- Jan 5, 2014
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Hi all, happy new year to everyone! 
I bought the family a new TV for Christmas, and we're all loving it! I chose a Sony partly from brand loyalty, but also due to the fact that (I read), with a small change to my wireless card, I would be able to use the Wi-Di function, which looked pretty cool. Did the first, had to reinstall Win 8 Pro x64 (my own GENUINE! build) and the new Intel drivers for WiFi, rather than the old Atheros ones from Sony.
After some faffing from a not particularly helpful Intel website, I got it set up, and the Wi-Di is great....but no Bluetooth!! Bl**dy annoying! I'm not hugely phased about it, I know I can get one of those tiny little USB adapters for about a tenner, but it's more the fact that I've bungled something that's annoying me, not syncing my phone without a lead!
The card in question that I purchased was an "Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260.HMWWB Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card". I fitted it VERY carefully and took proper anti static precautions etc, but cant seem to get the damn thing going! I cant even see it in device manager!
I'm not sure how much info you guys n girls want/need to see about the Laptop, so I'll go belt and braces and paste the whole machine spec in from Sony. I've only made a few changes from the build that I bought - I added an SSD (Intel 520 series 120GB), an extra (matched pair) 4 GB of RAM and as I mentioned did a clean install of Windows 8 Pro. The current driver version of the Intel card is: 16.6.0.8 and all WiDi software is installed. Please see machine spec below, and apologies if it seems a little over the top!!!
Thanks for taking the time to read, and any tips would be appreciated!
Sony VAIO VPCEH1S0E/W
Architecture
Chipset Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
CPU
Processor Name Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor
Processor Speed (GHz) 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.90 GHz
L3 Cache (MB) 3
Number of Cores 2
Power and Performance Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology, HT Technology Supported
Memory
Memory Size (GB) 8
Memory Type PC3-10600
Memory Specification DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Speed (MHz) 1333
Memory Composition 4 GB (SO-DIMM) x2
Max. Supported Memory 8 GB
Colour: White
Cover Colour Black
Drives
Hard Drive Type SSD
Hard Drive Capacity 120 GB
Optical Drive Type DVD SuperMulti Drive
Read CD 24x, CD-R 24x, CD-RW 24x, DVD 8x, DVD-R DL 8x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 8x, DVD+R DL 8x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x
Write CD-R 24x, CD-RW 10x, DVD-R DL 6x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD+R DL 6x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x
Hard Drive Speed (rpm) 5400
Screen
Screen Type VAIO Display
Diagonal Size (cm) 39.5 cm
Diagonal Size (in) 15.5 inch
Resolution Name WXGA
Resolution 1366 x 768
Aspect Ratio Wide (16:9)
Max Resolution External Display 1920 x 1200
Comments Total Available Graphics Memory refers to the classification of graphics memory, which varies depending on the operating condition, version of device driver and system memory size.
Graphic Card Name Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Interfaces
USB Port(s) USB 2.0 (Type A Connector) x4
i.Link 4-pin (IEEE1394) No
Memory Stick™ Slot(s) Memory Stick Duo x1, SD memory card x1
Memory Stick™ Function(s) Memory Stick PRO compatible, No support for copyright protection
Microphone Jack Stereo, Mini Jack x1
Headphone Jack Stereo, Mini Jack x1
Optical Audio Out (SPDIF) No
SD Card Slot SDHC, SDXC compatible, Not support for copyright protection
HDMI Output Yes
VGA Output Mini D-Sub 15 pin x1
Network Connectivity
Ethernet (RJ-45 Direct Port) Yes
Ethernet Type 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T x1
Wireless LAN Yes
Wireless LAN Type IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Wireless LAN Max. Date Rate (Mbps) 150 Mbps (RX) / 150 Mbps (TX)
Bluetooth Yes
Bluetooth Version Bluetooth® standard Ver. 3.0 + HS
Bluetooth Range (m) max. 10
Bluetooth Max. Data Rate (Mbps) 24
Audio
Built-in Speakers Internal, Stereo speakers
Built-in Microphone Internal, Monaural microphone
Built-in Camera
Specification web camera
Effective Pixels 640 x 480
Image Sensor (Mega Pixels) 0.3
Keyboard
Numeric Keypad Yes
Touch Pad Yes
Stroke (mm) 2.0
Key Pitch (mm) 19.05
Other Features
I bought the family a new TV for Christmas, and we're all loving it! I chose a Sony partly from brand loyalty, but also due to the fact that (I read), with a small change to my wireless card, I would be able to use the Wi-Di function, which looked pretty cool. Did the first, had to reinstall Win 8 Pro x64 (my own GENUINE! build) and the new Intel drivers for WiFi, rather than the old Atheros ones from Sony.
