Sony Vaio Display not full screen, cant update driver
Hi,
I recently replaced a hard drive on a Sony Vaio. I loaded Vista Home Premium on to the drive. This is the OS that was in place before last HDD broke.
I can not update the Standard VGA Graphics Adapter driver, and Micrososft insists on putting me through Windows Update rather than allowing me to download the driver.
The Sony page doesn't have the VGA driver.
I have almost every service up and running except this one. The result is that the display is third the size of the actual monitor. I believe this is doen to the driver problem, howvere I could well be wrong.
Can anyone suggest a fix for this issue or somewhere that I can get this driver without having to jump through hoops all day.
Thank You.
I recently replaced a hard drive on a Sony Vaio. I loaded Vista Home Premium on to the drive. This is the OS that was in place before last HDD broke.
I can not update the Standard VGA Graphics Adapter driver, and Micrososft insists on putting me through Windows Update rather than allowing me to download the driver.
The Sony page doesn't have the VGA driver.
I have almost every service up and running except this one. The result is that the display is third the size of the actual monitor. I believe this is doen to the driver problem, howvere I could well be wrong.
Can anyone suggest a fix for this issue or somewhere that I can get this driver without having to jump through hoops all day.
Thank You.
ASKER
Device Instance Path:
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBS
I dont see an entry fo device instance id.
Windows Update has been running and the driver is now displayed as
Intel Mobile 965 express Chipset Family, I think I should now be able to find he driver, although I would be interested to know how you use the device instance id to find the driver.
Thanks for your reply
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2A02&SUBS
I dont see an entry fo device instance id.
Windows Update has been running and the driver is now displayed as
Intel Mobile 965 express Chipset Family, I think I should now be able to find he driver, although I would be interested to know how you use the device instance id to find the driver.
Thanks for your reply
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Which model of Vaio is this?
Have you a "Stretch" option in the menu for "Personalize > Display Settings"?
Have you a "Stretch" option in the menu for "Personalize > Display Settings"?
ASKER
Yep I tried the stretch but this didn't solve anything.
I think it was due to Windows not recognising the display driver until after Windows Update had done a full update. This took about 90 minutes but all problems solved by the end of the update.
I think it was due to Windows not recognising the display driver until after Windows Update had done a full update. This took about 90 minutes but all problems solved by the end of the update.
ASKER
Thanks everyone for the help
Open the Device Manager, click Start then Run and enter devmgmt.msc
Right click on the device and select properties.
Then select the "Details" tab
Use Ctrl+c to copy the device instance ID string.
Then paste it (Ctrl+v) in your reply.