Sony PCG-9211 Video card?

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This is the dumbest problem I've ever encountered. Trying to install Win2k
for a friend on a Sony PCG-9211 laptop. For starters, the laptop doesn't
even show up on Sony's site. Secondly, the video card (although recognized
by Windows 98) isn't recognized by Win2k. I've Googled, I've searched
HotBot, I've searched AltaVista. I've Deja'd. I can't find any information
about this laptop, much less what it has in the way of hardware. The user
has lost the manual, which is a shame, obviously. But it shouldn't be THIS
hard. I just want to know what kind of video card it has so I know what
kind of driver I need to use.

Any idea?

Preston

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On Wed, 07 Apr 2004 01:28:07 -0600, Quaoar wrote:

> Preston Crawford wrote:
>
>> This is the dumbest problem I've ever encountered. Trying to install Win2k
>> for a friend on a Sony PCG-9211 laptop. For starters, the laptop doesn't
>> even show up on Sony's site. Secondly, the video card (although recognized
>> by Windows 98) isn't recognized by Win2k. I've Googled, I've searched
>> HotBot, I've searched AltaVista. I've Deja'd. I can't find any information
>> about this laptop, much less what it has in the way of hardware. The user
>> has lost the manual, which is a shame, obviously. But it shouldn't be THIS
>> hard. I just want to know what kind of video card it has so I know what
>> kind of driver I need to use.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Preston
>
> I thought Google had a lock on knowledge! I found one reference to RAM
> for Sony VAIO PCG-F580 as the 9211.
>
> Q

Yeah. I thought that was just coincidence or that those were two separate
models that used the same ram, but I called Sony last night and found out
that one number (9211) is the "internal" number and the other is the
"external" number. Huh?

Anyway, now I know how to find my drivers.

Preston

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On Tue, 06 Apr 2004 23:06:54 -0700, Preston Crawford
<me@REMOVESPAMBLOCKprestoncrawford.com> wrote:
>This is the dumbest problem I've ever encountered. Trying to install Win2k
>for a friend on a Sony PCG-9211 laptop. For starters, the laptop doesn't
>even show up on Sony's site.

Excuse me a moment while I vent a little:
There are two model numbers on a Sony - one on the base of the
laptop that can't be seen without closing the lid and turning it
upside down, and one that's in plain sight while the laptop is in use
on the display or keyboard bezel. IBM does the EXACT SAME THING, and
we don't have posts from ThinkPad newbies saying they can't find
drivers for their 2675-21U. I don't get why this throws my fellow Sony
users so often.
I know, this isn't your laptop Mr. Crawford, but your post was just
that last straw. We now return you to...
Emanuel