Where can I find video drivers for my Sony computer?
by lovelands on August 5, 2011Q: are (free) video drivers available anywhere on the web for Sony computers? I’ve had to give up looking.
Q: are (free) video drivers available anywhere on the web for Sony computers? I’ve had to give up looking.
The only place you should be downloading drivers from is a manufacturer’s website. This should be either Sony’s website or the video chip/card manufacturer.
Since you’re having a hard time tracking down a driver, can you please provide the model information for your computer, as well as what version of Windows you’re running.
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on August 5, 2011 at 8:22 am
It is a Sony model” pcv-7762″ aka “pcvrx850. It is using windows xp home. I downloaded the video driver from their website but upon unziping it, my comp says “this driver cannot be used on this computer” so I am out of luck. This all happened when I reinstalled Windows. Four different drivers did not get downloaded. I was able to find an audio driver.
Ed
lovelands (Newbie) says: on August 5, 2011 at 5:27 pm
Is this is file you tried to use?
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=PCVRX850&upd_id=53&os_group_id=13
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on August 6, 2011 at 11:36 am
Yes, that is the one I downloaded and it didn’t work.
lovelands (Newbie) says: on August 8, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Please send me a dxdiag file for further assistance.
– Click Start
– Click Run…
– Type in dxdiag and click okay
– Click Save all information
Save this text file and e-mail it to mark@askageek.com
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on August 9, 2011 at 11:04 am
Thanks for sending in your dxdiag.
Download and install this motherboard driver:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-download.pl?mdl=PCVRX850&upd_id=45&os_group_id=13
Then after install and reboot, try installing the video driver again.
Let me know if this works for you.
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on August 10, 2011 at 10:31 am
The website you listed couldn’t be entered, but from the Sony download site, I downloaded the chipset driver for my comp. and that went in OK. Then I downloaded the video driver and the audio driver and those two worked !! So now everything is complete. Thanks for your help.
Ed
lovelands (Newbie) says: on August 10, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Great! Glad to get this problem resolved for you!
Mark (Uber Geek) says: on August 10, 2011 at 2:38 pm