Sony Vaio VGN-CS33G

[steve1978]

Thinking about popping windows 7 32bit on this laptop, it has vista at the mo and as we all know vista was..... not the best.

Is any one aware of any potential issues i may come up against?

 

[thefabe]

Welcome to Windows Seven Forums: I would suggest running Windows Upgrade Advisor first. This should give you an idea of any possible issues.Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. Fabe

 

[whest]

It is supported on the Sony site with W7 drivers so should be OK :
VGN-CS33G : Downloads : Support : Sony Asia Pacific

Post back if you have any issues i will find some threads i was working with before that maybe of help. They were having problems with installation order and key functions but nilly all problems were resolved - they didnt have W7 support which made it harder, and yours has so i would say go for it.

 

[steve1978]

Hi Folks, well i got the OS installed and it seemed ok, only problem we have is all the little buttons on the laptop, Volume etc along the front dont seem to work. does anyone know which utility this would come under? i dont rerally want to install all of the utils offered as alot of it is just bloat

 

[thefabe]

Those always seem to be the biggest problem with thoses laptops. I would think the original function download http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/374433/product/vgn-cs33g However their is a thread saying they used the shared library,then restart and and install utilities to get her function keys to work on a differnt model. You can read about it here http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/44437-sony-vaio-drivers-vgn-nw265f.html Hopefully someone can help you.SF member FZ21Z seems to know a lot about the Vaios possibly you could contact him.Hope you get it sorted out. Fabe

 

[whest]

Hi Folks, well i got the OS installed and it seemed ok, only problem we have is all the little buttons on the laptop, Volume etc along the front dont seem to work. does anyone know which utility this would come under? i dont rerally want to install all of the utils offered as alot of it is just bloat

Likewise as Fabe was saying its to do with installation order etc so ill post a couple of threads I was working with where they have this worked out :

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/23351-help-getting-all-drivers-sony-cr4000.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/30711-sony-vaio-ns11j-drivers-fn-key-win7-64bit.html

 

[FZ21Z]

Hi Folks, well i got the OS installed and it seemed ok, only problem we have is all the little buttons on the laptop, Volume etc along the front dont seem to work. does anyone know which utility this would come under? i dont rerally want to install all of the utils offered as alot of it is just bloat

This combination, and order worked for my FN functions...

1. Sony Shared Library

Download link : ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORI....4.0.05200.ZIP
Run the setup & reboot as required.

2. Setting utility series

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/WIN....0.0.08060.ZIP
Run the setup inside the folder.

3. Vaio Event service

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORI....0.0.08180.ZIP
Run the "setup.exe" in the folder.

4. Vaio Control center

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/WIN....0.0.07280.ZIP

Try that and let us know.

 

[steve1978]

will do, fingers crossed.

Will let you know

One other thing, the webcam doesnt work either, any ideas?

 

[FZ21Z]

will do, fingers crossed.
One other thing, the webcam doesnt work either, any ideas?

You'll need software if it's showing in Devices and printers. What did you use with Vista?

 

[steve1978]

will do, fingers crossed.
One other thing, the webcam doesnt work either, any ideas?

You'll need software if it's showing in Devices and printers. What did you use with Vista?

Hi mate, the bad news is i tried your 4 step fix but it still doesnt work, the laptop has a capture button on it along the top (by volume etc) when i press it i expect the camera to come on but it doesnt.

None of the VAIO things seem to be working, confusing the hell out of me. he just used the sony utils when he had vista on it.

in Printers and devices it says USB composite Webcam. but when you click on it is says unavailable.

Thanks for the help really appreciate it.

 

[FZ21Z]

the laptop has a capture button on it along the top (by volume etc) when i press it i expect the camera to come on but it doesnt.

After some reading of the links on the device support page, you may also need Vaio Launcher.

Windows 7 Individual Drivers and Utilities : Sony Vietnam

You'll need a driver and software to use the camera, which I can't find listed anywhere on the support page.

 

[whest]

will do, fingers crossed.

Will let you know

One other thing, the webcam doesnt work either, any ideas?

If you are upgrading from vista you should go here :
Windows 7 Upgrade Drivers and Utilities : Sony Asia Pacific

Individual drivers :
Windows 7 Individual Drivers and Utilities : Sony Asia Pacific

 

[FZ21Z]

If you are upgrading from vista you should go here :http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/362654/product/vgn-cs33g

Maybe I can't see for looking, but there doesn't seem to be a driver or software for the camera there.

 

[whest]

I'm thinking he may need to use the update method - http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/358359/product/vgn-cs33g but below is the ftp link to the camera drivers etc -

There are camera drivers on the ftp site (about 6) - ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/

Here are a couple of replies for the camera from one of my threads -

I got my camera working!!! I'm not exactly sure what I did, but I went to the ftp site and started from the bottom up w/ all the ricoh camera drivers... i jus' installed what i could and then i restarted my computer and presto!

I have CR4000 with 4GB of RAM. I installed a clean install of Windows 7 32 Bit. I originally had a problem with the camera, the Function keys and the card reader. It worked after installing the Sony Shared Library from Sony's support even though this was for Vista it worked with with Windows 7 and then I was able to update the camera and fun keys with the files on Sony's site. The only thing that won't work is to enable the Win XP virtual mood as this needs Bios update that Sony still won't do!

http://www.sevenforums.com/drivers/23351-help-getting-all-drivers-sony-cr4000-3.html

 

[steve1978]

such a pain, we did a clean install instead of an upgrade. windows 7 has been brilliant for me but this has not been so great, will think twice before upgrading any laptops in future!

 

[FZ21Z]

such a pain, we did a clean install instead of an upgrade. windows 7 has been brilliant for me but this has not been so great, will think twice before upgrading any laptops in future!

After some more searching for a solution for you, I came across this...

Sony Notebook Utilities
Installs the VAIO software component required for Function keys operation.

Note: Even after installing this file, the Brightness, Monitor Output and Zoom Function keys may not work.

- Sony Upgrade Instructions for Windows® 7

So you might be out of luck, and the only other thing I could suggest, is to try a reinstall, and follow the steps here - vgn-cs33g.

 

[FZ21Z]

See if you can get the camera working with either of these...
ArcSoft WebCam Companion 3 OEM Software
WebCam Companion 3 Software

 

[hadiceberg]

After searching the net for hours, I found out that the upper row (touch sensor) buttons are actually controlled by synaptic pointing device. weird, ha?
The problem is that the driver that sony is offering at the support page of VGN-CS33G is rather old (v9).
you can download v15 from here. it solved my problem.
ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/VAIO/ORIGINAL/SYNAPTICS_TOUCHPAD_DRIVER_15.0.9.ZIP