Hard drive replacement - No sound

[mjannoo]

Questions and more questions!

Please help. I have upgraded my VAIO VGN-FS 315S laptop to windows7 but I have no sound. The hard drive was removed and formatted. There are two sets/blocks of pin connections on the HD. I can only see one set of connector in which the main block of the HD pins are pushed in. I am wondering if the problems may be sound drivers for windows 7 or whether a lead connecting the smaller set of pins of the HD is missing. Any one has solutions?  Also a diagram or photo of the Hard drine connections would be helpful. The laptop is working well in windows 7 except there is no sound. It is however slow and I want to upgrade memory and possibly HD. What maximumHD and memory will it take. Is it possible to also upgrade the motherboard?

Sorry for all these questions, I am a real novice.

Thanks and best regards.

Mohammud

[rich912]

Hi Mohammud,

You probably don’t have the correct audio driver installed.
As your model came preinstalled with Windows XP it is unlikely that the original audio drivers will work with Win 7 but the Vista drivers should. You can download the Realtek Audio Driver for Vista from the following link.

http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/product/VGN-FS315S/updates

Rich