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Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

smdbox — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:17:41 GMT

I have been given a Vintage Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD k6 Processor. It had Windows XP loaded but would not work correctly so formatted and reinstalled Windows 98SE but now having trouble getting the drivers for Windows 98SE. Also is there a program like Sis Sandra that I can use to determin the Motherboard etc.

At the moment have no internet connection as the laptop does not have ethernet connection and only have a

Wireless Lan Cardbus PC Card (Peak) but alas no drivers so this does not work.

I need the following if anyone can help someone who is perhaps mad to go backwards with this laptop but would like it to be back as it was.

The following are missing

Sony Vaio PCG-F801

Processor AMD K6

Ram 124mb

Motherboard (Need to find out which Motherboard)

Viatech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller

Viatech 8501 CPU to AGP Controller

VT 501 CPU to PCI Bridge

VT 82C686 PCI to ISA Bridge

VT 82C686 Power Management controller

Texas Instruments PCI 1420 CARDBUS CONTROLLER

Existing NDI52 DRIVER NEEDED ?

SCI IRQ USED BY ACPI BUS ?

FCIC OR COMPATIBLE PCMCIA CONTROLLER ?

PCI FIREWIRE EEE1394 ?

PCI AUDIO ?

PCI COMMUNICATION DEVICE ?

Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

Blencogo — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:51:58 GMT

This model was released with Windows ME preinstalled and there would also have been a two-set Recovery Disc Set provided - so these will be the only available supported drivers from Sony and you would expect them to work with XP: -

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/preinstalled/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=PCG-F801A

http://support.vaio.sony.eu/computing/vaio/downloads/updates/index.aspx?l=en_GB&m=PCG-F801A

You can download the User Guide here: -

ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/Manuals/Notebooks/F/F800/F801_H_UK.pdf

I think you will find the motherboard is a custom Vaio type and support for it will only come from Sony or the individual component manufacturers. It may be worth asking Vaio support if they still have an original Recovery Disc set for sale as this may be the only way to get everything to work.

Google brings up several offers of Recovery Disc software for this model but You will have to decide if it is worth it.

Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

smdbox — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:02:21 GMT

This laptop is all original and has the Windows 98SE key sticker on the base it has never had Windows Me installed. I just want to load drivers for Windows 98SE as it does not have a large disk and only 128mb ram onboard.

Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

Blencogo — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:58:21 GMT

That's odd - this seems to be the only F801 listed on the Vaio Europe Database. This C-Net review confirms 98SE

http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/sony-vaio-pcg-f801/1707-3121_7-31103195.html#manDesc

It's not on the US website either, so the Vaio Europe website may be wrong. Let's see if anyone else has any info.

Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

smdbox — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:24:54 GMT

Thank you for your help on this as I have windows 98se loaded is there a prog that would work on windows 98 that will give me the motherboard infor and chipset etc as I can do in Windows XP Pro sis Sandra will not work have tried that need an earlier version or something else that would give me the information and perhaps solve the problem of this laptop. But most of it below is correct from what I can find out at this time.

Thanks again for you help and input.

Sony VAIO PCG-F801 - K6-2+ 533 MHz - 12.1" TFT specifications

General
Recommended Use Small business , Corporate business
Built-in Devices Display , Touchpad , Stereo speakers , Keyboard
Width 12.8 in YES
Depth 10.5 in YES
Height 1.9 in YES
Weight 6.6 lbs YES
Color Gray YES
Processor
Processor Intel K6-2+ 533.0 MHz YES
Chipset Type VIA MVP4 NOT SURE
Cache Memory
Type L2 cache - Pipeline Burst
Installed Size 128.0 KB
RAM
Installed Size 64.0 MB / 256.0 MB (max) 128 INSTALLED
Technology SDRAM
Form Factor SO DIMM 144-pin
Storage Controller
Storage controller type IDE YES
Flash Memory
Type None
Storage
Floppy Drive yes it has a Floppy drive whcih can be removed
Hard Drive 6.0 GB YES
Storage Removable None
Hard drive type Portable
Optical Storage
Type 1.0 x CD-ROM - Integrated YES WORKING WELL
Read Speed 24x
Compliant Standards CD-DA , CD-XA , CDi , Kodak PhotoCD
Display
Display Type 12.1 in TFT active matrix Integrated
Max Resolution 800 x 600 ( SVGA )
Widescreen Display No
Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor AGP - Trident CyberBlade i7 Shared video memory (UMA) YES
Supported Display Graphics VGA (640x480) , SXGA (1280x1024) , XGA (1024x768) , SVGA (800x600) YES
Video Output Supported None
Audio
Audio Output Sound card YES
Compliant Standards Sound Blaster 16/Pro , DirectSound , Sound Blaster
Audio Input None
Input Device(s)
Input device type Touchpad , Keyboard WORKING BUT DRIVERS NEEDED USING NORMAL MOUSE AT THE MOMENT
Telecom
Modem Fax / modem YES
Max Transfer Rate 56.0 Kbps
Protocols & Specifications ITU V.90 , Hayes AT command set NEED DRIVER
Networking
Networking PEAK WIRELSS LAN CARDBUS PC CARD (PEAK) WIRELSS NOT WORKING DRIVERS NEEDED
Expansion / Connectivity
Expansion Bays 1.0 x Front accessible
Expansion Slot(s) 2.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x Memory - Type III (2 x type I / II) , 1.0 (total) / 1.0 (free) x CardBus - SO DIMM 144-pin YES
Interfaces 1.0 x Serial - Input - Mini-phone mono 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Keyboard / mouse - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) , 1.0 x Modem - Phone line - 4 pin FireWire , 1.0 x Microphone - Output - RJ-11 , 1.0 x Headphones - RS-232 - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) , 1.0 x Display / video - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 4 pin USB Type A , 1.0 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire) - VGA - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) , 1.0 x Docking / port replicator - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9) , 1.0 x Parallel - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1.0 x USB YES BUT NOT ALL WORKING IE USB NOT WORKING IEEE 1394 (FIREWIRE) NOT WORKING HAVE NOW GOT GRAPHICS AND SOUND WORKING FINE BUT NEED THE OTHERS THERE IS NO ETHERNET CONNECTION SHAME
Miscellaneous
Compliant Standards Plug and Play YES
Power
Power Device External
Voltage Required AC 110/220 V ± 10% ( 50/60 Hz )
Compliant Standards EPA Energy Star
Battery
Technology Lithium ion YES AND OK
Installed Qty 1.0 / 1.0 (max)
Operating System / Software
OS Provided Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition YES