm
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i will try that link now mate
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Hi - Tried that Flub and thought it might work from the software but it's still not seeing my wireless network here. Strange days.
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Just to Reitterate, there's no yellow exclimation mark in the device manager - it's as if it's working fine -just not seeing the wireless network. Every other machine I've fixed/wiped here has no problem seeing my zyxel wireless network.
Assuming you have followed the steps in the manual?? If not... do so to set up the access point. If no manual, go here:
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Manuals/Notebooks/FS1/FS1_H_EN.pdf
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Manuals/Notebooks/FS1/FS1_H_EN.pdf
1. Right Click on My Computer, Left click on Manage.
2. Click on Device Manager, you should notice on the right hand side icons with a yellow symbol next to them, this shows the device is unknown, or drivers are not installed.
3. Right click a device you are looking for, left click on properties.
4. Click on the Details tab on the top of the menu that popped up.
5. You should see some code in the middle that looks similar to this:
"PCI\VEN_14E4&DEV_169C&SUB
The important peices are:
VEN_14E4 is Vendor 14E4
DEV_169C is Device 169C for Vendor 14E4
You can take this information to the website http://www.pcidatabase.com and find the specific device information for the drivers, then go to the manufacturer website and see if they make drivers for Windows XP, some hardware is Vista specific and the manufacturer's do not have driver support for Windows XP.
*Once you are in the Vendor and are searching for the Device you can hold CTRL and press 'F'.
-This is the Find feature, type in the Device ID and it will find it much quicker, since some pages are quite long.
Hope this helps!