- Dec 31, 2007
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I need a Mass Storage Controller driver for an old Sony Vaio VGN-AR650u that I recently upgraded to Win7-32 bit Ultimate.
The upgrade, although unsupported by Sony, seems to function well except for a missing driver, or set of drivers, for its mass storage controller.
For WinVista 32-bit Ultimate the factory install driver seems to have been for this device:
a Texas Instruments™ PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
(driver id: TIDMSC-13254300-US.EXE)
later supplemented by a Texas Instruments® Memory Stick Driver Registry Patch
(driver id: TIDOTH-12645900-US.EXE).
But according to Sony, those were for WinVista only, and I have no way to determine if these are the missing drivers or if others are available because Sony doesn't publish actual motherboard specs and the Windows 7 device manager doesn't reveal it either. It only reports the device draws no resources because it's missing a driver.
The full device manager message:
===================
Other Devices:
Mass Storage Controller (!):
Device type: other devices (?)
Manufacturer: unknown
Location: PCI bus, device 3, function 2
The drivers for this device are not installed (code 28)
To find the driver for the device, click update driver.
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which I did. Twice. Attempted to download it from the Net and by targeting C:\ itself (assuming that it might be buried somewhere in a Win7 ultimate folder). It might well be, but both searches returned "nothing found".
Can anyone provide the missing mass storage controller device's manufacturer identity? Assuming that I can find out what it is, I can attempt to download it from their support site.
That failing, is there a general site, or application, that can obtain a generic driver and registry patch that might be adequate?
I often see ads for paid automated driver update services. You buy it, install it and allow it to scan your system and find missing/outdated drivers. But because I got burned by them in the not-too-distant past I neither believe nor trust them.
The upgrade, although unsupported by Sony, seems to function well except for a missing driver, or set of drivers, for its mass storage controller.
For WinVista 32-bit Ultimate the factory install driver seems to have been for this device:
a Texas Instruments™ PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
(driver id: TIDMSC-13254300-US.EXE)
later supplemented by a Texas Instruments® Memory Stick Driver Registry Patch
(driver id: TIDOTH-12645900-US.EXE).
But according to Sony, those were for WinVista only, and I have no way to determine if these are the missing drivers or if others are available because Sony doesn't publish actual motherboard specs and the Windows 7 device manager doesn't reveal it either. It only reports the device draws no resources because it's missing a driver.
The full device manager message:
===================
Other Devices:
Mass Storage Controller (!):
Device type: other devices (?)
Manufacturer: unknown
Location: PCI bus, device 3, function 2
The drivers for this device are not installed (code 28)
To find the driver for the device, click update driver.
================
which I did. Twice. Attempted to download it from the Net and by targeting C:\ itself (assuming that it might be buried somewhere in a Win7 ultimate folder). It might well be, but both searches returned "nothing found".
Can anyone provide the missing mass storage controller device's manufacturer identity? Assuming that I can find out what it is, I can attempt to download it from their support site.
That failing, is there a general site, or application, that can obtain a generic driver and registry patch that might be adequate?
I often see ads for paid automated driver update services. You buy it, install it and allow it to scan your system and find missing/outdated drivers. But because I got burned by them in the not-too-distant past I neither believe nor trust them.
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