hi i have recently bought this laptop off my mate and i cannot find the right graphics drivers and i have looked in device manager etc for the name of my device but it just comes up with a general model and i cannot seem to find the correct drivers please help if you can

thanks.

hi i have recently bought this laptop off my mate and i cannot find the right graphics drivers and i have looked in device manager etc for the name of my device but it just comes up with a general model and i cannot seem to find the correct drivers please help if you can

thanks.

make and model of laptop would help mate:thumbsup:

its a sony vaio vgn-n11m but this laptop has different versions of the graphics card in it which is where i come stuck. Just help you out a bit more the device is a mobile intel(R) 945 express chipset family the problem is dont no which one in the family it is

Did you try Sony's Vaio support page?

http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/preinstalled/preinstalled.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&m=2393

I see some el-cheapass company in Chesterfield is spamming the Business board about being in IT. Maybe they can help?

any need for that son? i run a small business which i set up in Feb and i would do anything to get my name about!!!

I usually use this site which is great and easy to use and no spam in your inbox
just type driver guide in google.
It won't let me post the link as I not posted enough as I only just joined.

wayne

I have the same chipset on my Gateway and it tells me the igfx driver needs updating. However, if I go to the Gateway site it tells me all is okeydoke and if I go to the Intel site it tells me to go away as I'm not running the right software! Go figure. I was wondering if it was to do with the fact that I'm running Vista *shudder*

Hi you need to find what graphics card you have in there.
You can do this by right clicking on my computer then on device manager.
Look for the little plus sign where its says display adaptors..
This should tell you what sort of graphics card is in there...
I don't have vista so going on what i would do in xp ..
Once you know the graphics card its alot easier and you might even be able to go to manufactors website instead of theirs ..
Hope this helps
Wayne

try belarc for info about your comp
you have to install it but ive never had a problem with it
ive even done the updates
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Hi you need to find what graphics card you have in there.
You can do this by right clicking on my computer then on device manager.
Look for the little plus sign where its says display adaptors..
This should tell you what sort of graphics card is in there...
I don't have vista so going on what i would do in xp ..
Once you know the graphics card its alot easier and you might even be able to go to manufactors website instead of theirs ..
Hope this helps
Wayne


not bein funny but do you not read the whole post as i said i did the device manager and it only tells me what family my graphics proc is and no the actual one lol:hihi:

oh and im not useing vista

Taken from http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProduct.action?product=VGN-N11M%2FW&productFilters=retired&site=voe_en_GB_cons&pageType=Overview&category=VN+N+Series

"Graphic Card Full Name Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 950"

There's no option to download drivers except the initial pack that came preinstalled on the laptop (you can get that here (http://support.vaio.sony.co.uk/downloads/info/info.asp?site=voe_en_GB_cons&url=Vaio/Original/N1_Drivers.zip&ip=Preinstalled_Drivers_HD.htm)) which leads me to believe it's a windows update job. What happens if you click 'update driver' from the device manager and then let it search online?