Sony Windows 7 drivers available

[coolguy]

It seems that Sony is updating their FTP with Win 7 drivers. Some drivers are Alps touchpad(Win 7/Vista 64-bit), Nvidia 186.56(Win 7/ Vista 64-bit), Intel chipset, SATA driver, etc.
Link : ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/
(Look for the most recent dated drivers)

[kevindd992002]

Where exactly in that link is the Nvidia 186.56? I can't find it anywhere.

[eli2k]

GRAPHICS_DRIVER_NVIDIA_ALBATROSS4_S6_8.15.11.8656.ZIP - don't know if this is the same one.

Is it okay to install these, or wait until they have the actual files listed for each support page?

[ScuderiaConchiglia]

Rajesh,

Great find, my friend! I just wish Sony would organize this in a little more user friendly way. It is tough to figure out which ones a person might need.

As a service to our other FZ brethren here (including me), can I get you to make a list of which files are necessary for your FZ190? (And if you would designate any differences in 64bit versus 32 bit where a different file is necessary.) That can also act as a model for what files others might need for their particular model.

Thanks!

Gary

[kevindd992002]

I just want to ask a question, what do you need to install to make the volume slider (not the volume Fn keys) of my VAIO CS work?

[coolguy]

I just want to ask a question, what do you need to install to make the volume slider (not the volume Fn keys) of my VAIO CS work?

You need to install (32/ 64 bit) SFEP driver, Sony shared library, Setting utility series and Vaio event service in the order mentioned.

[kevindd992002]

I already did (in the exact order) that but they still don't work?

All of my Fn keys work though. What have I done wrong?

Also, if I didn't follow the order above, I should uninstall all of them again right? I can uninstall MOST of them but not the Shared Library because it is not located in the Add/Remove Programs.

[coolguy]

Rajesh,

Great find, my friend! I just wish Sony would organize this in a little more user friendly way. It is tough to figure out which ones a person might need.

As a service to our other FZ brethren here (including me), can I get you to make a list of which files are necessary for your FZ190? (And if you would designate any differences in 64bit versus 32 bit where a different file is necessary.) That can also act as a model for what files others might need for their particular model.

Thanks!

Gary

Yes that site has way too any folders listed. I will post a clean install guide for Windows 7 once Sony officially releases drivers for Windows 7. Sony updates the drivers and utilities atleast once in a week in their FTP.

[coolguy]

GRAPHICS_DRIVER_NVIDIA_ALBATROSS4_S6_8.15.11.8656.ZIP - don't know if this is the same one.

Is it okay to install these, or wait until they have the actual files listed for each support page?

This 64-bit driver (Win 7/ Vista) is for Nvidia 9300M GS, 9600M GT and other Nvidia GTX series cards. Since Sony is updating drivers, you can wait till Win 7 is officially released.

[SirRobin]

I hope there will be a driver for the z hybrid gfx driver.