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FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

SIMON5080 — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:29:22 GMT

Finally cracked the problem of the built in speakers not turning off when plugging in headphones. Heres how I did it.

1. First installed the original Vista drivers using the update drivers wizard in device manager. Now this doesn't work as it cannot start the driver (code 10 in the error log).
2. I then checked the registry key for the driver which is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Check your registry and you should have the same key. I then navigated to 0015\Settings\pin, within this key, and exported it to pin.reg.

3. Installed a version of the Sigmatel driver I knew worked although headphone issue. Ver 5.10.5067. This was obtained from the FZ19VN XP downgrade.

4. Imported the Pin.reg and rebooted laptop.

This sounds simple but is a result of a lot of time and research, If you don't want to do the above just install the 5.10.5067 drivers and import the pin.reg file listed below.

Please post your results if this also works for you. Only thing left is the S AV and Brightness controls as these are still not working.

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

Blencogo — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:58:16 GMT

Hi SIMON5080.

Thank you for posting this solution. It has been quite a common problem and this will help many others.

Thanks for adding the pin.reg!!!!

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

JavierL — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:24:26 GMT

Thanks, SIMON5080

In my Vaio VGN-FZ11M the key is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0026 \Settings\pin]

Thanks

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

SIMON5080 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:00:32 GMT

Thanks, SIMON5080

In my Vaio VGN-FZ11M  the key is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0026 \Settings\pin]


Thanks

My Vaio is the FZ11L so it looks like the key maybe in a slightly different place than the one I posted. I take it you managed to edit the pin.reg to point to the new place?

Hope this fix works on others though.

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

JavierL — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:23:25 GMT

Within Class, search “pin” and appeared only this.

It works

Thanks

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

rolf110 — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:44:47 GMT

Works great, thanks!

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

kurmiic — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 20:11:21 GMT

well if you use the fz11n XP downgrade drivers then you will not have ANY problems at all

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

Nipper99 — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:55:49 GMT

Finally cracked the problem of the built in speakers not turning off when plugging in headphones.  Heres how I did it.

1. First installed the original Vista drivers using the update drivers wizard in device manager. Now this doesn't work as it cannot start the driver (code 10 in the error log).
2. I then checked the registry key for the driver which is:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E96C-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Check your registry and you should have the same key. I then navigated to 0015\Settings\pin, within this key, and exported it to pin.reg.

3. Installed a version of the Sigmatel driver I knew worked although headphone issue. Ver 5.10.5067. This was obtained from the FZ19VN XP downgrade.

4. Imported the Pin.reg and rebooted laptop.  


This sounds simple but is a result of a lot of time and research, If you don't want to do the above just install the 5.10.5067 drivers and import the pin.reg file listed below.

Please post your results if this also works for you.  Only thing left is the S AV and Brightness controls as these are still not working.

Dear Simon,
Many thanks, your hard work also worked OK on my VGN-AR51M, thanks again

I am down to only one problem, which I do not worry to much about.
That is FN Screen Control.

I have (Keystroke) software that works my EJECT, but it would be nice to get the Sony EJECT button to function, if not I,ll stick with the (Keystroke).

Best Regards,

Tony

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

trendyboy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:54:58 GMT

Thanks so much SIMON5080. This worked like a dream on my AR51M; the only tiny difference being that pin was in 0017 (just so people know). Thanks again; truly ingenious work!

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

Nipper99 — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:20:50 GMT


Please post your results if this also works for you.  Only thing left is the S AV and Brightness controls as these are still not working.

Dear Simon,
Worked great Thanks again

This chap Terry has also been a great help with this FN EJECT S1 & S2 Problem
Please go here

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=213580

Use the second one down
The New improved Version 2, washes whiter - guaranteed Version.

It worked great for me, at first I was not sure if the S1 & S2 Keys were working,
I then downloaded the AR51 Manual, because you loose it when you downgrade, this made me realise that I had not installed the Vaio Control Centre.
After reading the Manual and installing the Vaio Control Centre everything worked a 100%, I used the AR21M Vaio Control Centre from their utils.

