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Old December 15, 2012, 02:29 PM
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I will be installing a fresh W7 on a used SONY laptop I just bought for my niece. But Sony has tons of drivers (over 30) on their sites for this laptop.

My question is, is there a sequence for driver installation ??

I'm guessing, clear CMOS, install OS then drivers: Video card- Bios- Chipset and the rest shouldn't matter.

Is that right ??
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Old December 15, 2012, 02:36 PM
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look for service tag # it will get the corect drivers if systen still orginale built
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Old December 15, 2012, 03:12 PM
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order shouldn't really matter. I typically start off with chipset first....
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Old December 16, 2012, 12:15 AM
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Doesn't really make a difference. I personally try and get the video down first because I can't stand 800x600 or whatever resolution it lets you have. I download all the drivers at the same time and install them as they each finish.
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Old December 16, 2012, 10:21 AM
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Thanks guys,

Hopefully the tag# will give me less drivers to install.

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