aladnsane

Hey folks - yet another unfortunate Vaio user ;)

I bought the system in Japan, brought it home, and installed English Windows on it, only to find nothing working. The windows install cleared the partition that included the restore info (my fault, but too late now), so I'm pretty S.O.L.

I got the graphics working, and I HAD the WiFi working, but that appears to be down again.

The Audio, I technically have drivers for, but the onboard speakers only make noise at boot up (apparently the little Vaio trill, along with the Vaio splash page, is hardwired, go figure), and headphone/speaker out jack only produces minimal volume. Audio claims to be an Intel 82801 ICH-4 Ac'97 Audio Controller.

The WiFi is a LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g min-PCI Wireless Adapter.

I also have an Intel 82801DB ICH4 - PRO/100 VE Network Connection, a Texas Instruments PCIxx20 Integrated FlashMedia Controller, an
Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M - Modem Controller [B-1], and an unidentified USB Device (Device IDs courtesy of Everest).

I've tried the Vaio website - US website, and US Tech Support can't help with Japanese models, Japanese website also pretty unhelpful (I stumbled around with marginal Japanese, but worked at it long enough to be relatively exhaustive).

Any help greatly appreciated, I'll provide any more info I can on request :)

T_Rex

Try this forum.