How can I locate 9 drivers lost when I installed Windows XP Pro on an old Sony vaio VGN-S480B

Thank you for responding! Unfortunately, I don't understand your response. The download link takes me to the very place I've already been and from which I gathered the information in my original note. Can you be more specific?

Hi Camille,

Click the tab that says "Drivers and Software" on that site.

You don't see the drivers listed? I do.

Thank you for responding! Unfortunately, I don't understand your response. The download link takes me to the very place I've already been and from which I gathered the information in my original note. Can you be more specific?

I gave an old laptop to a Spanish speaking friend and installed a Spanish version of Windows XP Professional. I learned today that I now have to get tons of missing drivers.

---

Regards,

camille

Hi camille,

Download from here

I gave an old laptop to a Spanish speaking friend and installed a Spanish version of Windows XP Professional. I learned today that I now have to get tons of missing drivers. I looked into driver questions answered on this site where I learned a bit about the problem but am a bit confused.  Do I need to open the laptop to look on the mother board for the manufacturer of the items? I went to the Sony website and identified the model (VGN-S480B) but couldn't figure out what to do next. Driver support for that model lists has many item but none match any of the items missing, which are

• Mass Storage Controller
• Universal serial bus (USB) controller
• SM bus controller
• Network controller
• video controller
• video controller (compatible VGA)
• ethernet controller
• PCI device
• UGX

Under the listing for the 'Motherboard' driver they show an Intel® Chipset 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Chipset Controller Driver that I can download.

Under 'Sony Applications' driver they show a Sony® VAIO® Edit Components Update that I can download.

Under 'Notebook Control and Utilities' they offer a download that is described as

• Sony Utilities DLL
• Sony Setting Utility Series
• VAIO Event Services
• Wireless Switch Setting Utility
• Battery Check Utility
• VAIO Power Management

Here is the full list of offerings:

AUDIO (SOUND)

BIOS

CD/DVD DRIVES

CAMERA

CLICK TO DVD®

DVGATE® SOFTWARE

LOCATIONFREE™ PLAYER FOR PC SOFTWARE

MEMORY CARD READER/WRITER

MEMORY STICK

MODEM

MOTHERBOARD

MOUSE

NETWORK

NOTEBOOK CONTROL AND UTILITIES

PICTUREGEAR™ SOFTWARE

POWER MANAGEMENT

SONICSTAGE® SOFTWARE

SONY APPLICATIONS (VARIOUS)

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

SYSTEM SOFTWARE

TOUCHPAD

VAIO MEDIA SOFTWARE

VAIO UPDATE

VAIO ZONE™

VIDEO

WIRELESS

WIRELESS LAN

I would appreciate any help or direction.

Regards,

camille

Threads merged