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Sony VGN-FW170J Base System Driver

Hi,
I'm currently installing 32-bit Windows 7 Pro on a Sony VGN-170J laptop via the Windows 7 disc. I've loaded every possible driver on the drivers page on their websiite but a Base System Device is showing up in the Device Manager. Anybody know what this is or where the drive is?

Thanks!

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jhill777

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I try to select the option for Win7 to install automatically but it can't find it. I installed the Chipset Driver from the website but it doesn't change anything.
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNFW170J&SelectOS=46#div_pos_5

jhill777

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The option you recommended was already enabled on the machine as well.

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jhill777

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After further investigation, it didn't really start installing a bunch of stuff, it just added the disk drives and portable devices once the driver for the Ricoh Memory Stick Host Controller was installed.

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Glad you managed to get things sorted out!

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jhill777

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Installed all necessary drivers.