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Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

CARBr6 — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 08:52:22 GMT

Hi,

so I have gotten an old VGN-SZ4XWN from work and I decided to update it from Vista to 7, having done this I am now stuck with maximum screen resolution of 1024x768 when the screen on the notebook is 1280x800. I tried to download the drivers from the NVIDEA site to then find that VAIO's are on their exception list so it didn't work.

I emailed Sony and this is the reponse I got "... Upgrading the operating system results in this issue with the VAIO, that is why we do not recommend upgrading or downgrading the operating system..."

So that was really helpful, and if that is the level of support I can expect from Sony then I don't think I'll ever buy anything from Sony! But for now I am stuck with a load of wasted space on my screen unless someone here can help me, either that or I have to revert back to Vista and I'm sure you all know that I REALLY don't want to do that (who would?)

Please please help me!

Thanks

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

Fender67 — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:32:23 GMT

Tell us a bit more about OS architecture, it's W7 x86 or x64??

Also what is your Nvidia model GPU??

If my info is correct the latest Nvidia driver for your model is:

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/8971/en-us

You will need to modify one file inside the driver and add your HW Id's for your model in order to be able to install it, if you know what you are doing it's quite easy...

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

CARBr6 — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 17:02:09 GMT

It's a 32-bit install
The graphics info is: NVIDEA GeForce Go 7400

Thanks for the help

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

CARBr6 — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 22:25:40 GMT

That is exactly the driver I downloaded previously. What do I need to edit and how do I edit it?

Thanks

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

rich912 — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:59:12 GMT

Hi CARBr6

In addition to Fender67's suggestion of a modified .inf file you could try installing the Vista driver provided on the support site as often Vista drivers will work with Windows 7:

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-dwnl/prd-comp/NVDVID-01360403-UN_2635/VGN-SZ4XWN

You may need to use Vista compatibility mode to install.

Rich

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

CARBr6 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:13:35 GMT

That's great Rich.

Worked perfectly, thank you

Re: Windows 7 Display Driver - Sony No help at all

rich912 — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 09:42:02 GMT

You're welcome CARBr6. Pleased to hear that it worked:smileyhappy:

Rich