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Vista - Mass Storage Controller Driver

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Old 05-16-2009   #1 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32Bit
 
 

Mass Storage Controller Driver

Hi,

I have a Sony Vaio VGNFS980 running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I cannot locate a driver for the mass storage controller. The Mass Storage Controller and Unknown Device both show up in the Device Manager with yellow !!!. I just cannot find a driver to work. Any help would be appreciated.

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Old 05-16-2009   #2 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

KEVINLINN wrote:
Quote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sony Vaio VGNFS980 running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I cannot
> locate a driver for the mass storage controller. The Mass Storage
> Controller and Unknown Device both show up in the Device Manager with
> yellow !!!. I just cannot find a driver to work. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
You need the motherboard (chipset) driver and/or possibly an additional RAID
controller driver. Get the drivers from Sony's website for your specific
model machine. If you added a third-party controller yourself (RAID, USB,
Firewire, etc.) then get the drivers from that mftr.'s website.

Malke
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MS-MVP
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Old 05-16-2009   #3 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32Bit
 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

Sony doesn't have one for premium. The controller is on the Sony Motherboard that came with the laptop. I don't where else to look.




Quote  Quote: Originally Posted by Malke View Post
KEVINLINN wrote:
Quote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sony Vaio VGNFS980 running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I cannot
> locate a driver for the mass storage controller. The Mass Storage
> Controller and Unknown Device both show up in the Device Manager with
> yellow !!!. I just cannot find a driver to work. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
You need the motherboard (chipset) driver and/or possibly an additional RAID
controller driver. Get the drivers from Sony's website for your specific
model machine. If you added a third-party controller yourself (RAID, USB,
Firewire, etc.) then get the drivers from that mftr.'s website.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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Old 05-30-2009   #4 (permalink)
Tae Song


 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

I checked the specs on your laptop and it uses Intel® 915GM chipset.

This will take you to the license agreement screen, hit accept at the bottom
and preceed to download INFINST_AUTOL.EXE.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/lice...stems&lang=eng

It will install and enumerate other devices associated with the chipset
after rebooting.


"KEVINLINN" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Sony Vaio VGNFS980 running Vista Home Premium 32 bit. I cannot
> locate a driver for the mass storage controller. The Mass Storage
> Controller and Unknown Device both show up in the Device Manager with
> yellow !!!. I just cannot find a driver to work. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
>
> --
> KEVINLINN
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Old 06-01-2009   #5 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32Bit
 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

Thanks, Tae. I'll give it a shot and let you know. I appreciate it.
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Old 06-01-2009   #6 (permalink)


Vista Home Premium 32Bit
 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

That did it thanks again, Tae.
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Old 06-10-2009   #7 (permalink)


Vista Business 64bit
 
 

Re: Mass Storage Controller Driver

Hi Tae Song,

I like the assistance you gave to Kevinlinn.

I have a Sony Vaio VGN-SZ2M/B (Duo Processor T2300) operating on Vista Business -64 bit. Please assist in locationg driver for Mass Storage Controller device. In the Device Manager, this Mass Storage Controller and Unknown Device are both marked yellow. I will appreciate your assistance.

Regards
Josh
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