I reinstalled windows on the computer, and now it will not recognize any sound hardware. It won't even let me get to the volume control, it says that there is no audio device...

Help!

-Jimmie

Support Information:
Device Type: Sound Card
Manufacturer: Sony?
Model: For a sony vaio PCV-V300G
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: < 2 years old
FCCID:

Find it on DriverGuide (http://members.driverguide.com/index.php?action=srch&sm=b&aax=&qa6=&qa5=19&qa7=1500&dp=2&qm0=For+a+sony+vaio+PCV-V300G&jmd=and&fzz=d) | Find it with Google (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Sony%3F+Sound+Card+Sony%3F+For+a+sony+vaio+PCV-V300G+Windows+XP+Home+)

Microsoft apparently forgot to include sound support for your laptop. Either use the recovery disks that should have been included with your laptop to restore the sound, eg: install the sound driver or visit Sony's many worldwide websites to see if a sound driver is available.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Sony%2BVaio%2Bsupport&btnG=Google+Search

Yeah this one was tough... I ran into this problem recently when re-doing a Sony VAIO PCV-V300G without the restore disks. No audio driver available from the web site and Sony Tech Support is completely worthless. Hardware ID programs identify the onboard chip as a SIS 7012, but the chipset drivers from their website (SIS) don't work for this PC. Taking these apart to get at the integrated chip is worse than disasembling a laptop, but doing so shows the actual AC 97 codec... AD1981B(L). If you search driverguide for this reference "AD1981B" you will find one download - it works.

Good Luck,

Justin

Yeah this one was tough... I ran into this problem recently when re-doing a Sony VAIO PCV-V300G without the restore disks. No audio driver available from the web site and Sony Tech Support is completely worthless. Hardware ID programs identify the onboard chip as a SIS 7012, but the chipset drivers from their website (SIS) don't work for this PC. Taking these apart to get at the integrated chip is worse than disasembling a laptop, but doing so shows the actual AC 97 codec... AD1981B(L). If you search driverguide for this reference "AD1981B" you will find one download - it works.

Good Luck,

Justin

u talking about this driver? http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=131107

If not then post a url to it.

Hope this helps!
http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=1265111&si=27faf067f40ab185b0eda579d0d896c5

It comes as a .rar file, you will need a rar extractor or winzip. You driver is extracted into AD1981B@SIS7012 folder, then in your device manager select that folder and the "other" sub folder.

Search in driver guide in case this link fails
Manufacturer = Analog Devices, Windows XP, Model AD1981B

All:

I need help... I took my granddaughters computer to a local computer "expert"; he wiped out her sound... She's distraught; I'm trying to help... He said he couldn't find anything on the Sony website, so I'd just have to purchase another program. Anyway, before spending any more money, I thought I'd look on the web. I found your site, followed the directions and now have the AD1981B SIS 7012 file in a folder; what now?

By the way, her computer is a Sony Valo PCV-V300G.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

MB

Do as member stuckSonyVaiov300G states to do, ie: then in your device manager select that folder and the "other" sub folder.

This might help:
After the file is unzipped to the AD1981B@SIS7012, folder then click on the Add New Hardware icon in Control Panel, select the
type of hardware, then click on Have Disk. Point the installation to the AD1981B@SIS7012 folder where these files have been extracted.

Then direct the installation to the \other sub-folder. Once done, there will be one or more hardware devices showing on the screen.
There's several INF files that will show the choices for sound hardware. Choose the one that is closest to your sound system. The
remainder is fairly automatic... just follow the on-screen instructions until finished.

If you need any additional files for this machine, Click here (esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCVV300G) to go to the download page.

Hello sirs,
I have the same problem with sony VGN-S52B.When you play music there is no sound,checked on device manager ,there is no yellow mark.
here is the addition information from everest

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium M 725, 1600 MHz (16 x 100)
Motherboard Name Sony Corporation VGN-S52B_S
Motherboard Chipset Intel Odem i855PM
System Memory 256 MB (PC2700 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type Phoenix (12/23/04)

Display:
Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (M9+X)
3D Accelerator ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 (M9+X)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Intel 82801DBM ICH4-M - AC'97 Audio Controller [B-1]
please, any help appreciate

I believe that model is made for the Japanese market.

Here's a Google translated page that might help: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/VGN-S72PB/&ei=v3cOSpK-G-bAtweVtf30Bw&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=8&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DVGN-S52B%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Laptops are very picky about the drivers they use. Most laptops must use specific drivers from the laptop maker as generic drivers will fail install. Or they sometimes can use "hacked for laptops" drivers. These sites might help:

http://www.driver7.com/
http://www.omegadrivers.net
http://www.laptopvideo2go.com
http://www.notebookdriverdownload.com
http://www.laptops-drivers.com

Most have video drivers while some have all types of drivers.