topic Re: Video driver for C1Z in PCs & Accessories

Video driver for C1Z

marijke88 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:13:30 GMT

Hey,

My hard drive said good night the other day, and with no warranty anymore, and in desperate need to get my computer up and running the "computer guy" at the office replaced the disk installed the corporate WinXP and the drivers available at the Sony webpages. This was okay in my head untill I realized no videocard driver. I found the a Nvidia driver for my Go5400 card at Nvidia, but the installation does not recognize any hardware that fits. Could anyone help me?

Thanks in advance,

Marijke

Re: Video driver for C1Z

rich912 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:01:05 GMT

Hi Marijke and welcome.

The drivers supplied by Nvidia will not work with OEM systems without an .inf file modification.

I was under the impression that the VGN-C1Z uses the nVidia GeForce Go 7400, but you can download the original video drivers for your notebook from Vaio Link – click the Support tab at the top of this page.

The driver is part of a zip package and you may find more than one video driver folder. I think that yours is in the Video 2 folder, but check that the various file names start with nvxxx.

Re: Video driver for C1Z

marijke88 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:03:51 GMT

Thanks this has helped a lot, I found the files but in the video2 folder there are only 1 application nvudisp, when opening it says "usage nvudisp.exe " before it lists all comands (one is called dirverinstallex), but I can't type anything, and are therefore stuck again, could you help me how to run it.

BTW.you were right it is 7400 not 5400

Thanks again,

Marijke

Re: Video driver for C1Z

Blencogo — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:30:17 GMT

Hi Marijke88.

As it is a holiday, Rich may be busy. Try this: -

Start -> Right-Click My Computer -> Properties -> Hardware -> Device Manager
Expand the section for Display Adapters and right-click on your NVidia 7400
(If you do not have a section for display adapters, look for an Unknown Device with a Yellow warning sign and right-click on Video Adapter)
Click on 'Update Driver'
Choose 'No, not this time' -> 'Install from List or Specific Location' -> 'Don't Search, I will choose a driver to install' -> 'Have Disc' and browse to C:\Drivers\Video2\NVSZ.INF

Good Luck

Re: Video driver for C1Z

marijke88 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:46:06 GMT

Thank you, that fixed it, ahh... its good to see things properly again.

cheers, both of you thanks!

Marijke