Sony: Message List

Upgrade to Windows 7 of VAIO VGN-AR51M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:43:51 GMT

I would like to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7, but the only unsupported driver is the NVIDIA driver for a GeForce 8400M GT. What did Sony do so that you can not install a standard Windows 7 driver for this card ?

I can see that the driver ID is not listed in the latest NVIDIA inf files.

PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D&REV_A1
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&SUBSYS_9016104D
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_030000
PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0426&CC_0300

Will Sony provide an updated driver at all ? It looks like a waste not being able to upgrade an otherwise fully functional VAIO laptop.

Thank you

Markus

Complete PC Backup/Restore failed

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:50:24 GMT

Hi,

I would like to use a bigger disk for my Vaio VGN-AR51M. I bought a Vista Ultimate upgrade and thought I could create a backup of the smaller dist ans restore Vista on the bigger disk and use Acronis to resize it. But after restoring I can't read my Windows mails, Windows messenger nor Windows Update works. I also can't see anymore the second disk. It looks to me that this is some limitation in the OEM version of Windows Vista. Can someone confirm this ? I also tried Unix tools like dd to make full disk clone with the same result.

Thank you

Markus

DVD-R DL problem/question on VAIO VGN-AR51M

noreplyforum@eu.sony.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:27:03 GMT

Hi,

I have a brand new VAIO VGN-AR51M, which supports the following (from documentation)
Write:
CD-R x8, CD-RW x8, DVD-R DL x2, DVD-R x8, DVD-RW x2.4, DVD+R DL x4, DVD+R x8, DVD+RW x4 , DVD-RAM x5, BD-Rx2, BD-RE x2, BD-R DL x1, BD-RE DL x1
Read:
CD x24, CD-R x24, CD-RW x24, DVD x8, DVD-R DL x6, DVD-R x8, DVD-RW x6, DVD+R DL x8, DVD+R x8, DVD+RW x8, DVD-RAM x5, BD-ROM x2, BD-Rx2, BD-RE x2, BD-RE DL x1.6, BD-R DL x1.6

Now I try to read a DL DVD-R disc which was recorded with a Sony RDR-GX210 DVD recorder, but only get told it is an empty DVD, despite having more than 2 hours recorded on it. I can play the DVD on the RDR-GX210 (The DVD has also been finalized on the RDR-GX210).

Any idea why I can't read the DVD on my laptop ?

Thank you
Markus