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I forgot to say this but this part where I said "A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel driver instead of the customized computer manufacturer driver may cause...

Well I just wanted to see if any performance will increase when using the newer generic drivers. I did already use the latest drivers from Sony and it did give me more fps on games since it's newer but just wondered if the Intel ones would even give more. But eatherway since my drivers are...

I have a laptop that has a Intel HD graphics card and I wanted to see if I can update it using Intels drivers but it says this "A customized computer manufacturer driver is installed on your computer. The Intel Driver Update Utility is not able to update the driver. Installing a generic Intel...

So are you saying that I should go back with the original drivers that came with my notebook? Meaning uninstall this one and install the one I had before? Since if it's best to use the Sonys drivers then I probley should go back. It seemed like you guys said always download the latest drivers...

Ok I got it to work I uninstalled the Intel HD drivers and installed the Intel's latest drivers and it works fine. So far I don't see any problems when I play games on it or so. Someone did say to uninstall the Sony drivers and install the Intel drivers and it did work. But what is really...

Ok I did try for the first time to install the latest drivers from Intel and this is what I get. "The driver been installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtain the appropriate driver from the computer manufacturer. Setup will exit" What does this mean? Was I suppose to...

Do most people install drivers directly from like Intel, Nvidia or ATI. Or do most people just install all of the latest drivers from whoever made the computer like Sony, Toshiba etc? Will companies like Sony will soon update there drivers on there site? Sony did say that there drivers on the...

Some people have said to me that companies like Sony or Dell do change there hardware and made it better then the original Intel HD so I need to use there drivers from Sony or Dell in order to work. I use to own a Dell tower and when I formatted the system and reinstalled Windows I tried...

Well I will be using my notebook at home mostly so it's always pluged in. It did say that if I use the AC power alot then set it to 50% charge. Should I set it to that? Or should I just ignore that feature and let it charge to 100%. I just want to make my battery last longest as possible since...

I was wondering about this but is it always ok to download the latest video drivers from Intel site? I currenty have the Intel HD graphics and I noticed that Sony esupport website has an older version of the video driver for my notebook and I wanted to get the latest drivers from Intel website...

Does this battery care function really help save the batteries life? It has two choices I can select one is 50% and one is 80%. It said that if I will be using AC power mostly then set it to 50% and if I use the battery the most then set it to 80%. I have been using my notebook at home mostly so...

Btw I did actualy sold the 150 watt supply for $10 on Craigslist so I got some money out of it. Eather way I still want to get the Radeon 9250 or the GeForce FX, 6200, or 8400 GS maybe if that one I get a good deal on. Also if my system every fails totaly I can still use the parts for it on a...

Ok I did find out that the Radeon 7000 series uses on this much power. Power +5V ±5% @ 0.4A typical. +3.3V ±5% @ 1.4A typical. +12V ±5% @ 0.3A typical. So basicly the 150 watt power supply should of worked fine since the video card isn't even using 1A on +12V. I got this info from ATI...

Well I use to have a around 3 years agao had 3 systems and one was a AMD XP 2500+ 1.8 gHz and it had 512mb ram and a ATI Radeon 9250 AGP card. The other one I original had was a AMD Athlon 64 2.2 ghZ and it had 1 GB ram with a GeForce 7300 GT 128mb ram. The third one was a AMD 64 X2 2.2 gHz...

You are saying like a 10 year old TV that still work great is bad and need a new one. There is nothin wrong with this machine. Everyone buys a new TV, Computer, Stereo etc when they stop working. Why buy something when the item still works and can be upgraded or repaired? There are TVs that last...