After some faffing from a not particularly helpful Intel website, I got it set up, and the Wi-Di is great....but no Bluetooth!! Bl**dy annoying! I'm not hugely phased about it, I know I can get one of those tiny little USB adapters for about a tenner, but it's more the fact that I've bungled something that's annoying me, not syncing my phone without a lead!
The card in question that I purchased was an "Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260.HMWWB Wi-Fi and Bluetooth card". I fitted it VERY carefully and took proper anti static precautions etc, but cant seem to get the damn thing going! I cant even see it in device manager!
I'm not sure how much info you guys n girls want/need to see about the Laptop, so I'll go belt and braces and paste the whole machine spec in from Sony. I've only made a few changes from the build that I bought - I added an SSD (Intel 520 series 120GB), an extra (matched pair) 4 GB of RAM and as I mentioned did a clean install of Windows 8 Pro. The current driver version of the Intel card is: 16.6.0.8 and all WiDi software is installed. Please see machine spec below, and apologies if it seems a little over the top!!!
Thanks for taking the time to read, and any tips would be appreciated!
Sony VAIO VPCEH1S0E/W
Architecture
Chipset Intel® HM65 Express Chipset
CPU
Processor Name Intel® Core™ i5-2410M Processor
Processor Speed (GHz) 2.30 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 2.90 GHz
L3 Cache (MB) 3
Number of Cores 2
Power and Performance Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology, HT Technology Supported
Memory
Memory Size (GB) 8
Memory Type PC3-10600
Memory Specification DDR3 SDRAM
Memory Speed (MHz) 1333
Memory Composition 4 GB (SO-DIMM) x2
Max. Supported Memory 8 GB
Colour: White
Cover Colour Black
Drives
Hard Drive Type SSD
Hard Drive Capacity 120 GB
Optical Drive Type DVD SuperMulti Drive
Read CD 24x, CD-R 24x, CD-RW 24x, DVD 8x, DVD-R DL 8x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 8x, DVD+R DL 8x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x
Write CD-R 24x, CD-RW 10x, DVD-R DL 6x, DVD-R 8x, DVD-RW 6x, DVD+R DL 6x, DVD+R 8x, DVD+RW 8x, DVD-RAM 5x
Hard Drive Speed (rpm) 5400
Screen
Screen Type VAIO Display
Diagonal Size (cm) 39.5 cm
Diagonal Size (in) 15.5 inch
Resolution Name WXGA
Resolution 1366 x 768
Aspect Ratio Wide (16:9)
Max Resolution External Display 1920 x 1200
Comments Total Available Graphics Memory refers to the classification of graphics memory, which varies depending on the operating condition, version of device driver and system memory size.
Graphic Card Name Intel® HD Graphics 3000
Interfaces
USB Port(s) USB 2.0 (Type A Connector) x4
i.Link 4-pin (IEEE1394) No
Memory Stick™ Slot(s) Memory Stick Duo x1, SD memory card x1
Memory Stick™ Function(s) Memory Stick PRO compatible, No support for copyright protection
Microphone Jack Stereo, Mini Jack x1
Headphone Jack Stereo, Mini Jack x1
Optical Audio Out (SPDIF) No
SD Card Slot SDHC, SDXC compatible, Not support for copyright protection
HDMI Output Yes
VGA Output Mini D-Sub 15 pin x1
Network Connectivity
Ethernet (RJ-45 Direct Port) Yes
Ethernet Type 1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T x1
Wireless LAN Yes
Wireless LAN Type IEEE 802.11b/g/n
Wireless LAN Max. Date Rate (Mbps) 150 Mbps (RX) / 150 Mbps (TX)
Bluetooth Yes
Bluetooth Version Bluetooth® standard Ver. 3.0 + HS
Bluetooth Range (m) max. 10
Bluetooth Max. Data Rate (Mbps) 24
Audio
Built-in Speakers Internal, Stereo speakers
Built-in Microphone Internal, Monaural microphone
Built-in Camera
Specification web camera
Effective Pixels 640 x 480
Image Sensor (Mega Pixels) 0.3
Keyboard
Numeric Keypad Yes
Touch Pad Yes
Stroke (mm) 2.0
Key Pitch (mm) 19.05
Other Features
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