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    Asus u82u & windows xp

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Qenq, Aug 8, 2013.

  1. Qenq

    Qenq Newbie

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    Hi,
    I'm new here, but i have problem that maybe here will be solved. I recently bought Asus U82U-WX029 (AMD APU E-450, AMD A50M Chipset) with no OS preinstalled, because i have nice unused original win xp. Unfortunately I was unable to install it due to BSOD that appears in the process (when hard drive is initiated probably). I was trying IDE and AHCI mode with no success, i also tried nLite made xp with integrated AHCI/sata driver and I get "amd_sata.sys not found" or "amd_sata.sys corrupted" message or BSOD depending witch driver i use... and i used a lot of them.. Of course I've contacted ASUS but they say XP is not supported i that's it. Is there really no way to install xp on this notebook ? Any suggestions ?

    And BTW sorry for my English.. ;)
     
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  2. nipsen

    nipsen Notebook Ditty

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    You very probably need an updated chipset driver, that your xp version doesn't ship with.

    Two solutions to that. Download an image with a newer xp, and use your key with that.

    Or download new chipset drivers: ECS HDC-I2/E-450 (V1.0) AMD Chipset Driver Package 8.831.2 - Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit Download here maybe, unpack them and have them available on the recovery console.. I don't remember, you hold f8 or f5 or something down during the initial loading screens.

    ...Or just use OpenSuse or Ubuntu. Either will probably work better, and will take you 10-15 minutes to install, max.
     
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