07-16-2007, 07:47 PM
I have just finished downgrading a sony vaio laptop VGN-FE41S
from windows vista to windows xp pro.
all drivers i used can be found at a link at the bottom of this post
please note this is a big zip file as it holds all drivers i used.
these are a mix of old drivers from sony and new drivers from the install package
i found some drivers such as the sound ( sigmatel hd audio ) installed direct from the setup as i used a driver from a older model.
other such as the nvidia 7600 needed to be installed from device manager.
if you find that a driver will not load for you fully unpack it to a folder on your desktop then try the update driver from device manager.
please follow my advise here about installing drivers with no setup exe
http://www.davesdrivers.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14
please note the following.
install the intel chipset driver first.
then the sata driver.
then use windows update over and over till your windows is fully up to date as that will install the driver for the built in webcam ( VGP-VCC4 )
then follow on with the nvidia driver, now i found i could force the standard forceware driver at nvidia for the " 7 " series on this laptop and it works 100%
to do that please follow this.
download the driver from nvidia.
make a new folder on your desktop name it nvidia
now double click the nvidia setup program and let it run to the point where it ask's where to install the files.
now browse to the folder you just made and select it.
continue with the unpacking and install .
it will fail to install with a warning no supported hardware.
restart the laptop.
now go into device manager and use the update driver.
browse to the folder with all the nvidia files in it and you now find it will pick the correct files and install the driver.
after checking the size of the zipfile it was a massive 140meg this might be a bit much for people on dail up trying to get the network lan card working on one of these sony's
so i have split the files down, you can now download what your looking for.
sony drivers Download
from windows vista to windows xp pro.
all drivers i used can be found at a link at the bottom of this post
please note this is a big zip file as it holds all drivers i used.
these are a mix of old drivers from sony and new drivers from the install package
i found some drivers such as the sound ( sigmatel hd audio ) installed direct from the setup as i used a driver from a older model.
other such as the nvidia 7600 needed to be installed from device manager.
if you find that a driver will not load for you fully unpack it to a folder on your desktop then try the update driver from device manager.
please follow my advise here about installing drivers with no setup exe
http://www.davesdrivers.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14
please note the following.
install the intel chipset driver first.
then the sata driver.
then use windows update over and over till your windows is fully up to date as that will install the driver for the built in webcam ( VGP-VCC4 )
then follow on with the nvidia driver, now i found i could force the standard forceware driver at nvidia for the " 7 " series on this laptop and it works 100%
to do that please follow this.
download the driver from nvidia.
make a new folder on your desktop name it nvidia
now double click the nvidia setup program and let it run to the point where it ask's where to install the files.
now browse to the folder you just made and select it.
continue with the unpacking and install .
it will fail to install with a warning no supported hardware.
restart the laptop.
now go into device manager and use the update driver.
browse to the folder with all the nvidia files in it and you now find it will pick the correct files and install the driver.
after checking the size of the zipfile it was a massive 140meg this might be a bit much for people on dail up trying to get the network lan card working on one of these sony's
so i have split the files down, you can now download what your looking for.
sony drivers Download