I need a Mass Storage Controller driver for an old Sony Vaio VGN-AR650u that I recently upgraded to Win7-32 bit Ultimate.
The upgrade, although unsupported by Sony, seems to function well except for a missing driver, or set of drivers, for its mass storage controller.
For WinVista 32-bit Ultimate the factory install driver seems to have been for this device:
a Texas Instruments™ PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
(driver id: TIDMSC-13254300-US.EXE)
later supplemented by a Texas Instruments® Memory Stick Driver Registry Patch
(driver id: TIDOTH-12645900-US.EXE).
But according to Sony, those were for WinVista only, and I have no way to determine if these are the missing drivers or if others are available because Sony doesn't publish actual motherboard specs and the Windows 7 device manager doesn't reveal it either. It only reports the device draws no resources because it's missing a driver.
The full device manager message:
Other Devices:
Mass Storage Controller (!):
Device type: other devices (?)
Manufacturer: unknown
Location: PCI bus, device 3, function 2
The drivers for this device are not installed (code 28)
To find the driver for the device, click update driver.
which I did. Twice. Attempted to download it from the Net and by targeting C: itself (assuming that it might be buried somewhere in a Win7 ultimate folder). It might well be, but both searches returned 'nothing found'.
Can anyone provide the missing mass storage controller device's manufacturer identity? Assuming that I can find out what it is, I can attempt to download it from their support site.
That failing, is there a general site, or application, that can obtain a generic driver and registry patch that might be adequate?
I often see ads for paid automated driver update services. You buy it, install it and allow it to scan your system and find missing/outdated drivers. But because I got burned by them in the not-too-distant past I neither believe nor trust them.
The upgrade, although unsupported by Sony, seems to function well except for a missing driver, or set of drivers, for its mass storage controller.
For WinVista 32-bit Ultimate the factory install driver seems to have been for this device:
a Texas Instruments™ PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
(driver id: TIDMSC-13254300-US.EXE)
later supplemented by a Texas Instruments® Memory Stick Driver Registry Patch
(driver id: TIDOTH-12645900-US.EXE).
But according to Sony, those were for WinVista only, and I have no way to determine if these are the missing drivers or if others are available because Sony doesn't publish actual motherboard specs and the Windows 7 device manager doesn't reveal it either. It only reports the device draws no resources because it's missing a driver.
The full device manager message:
Other Devices:
Mass Storage Controller (!):
Device type: other devices (?)
Manufacturer: unknown
Location: PCI bus, device 3, function 2
The drivers for this device are not installed (code 28)
To find the driver for the device, click update driver.
which I did. Twice. Attempted to download it from the Net and by targeting C: itself (assuming that it might be buried somewhere in a Win7 ultimate folder). It might well be, but both searches returned 'nothing found'.
Can anyone provide the missing mass storage controller device's manufacturer identity? Assuming that I can find out what it is, I can attempt to download it from their support site.
That failing, is there a general site, or application, that can obtain a generic driver and registry patch that might be adequate?
I often see ads for paid automated driver update services. You buy it, install it and allow it to scan your system and find missing/outdated drivers. But because I got burned by them in the not-too-distant past I neither believe nor trust them.
Mass Storage Controller Driver Windows 7 Toshiba
Posted in Windows 7: hey guys fixing a friends laptop. Had to reinstall win 7. All is good expect its missing. Mass storage controller. A mass storage driver is a type of software designed to allow a computer to interact with an internal or remote storage device. Hard disk drives (HDDs), universal serial bus (USB) drives, external compact disc (CD) drives and every other type of mass storage device requires some type of driver to work. A mass storage controller communicates between a mass storage device and a computer system. It acts as a driver to allow the systems to exchange information and commands with each other. The driver may be installed with the device, and it is also possible to replace it if it becomes corrupted, as may occur after a computer virus or hacking.