I have here a Japanese market Sony VGN-G2ABNS. By the specs this ultaportable laptop is very similar to a Sony VGN-TZ series but with a 12 inch XGA display. U7700 cpu, 945GMS chipset, 1 to 2 GB DDR2 RAM, 1.8" pata-ZIF hdd, etc. As received it came with windows 10 - Japanese language. After I noticed my problem I swapped in a TZ hdd with winows 7 pro 32 bit.

The problem I have with it is most USB devices do not work on it. Plug in a mouse or keyboard to either external port and that works fine. Any other device, either internal or plugged in will not work. Windows says "there...

Good day,

I'm a moderate DIY repair guy. Learned a bunch from Louis Rossmann videos. Have a collection of "vintage" micro and ultraportable laptops (mostly Sony). Looking to keep learning new things.

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