I'm sure Simon, because of your knowledge, you wont have a problem with this task.
But,
Because a couple of AR51 owners have found this procedure slightly complicated, and I'm not sure of how much others will be confident in carrying out this task if it does not look simple enough for you then I can simplify it

Please don't take offence I had to do it twice before I did it without making a mistake

Best Regards,

Tony

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

balasyon — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:39:56 GMT

hey man,

I also have "fz11e" and I also installed xp pro on it, I had same problem with sound but it now works. Thanks.
May I have another question!
I'm succeed just with video,audio,camera and memory stick drivers.

My "fn" button doesn't work, and when you close the laptop, windows automatically doesn't log off or turn off. Which drivers I need for it?
Please suggestions,
Thanks

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

mantratvt — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:54:23 GMT

any other answers for thys topic ? becouse i have the same problem,

i have fz11m and im looking for xp drivers, and for me is imposibile to instal sound...

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

Blencogo — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:08:52 GMT

Hi mantratvt and welcome to Club Vaio.

What have you tried?

To install sound when downgrading to XP: -

1. Install the Microsoft UAA Bus Driver for high Definition Audio KB835221 first. If you don't install this first, you will get no sound in XP. I have attached this Hotfix to the bottom of this post.

2. Install the XP Version of the Sigmatel CXD9872 High Definition Audio Codec. You can download it as "3_Audio.ZIP" from here: -

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/PUB/OS/XPDOWNGRADE/FZ19/DRIVERS

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

mantratvt — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:19:10 GMT

Hi Blencogo

so i try to intstal thys patch and some other patches from the same family ,

and i try to instal sound drivers from vaio ftp .. and it doesnt worked,

atm i have more than 1.5 GB audio drivers on my pc...and i dont know what shoud i do ... when i back home, i will reinstal xp one more time and o clean system i will try to instal,

but i have in my mind some error : when i try to instal audio drivers after UAA ... somethink like - we cant find hardware ...or smth like that

maybe its stupid...but i alwasy instal:

1. intel chipset

after chipset

2. patch and sounddrivers...

maybe its the point - but i dont think so...

anyway thx for ur time .. .like i said i will try to reinstal xp and try to do it on clean OS

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

mantratvt — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:27 GMT

oh, its working, but it wasnt easy,

i think my xp cd had some problems, becouse when i reinstal sp2 from ms page everythink works fine

and now i have a sound/camera/card reader/ and more ... thx a lot

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

SIMON5080 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:07:08 GMT

Hi All,

Well I have been doing a lot of forum searching to get all the info needed to install XP from fresh and get everthing working as it should. I have finally managed this with one exception - the audio out on the HDMI, which I can live without.

Everthing includes the on screen Audio/Brightness controls. FN keys F2 F5 F6 and F12. AV and S buttons as well as the play/pause and next/previous controls. The Sony Asia site contains the XP downgrade drivers AND Applications which are required to get all the above working. These are not supplied on the UK site for some reason. My Model is the VGN-FZ11L but i'm sure this will work on the FZ range including FZ11M

http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/225477/sectionfirst?subpage=detail

Once you have downloaded all the software Drivers and Applications follow the instructions from section 3 on that page or view the pdf HERE but when getting to the Nvidia graphics driver install dont use the one supplied. Instead use the drivers from -nVIDIA ForceWare X 174.74 and then use the modded inf file from this INF Link. This is the important part for getting the volume and Brightness controls to work. You basically unzip the First file to a folder on you comuter and then copy the INF file into the install folder.

Another important thing to note is the importance of installing the applications in order. Specifcally the Sony Shared Library, Sony Utilities DLL and Vaio Event service. If not this guide will not work.

