Ahh problems.

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 03:51 AM

I have my dad's old work lap top (which is pretty banged up) and so I started taking it to my work. The thing is probably 5 years old. It is a Sony Vio PCG-Z1VA. I am currently running vista on it, because I can and XP doesn't install any drivers from the get go (including ethernet or optical so its almost impossible to get drivers onto this damn thing).

I got everything to work except my display drivers! So I think this program is my only hope but I could not get it to work with the newest catalyst drivers! I fallowed the directions clearly, so I do not think it was that problem.

Currently I am going to try it with an older catalyst driver hope that works.

Also to answears "What gfx card do you have?". Seriosly I don't know. Device manager says "Generic plug and play vga". The information from sony says the same thing (as well as severall other sights).
"So how do you know its a radeon?". The default 32bit xp drivers from sony are for a radeon.

Any ideas/tips?

**kris23** · Jun 25, 2008, 03:55 AM

companies put DRM on the display drivers so they can only use manufacturer drivers, in this case, you need Sony VGA drivers so you need to look on sony's site to find them,

the alternative is DH's own Mobility Modder but that costs money.

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 04:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

companies put DRM on the display drivers so they can only use manufacturer drivers, in this case, you need Sony VGA drivers so you need to look on sony's site to find them,

the alternative is DH's own Mobility Modder but that costs money.

Mobility Modder is free I thought, http://www.hardwareheaven.com/modtool.php, as I have it downloaded on my desk top.

Also the sony drivers are only for XP.

**kris23** · Jun 25, 2008, 04:04 AM

woops thought it was something that DH sold since it hit its final version......

well thats prettymuch your best bet... Mobility Modder, youll need to find the drivers for your card on the ATi site and use it to get it to install.....

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

woops thought it was something that DH sold since it hit its final version......

well thats prettymuch your best bet... Mobility Modder, youll need to find the drivers for your card on the ATi site and use it to get it to install.....

Hard to find drivers for a card if there is no way to find out what card you have.

DxDiag also refered to it as a standard vga, as did 2 sites with "system specs" of this comp, ... etc.

Will update on how using a very old version of catalyst works.

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 04:09 AM

PS the mobility modder post has some cases of where a forward slash should be a back slash. C:/ should be C:\ etc

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 04:46 AM

After modification of old drivers, installer crashed. Trying the next release of driver.

**kris23** · Jun 25, 2008, 04:51 AM

oh yea........ my bad....

Sony Vaio PCG-Z1VA laptops

thers ur specs

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris23

oh yea........ my bad....

Sony Vaio PCG-Z1VA laptops

thers ur specs

"display: ati mobility radeon 16mb"
Does specify a specific series though, other then old and crap

**kris23** · Jun 25, 2008, 05:01 AM

it sounds like a 7000 series IGP but i dunno

Heroine4Life · Jun 25, 2008, 05:16 AM

2 more versions crash during install.

**Spike** · Jun 25, 2008, 08:07 AM

I can tell for sure that there are no vista drivers for that card. It could indeed be like a 7000IGP or 1 of the first mobility chipsets. The only thing you can do is trying to install the Sony XP drivers on vista.

Heroine4Life · Jun 26, 2008, 06:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spike

I can tell for sure that there are no vista drivers for that card. It could indeed be like a 7000IGP or 1 of the first mobility chipsets. The only thing you can do is trying to install the Sony XP drivers on vista.

No go.
"This update is for Windows XP only."
And its a self install so I am not sure how to get the driver out and mod it, or even if thats possible.

xeniav · Jul 7, 2008, 09:43 PM

I also updated a Sony Z1VA to vista and have the same problem. The original display adapter is a mobility radeon 6.14.10.6404. I had no problem with modifying the XP driver but got the same message. Is there a way to replace an XP driver with a vista driver?

DrBenson · Jul 10, 2008, 10:29 PM

I had installed Modtoo for my HP Presario X1000 ATI Dispaly driver.
But when I finish and restart system. The system comes to blank screen.
The only way is change back to OLD Driver to makes the screen display back again.
I don't know what's happen on it. Can anyone help me?

