Reformat my sony vaio tr1apc notebook

Files missing or corrupt.
I would re load windows.

Hi,
Your friend is wright, this is a graphic card problem.
most laptop have the graphic card integrated and cannot be changed.
in your case check this link http://community.sony.com/t5/VAIO-Hardware-Networking/CAN-I-REPLACE-GRAPHICS-CARD-OF-MY-VAIO-LAPTOP-E-SERIES/td-p/164377

Thanks.

AFTER INSTALLING WIN XP YOU SHOULD INSTALL THE DISPLAY DRIVER. ONLY THEN YOU WILL GET A CLEAR SCREEN. AND IF YOU HAVE INSTALLED THE DRIVER THEN CHANGE THE RESOLUTION IN RIGHT CLICK->PROPERTIES.

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Vaio is tricky to get working right,,

you must install in this order!!!!!

1. BIOS update (if available)
2. Intel® Chipset (if applicable)
3. Microsoft KB896256 (Mobile Dual Core) (only available on some models, please verify with Sony Support web site http://www.sony.com/pcsupport)
4. Microsoft KB909667 (System stops responding during standby, hibernate or shutdown.) (only available on some models, please verify with Sony Support web site http://www.sony.com/pcsupport)
5. Sony Notebook Control (if applicable)
6. Sony Programmable I/O (if applicable)
7. Sony Shared Library
8. Video NOTE: On some newer VAIO PC models, the system will support two different graphics hardware. The setting mode is identified as:
   1. Stamina: Intel Graphic mode
   2. Speed: Nvidia® Graphic mode
9. Audio
10. Modem
11. Network
12. Camera
13. Wireless
14. MPEG Encoder
15. Multi Card reader (if applicable)
16. Flash Media (if applicable)
17. Flash Media registry
18. Memory Stick® media
19. Memory Stick Registry
20. Bluetooth® Registry (if applicable)
21. UPEK TouchChip Fingerprint Coprocessor
22. Infineon® Trusted Platform Module
23. Wireless Keyboard and Mouse utility
24. SmartWi™ Utility
25. Cingular Connection Utility
26. WWAN driver
27. Any other Sony Utilities NOTE: Will be explained in the software dependency section
28. Hard drive protection
29. Toshiba Bluetooth application

Thats sounds like the wrong drivers for the network card. Some models can have different models or brands of cards so you can get the wrong one in there. You should be able to boot up in safe mode (F8) and then go under control panel - system- hardware manager-network adapters. Find the card that is causing the problems highlight and delete it. Then reboot. This takes the card out of the system and it will be detected as a new hardware next startup. Then try another driver.

You might want to go to the Sony website and check under support to see what other drivers you can get to try for your model. There might be 2-3 to try. Usually the oem disks are right but the replacements don't always get things right.

If this were hardware you shouldn't get the bluescreen of death (BSOD). That usually means software or drivers.

Not sure what operating system you are using, but a quick Google search came up with this:

Sony does not offer audio drivers for this computer.

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However, they do offer this:

Problem/Question:

Err Msg: Cannot play back the audio stream: no audio hardware is available, or the hardware is not responding.



Solution/Answer:

Please check if there is any exclamation mark (!) displayed in Sound, video and game controllers under Device Manager. If there is any exclamation mark (!) in the Sound Driver Devices, please reinstall the sound driver with the steps below:

1. Start up the computer.
2. Insert the last disc of the set of Recovery CD-ROM into the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive.
3. Double-click My Computer and double-click the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
4. Double-click the VAIO folder and search for the Audio folder in the Device folder.
5. Double-click the Audio folder and double-click Setup.exe
6. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Sound Driver.
7. After the installation is completed, remove the Recovery CD-ROM from the drive and restart the computer.

* If the problem persists after reinstallation of the Sound Driver, please follow the steps below to check if there is any latest device driver upgrades:

In the Downloads section, please select Notebook and proceed with the steps below:
1. Move the cursor to the relevant Notebook Series and click the model of the VAIO computer.
2. Locate any latest Sound drivers and proceed as per instructions on the screen.

* If the problem persists after performing the device driver upgrade, please contact the local Sony VAIO Helpdesk. For more information on how to contact your local Sony VAIO Helpdesk, please refer to either Customer Service Guide or Warranty Card that comes with the computer, or visit the Support Network of the VAIO website.

Here are your drivers

this might be hardware bug... only the manufacturers can deal with it.. so better call a service man from sony

Cable3,

Sounds like you indeed have a problem with an audio hardware driver. Presumably the 'Audio Device on High Definition Bus' is the system detecting a device it doesn't have a driver installed for.

First question - was the sound working previously? If so, did you recently install any type of audio software not related to the sound device itself?

Please provide the exact model number of the VAIO notebook and we can point you to the correct driver and try that for starters.

Hi, Have you installed the driver for your wireless card since you re-formatted?

Right click on my computer and go to properties, select device manager. all of your hardware will be listed there. are there any yellow question marks? these are devices that need drivers.

Your wifi card will probably be called 'network adapter'. go to the sony vaio website and download the right driver for your wifi card