Clueless in Seattle wrote:
> I think I found a chipset driver that will work on my hand-me-down Sony
> VAIO PCF-XG29.
>
> I found the driver on a web site where someone had posted that he had
> installed it on his VAIO PCF-XG29 and it worked fine.


Dont install from "some website somewhere" Get it from Sony.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/sel...IRECTOR=DRIVER

Sony says there is no PCF-XG29, bt there IS a PCG-Xg29

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/mod...=PCGXG29&LOC=3

>
> So, I've got the files, but I haven't a clue what to do with them.
>
> When I open the Readme.txt file with Notepad I get text like this:
>

> I'm running Windows 2000 Pro.
>
> Here's a list of the files that came in the drive ZIP file:
>
> Nm2380.inf
> Neomagic.hlp
> nm2380cp.dll
> nm2380dp.dll
> nm2380mp.sys
> Nmgcnt5.cat
> Readme.txt
> Tsb.dll
> bytes
>

Those AREN'T chipset drivers. THey're video drivers, for a common
(older) intigrated video chip.


You may need them, but get them from Sony, too.

There are a whole bunch of "system component" drivers from Sony that
you'll need, to resolve all those yellow question marks in the device
manager. Those are closer to being chipset drivers.

> I tried right clicking on the Nm2380.inf file and then clicking
> install, but nothing seemed to happen.
>
> Will in Seattle
> a.k.a. "Clueless"