Once all drivers and applications are installed the S button can be customised to whatever you want using the Vaio Control Center but to get the AV button working requires installing the software from another model of Vaio. The link for this is HERE. Now if you try and install this it will give you an error complaining that this software is not intended for your model of Vaio, Don't worry about this. The way round this is to start the install and wait for the initial setup screen- Dont continue just keep the screen open then open windows explorer or My Computer and browse to C:\WINDOWS and open model.txt. This file will contain the model of your Vaio so change it to

Model = "VGN-TZ195N"

Then save the file and go back to the initial setup scteen and continue. Note if you change this file before starting the install, the setup program changes the contents of the model.txt file to reflect your model of Vaio. Thats why this procedure has to be followed to effectively fool the setup program.

Hopefully by now the instructions above should get you to the stage where the only thing left to do is run the Pin.reg file from the begining of this forum post to get the audio working through the Headphones only when plugged in.

I have posted these links and instuctions to downgrade to XP as Vista in my opinion is the worst OS Microsoft could have done and does not compliment the power and style of this model of Vaio. I found it totally unusable as half my applications would not work.

I hope this guide will aid other users of this range of Vaio laptops in downgrading to XP.

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

serzkan0 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:34:04 GMT

Hi All,

Well I have been doing a lot of forum searching to get all the info needed to install XP from fresh and get everthing working as it should. I have finally managed this with one exception - the audio out on the HDMI, which I can live without.

Everthing includes the on screen Audio/Brightness controls. FN keys F2 F5 F6 and F12. AV and S buttons as well as the play/pause and next/previous controls. The Sony Asia site contains the XP downgrade drivers AND Applications which are required to get all the above working. These are not supplied on the UK site for some reason. My Model is the VGN-FZ11L but i'm sure this will work on the FZ range including FZ11M

http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/225477/sectionfirst?subpage=detail

Once you have downloaded all the software Drivers and Applications follow the instructions from section 3 on that page or view the pdf HERE but when getting to the Nvidia graphics driver install dont use the one supplied. Instead use the drivers from -nVIDIA ForceWare X 174.74 and then use the modded inf file from this INF Link. This is the important part for getting the volume and Brightness controls to work. You basically unzip the First file to a folder on you comuter and then copy the INF file into the install folder.

Another important thing to note is the importance of installing the applications in order. Specifcally the Sony Shared Library, Sony Utilities DLL and Vaio Event service. If not this guide will not work.

Once all drivers and applications are installed the S button can be customised to whatever you want using the Vaio Control Center but to get the AV button working requires installing the software from another model of Vaio. The link for this is HERE. Now if you try and install this it will give you an error complaining that this software is not intended for your model of Vaio, Don't worry about this. The way round this is to start the install and wait for the initial setup screen- Dont continue just keep the screen open then open windows explorer or My Computer and browse to C:\WINDOWS and open model.txt. This file will contain the model of your Vaio so change it to

Model = "VGN-TZ195N"

Then save the file and go back to the initial setup scteen and continue. Note if you change this file before starting the install, the setup program changes the contents of the model.txt file to reflect your model of Vaio. Thats why this procedure has to be followed to effectively fool the setup program.

Hopefully by now the instructions above should get you to the stage where the only thing left to do is run the Pin.reg file from the begining of this forum post to get the audio working through the Headphones only when plugged in.

I have posted these links and instuctions to downgrade to XP as Vista in my opinion is the worst OS Microsoft could have done and does not compliment the power and style of this model of Vaio. I found it totally unusable as half my applications would not work.

I hope this guide will aid other users of this range of Vaio laptops in downgrading to XP.

Hi, thank you for your sharing. But I can't enter the filefront website that contains modded inf file about Nvidia. Pls can you give me via another link? Thanks in advance.

Re: FZ11 series XP Downgrade SOLVED Sigmatel Headphone problem.

GuilhasBoy — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:37:23 GMT

great! thx a lot men :smileygrin:

i use a vgn-fz11m but instead of \0015\ or \0026\ it was \0000\

bye