topic Re: Vista drivers in PCs & Accessories

Vista drivers

Paul_Humphreys — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:55:17 GMT

Hi all,
I have loaded Vista on my SZ2XP laptopand I can not the drivers for the Mass Storage Controller, Unknow device and the scroll on the mouse pad. I have downloaded the drivers and they do not want to work. Yes some will say I should have stayed with XPpro but I just had to try it. I have not tried thebuilt in webcam as I do not use it anyway.

Anyone got anything else to try?

Paul

Re: Vista drivers

Thalamus. — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:15:30 GMT

Hi Paul,

have you tried the Sony SZ2XP/C vista drivers and utilities from HERE

Re: Vista drivers

Paul_Humphreys — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:22:07 GMT

Hi Paul,

have you tried the Sony SZ2XP/C vista drivers and utilities from HERE

Yes the download for the scroll/mouse pad comes up with a dll error every time. #none of the other drivers fix it either.

Paul

Re: Vista drivers

Blencogo — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:47:03 GMT

Paul,

The Mass Storage Device is usually the Texas Instruments Flashmedia controller.

The driver is the same for XP and for Vista and you will find it in your original drivers package - C:\Drivers\FlashMedia (or possibly C:\Drivers\MemoryStick).

Right-Click on the Mass Storage Controller in Device Manager and choose 'update driver'. Take all the steps to manually install and browse to C:\Drivers\Flashmedia\TI21SONY.INF

Any ideas what the 'Unknown Device' is? What else isn't working?

Re: Vista drivers

Paul_Humphreys — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:56:27 GMT

Tried the xp drivers, no good. As for the unknown device, I think its the built in webcam as its not listed in device manager at all.

Paul

Re: Vista drivers

Paul_Humphreys — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:37:52 GMT

Well found this,

To users of the Alps Pointing-device driver (version 6 or earlier) for Windows® XP:

Precautions Regarding Upgrade from Windows® XP to Windows® Vista

Please note that the Alps driver (version 6 or earlier) for Windows® XP does not compatible with Windows® Vista.
(In certain situations where "Install Windows Vista" or "Check system compatibility" is being carried out, the Alps Touch Pad Utility may be displayed as a Windows® XP device driver which does not compatible with Windows® Vista).

Accordingly, we would ask that you refer to the following Remedial Measures and hope that you will continue to use our pointing devices in the future.

- Relevant Drivers
Alps Pointing-device driver (version 6 or earlier) for Windows® XP
- Remedial Measures
Update to a driver version which supports Windows® Vista (i.e.: version 7 or later)
Before installing Windows® Vista, please uninstall the Alps Pointing-device driver (version 6 or earlier) for Windows® XP. And then install Windows® Vista and then the Alps Pointing-device driver (version 7 or later). Note that Version 7 and later versions provide the same functions as Version 6 or earlier for Windows® XP. To obtain an appropriate driver, please either download a driver from the homepage of the manufacturer of your current notebook computer or contact the manufacturer directly for advice. If a driver cannot be obtained in either of these ways, please use the PS/2 mouse driver which is standard for your OS (See below).
*Please note that we supply device drivers only to original equipment manufacturers.

Replacement with the OS standard PS/2 mouse driver
The Alps Pointing-device will continue to operate normally even if the corresponding driver is replaced with the PS/2 mouse driver standard for your OS (specifically, the Alps Pointing-device will operate in the same manner as a two button mouse). To replace the pointing device driver in this way, simply carry out Windows® Vista Installation as normal: Replacement of the current driver with the OS standard mouse driver will be carried out automatically.

But as the sony vaio driver comes up with a dll missing I will give up for now.

Paul