Vintage Sony Vaio PCG-F801 with AMD K6 Processor

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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

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 ?

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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.

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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.

[Blencogo]

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.

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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