My system detail info as below:
HP (Compaq Presario X1000)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 Display Card. (Original driver version 6.14.10.6342)
1G RAM
60G HDD
Windows XP SP2
DirectX 9.0c
.NET 2.0

Catalyst Mobility 8.6 (This is the driver version what I want to install)

Thanks

Jun 25, 2008, 03:51 AM	#1
Heroine4Life DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Ahh problems. I have my dad's old work lap top (which is pretty banged up) and so I started taking it to my work. The thing is probably 5 years old. It is a Sony Vio PCG-Z1VA. I am currently running vista on it, because I can and XP doesn't install any drivers from the get go (including ethernet or optical so its almost impossible to get drivers onto this damn thing). I got everything to work except my display drivers! So I think this program is my only hope but I could not get it to work with the newest catalyst drivers! I fallowed the directions clearly, so I do not think it was that problem. Currently I am going to try it with an older catalyst driver hope that works. Also to answears "What gfx card do you have?". Seriosly I don't know. Device manager says "Generic plug and play vga". The information from sony says the same thing (as well as severall other sights). "So how do you know its a radeon?". The default 32bit xp drivers from sony are for a radeon. Any ideas/tips?

Jun 25, 2008, 03:55 AM	#2
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	companies put DRM on the display drivers so they can only use manufacturer drivers, in this case, you need Sony VGA drivers so you need to look on sony's site to find them, the alternative is DH's own Mobility Modder but that costs money. __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jun 25, 2008, 04:04 AM	#4
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	woops thought it was something that DH sold since it hit its final version...... well thats prettymuch your best bet... Mobility Modder, youll need to find the drivers for your card on the ATi site and use it to get it to install..... __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jun 25, 2008, 04:46 AM	Thread Starter #7
Heroine4Life DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	After modification of old drivers, installer crashed. Trying the next release of driver. __________________ [bd]Heroine4Life - Clan Leader - WebMaster - Server Admin - www.BinaryDeli.com Weapon of Battle : AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 4094MB RAM DDR 800, 2 160gig HD Raid 0, 250gig Back Up, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS ,22' WideScreen Samsung LCD, Denon Proffesional Digital Amp., 4x Infinty 250 watt speakers, Microsoft Natural Ergonomics, Logitech MX518 with 4D Steel surface, Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit

Jun 25, 2008, 04:51 AM	#8
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	oh yea........ my bad.... Sony Vaio PCG-Z1VA laptops thers ur specs __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jun 25, 2008, 04:09 AM	Thread Starter #6
Heroine4Life DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	PS the mobility modder post has some cases of where a forward slash should be a back slash. C:/ should be C:\ etc

Jun 25, 2008, 05:01 AM	#10
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,018 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	it sounds like a 7000 series IGP but i dunno __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Jun 25, 2008, 05:16 AM	Thread Starter #11
Heroine4Life DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	2 more versions crash during install. __________________ [bd]Heroine4Life - Clan Leader - WebMaster - Server Admin - www.BinaryDeli.com Weapon of Battle : AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 4094MB RAM DDR 800, 2 160gig HD Raid 0, 250gig Back Up, NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS ,22' WideScreen Samsung LCD, Denon Proffesional Digital Amp., 4x Infinty 250 watt speakers, Microsoft Natural Ergonomics, Logitech MX518 with 4D Steel surface, Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit

Jun 25, 2008, 08:07 AM	#12
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I can tell for sure that there are no vista drivers for that card. It could indeed be like a 7000IGP or 1 of the first mobility chipsets. The only thing you can do is trying to install the Sony XP drivers on vista. __________________

Jul 7, 2008, 09:43 PM	#14
xeniav DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Ahh problems indeed! I also updated a Sony Z1VA to vista and have the same problem. The original display adapter is a mobility radeon 6.14.10.6404. I had no problem with modifying the XP driver but got the same message. Is there a way to replace an XP driver with a vista driver?

Jul 10, 2008, 10:29 PM	#15
DrBenson DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: China <> Taiwan Posts: 3 Rep Power: 0	I had installed Modtoo for my HP Presario X1000 ATI Dispaly driver. But when I finish and restart system. The system comes to blank screen. The only way is change back to OLD Driver to makes the screen display back again. I don't know what's happen on it. Can anyone help me? My system detail info as below: HP (Compaq Presario X1000) ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 Display Card. (Original driver version 6.14.10.6342) 1G RAM 60G HDD Windows XP SP2 DirectX 9.0c .NET 2.0 Catalyst Mobility 8.6 (This is the driver version what I want to install) Thanks