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need help finding drivers for sony vaio laptop

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i need help finding drivers for a sony vaio laptop its model number is vgnn325e i need the drivers for the pci device smbus controller and some unknown device. i also have an acer aspire series 3680 and need drivers for it i need the mass storage controller, modem device on high definiton audio bus, and the sm bus controler. plz help me!!!
 
#2 · (Edited)
Hi,

I am unsure if you have a VGN-N325EB or VGN-N325EW model? Please specify exact model.
The spec sheet for both are located here:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=VGNN325E

Please print out the spec sheet for your exact model. This will help in determining the type of drivers you have ex Intel chipset, Atheros wireless

The sony vgn-n3 series drivers are located here:
http://www.sony-asia.com/support/dow...subpage=detail

These drivers are in a win.rar file. You will need win.rar to open and extract these files to a folder. Here is a 40 day trial version:
http://www.download.com/WinRAR/3000-...-10007677.html

Be sure to download "the Install install order" to install the drivers at the very end of the page (Very important). Print this so you know the order to install the drivers. Note: you may have to install some of these drivers manually.

BESURE once you have the lan/wireless card working you install a full Microsoft update (SP2 etc.) before proceeding. You will need the updates for some of the other drivers.

I would reccomend you dowload these drivers/applications and burn them to CD (after you extract them to a folder).
Most are exe. files. Just click on the exe file to load the driver.

If you run into a problem, Please Stop and post the problem. Do not skip to the next driver.

I will try to see what I can do about the acer laptop and post it seperately.
Hope this helps,
Bill
 
#3 · (Edited)
Hi,
This is for the ACER Laptop!
The link to the drivers are here:
http://www.acerpanam.com/flex/acerdrivers/bin/drivers.html?CFID=473944&CFTOKEN=23274221

You will have to input the model. Scroll through the list to find these drivers.

I also found this link:
http://www.acerpanam.com/synapse/forms/AcerDrivers/Aspire 3680.pdf?CFID=473944&CFTOKEN=23274221

It is in a PDF format that maybe easier for you.

SM Bus is the Chipset driver- Intel Chipset driver v8.0.0.1009
Modem device- Agere Modem driver v2.1.63.0
Mass storage- Card Reader v2.0.0.2

Install the SM BUS driver first.
Also be sure you have updated. Do a full Microsoft Update.

List any additional errors or problems.
Hope this helps.
Bill
 
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