Driver problems with Vaio VGN-FE11H

[eugenvaio]

Hello! I have a Vaio (VGN-FE11H) and I have a problem. A big one made from smaller ones.
Let’s start with the beginning. I have deleted all the partitions; I have recreated 3 new ones and installed the OS. Before that I saved the Drivers folder.
Now, the problem is that I can not install all of the missing drivers. In the Drivers folder not all of them have a setup routine, so some of the must be installed manually. The question that I encounter is how I do that, because not all of them ‘want’ to be installed.
Please help me because this is a awful situation. Not even the sound card is working.
Thanks.
PS I also downloaded the drivers from Sony’s website, but they are the same. Can anyone give me the detailed specs so I can search for the drivers? Or maybe I am not the only one in this situation? Maybe some of you were put in a similar position and defeated it.

[eugenvaio]

I've managed to install a few other drivers, but the audio and modem ones still give me headaches. Any ideeas, because they have executable installers, but generate error (in case of the audio driver - Sigmatel, 'Device object not present, please restart and try again') or nothing (in case of the modem - Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP by Rockwell/Conexant).
Any ideeas!

[GattoMatto]

You can use the "try an error" method. Try to look your hardware that gives a problem (from hardware manager) and try to change drivers from there indicating folders where you suppose the driver is. I have managed in this manner to install almost all the drivers when have tried to install another version of OS.

[rosoria67]

Hi,eugenvaio,what you have to do to install drivers without setup routina is: go to start/control panel/sistem/harware/device manager,selec the dispositive you want update (it is in yellow ?, propieties, update driver, and look for in the folder you got drivers.
Excuseme for my bad english (I´m spanish)

[rosoria67]

For the audio problem that you got, look for a sound pach in foro,and first of all install the pach and then the sound driver.
It works ,I did it and it worked.
Best regards

[rich912]

Hi eugenvaio and welcome to the forum.

This thread may provide some clues...

[eugenvaio]

Hi  eugenvaio and welcome to the forum.

This thread may provide some clues...

Thanks Rich912, I am now downloading the needed patch and I hope for the best. I will revert with what I manage to do as soon as posible.
Thanks! 😉

[rich912]

Fingers crossed......

[eugenvaio]

Fingers crossed......

I don't know how, but the modem is now installed. And the audio... is not. 😞
Do you think that instaling more patches would help (I mean something like AutoPatcher)?

IT WORKED AFTER SEVERAL RESTARTS!!!
THANKS! YOU ARE A TRUE VAIO MASTER!!!

[rich912]

I am pleased to hear that the problem is solved, but thanks go to the original poster – I just provided the link……