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    Need help finding Drivers for XP

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ghoro, Jul 3, 2008.

  1. Ghoro

    Ghoro Newbie

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    Hi I got ASUS M51 Series M51Sn-X2 Intel Core 2 Duo T8300(2.40GHz) 15.4" Wide XGA 4GB Memory 250GB HDD DVD Super Multi NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS and I want to change it to XP. But it doesn’t come with Drivers for XP, so could any one help me find the drivers?

    Thanks
     
  2. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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    Most the drivers are the same as M50SV except the LAN driver, M51Sn uses Attansic and M50SV uses Realtec, you can install the follow drivers from the drivers CD and they are compatible with XP:

    -ATK Hotkey
    -ATK0100
    -ATK OSD
    -ATK Media
    -ASDM (Fingerprint, run SETUPIAM.EXE)
    -Touchpad (run setup.exe)
    -Modem (run SSETUP.EXE, install this before install Audio driver)
    -WConsole (Wireless Console, install this before install the Bluetooth)
    -ESATA
    -Ricoh (Card Reader)




    These are the drivers that you need to download for XP:
    Chipset
    http://downloadmirror.intel.com/12769/a08/infinst_autol.zip

    VGA:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17739

    Realtek HD Audio Driver:
    ftp://202.65.194.211/pc/audio/WDM_R189.exe
    Note: For XP with SP3 it's required to download KB835221 hotfix otherwise the Audio will not work, thanks to thadeej for the information.

    Wireless Lan:
    http://downloadmirror.intel.com/13000/eng/11.5.0.0_xDrivers.zip

    Lan (Attansic):
    http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/F5RL/LAN_Attansic-L2_XP.zip

    Bluetooth (thanks to Konohasaint) :
    Asus Server: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/W7S/Bluetooth_XP32_Vista32_070912.zip
    Intel Server: http://downloadmirror.intel.com/12052/eng/V4.00.30a_XP.zip

    Power4Gear:
    http://downloadmirror.intel.com/10891/eng/P4G_V1.16_Generic.zip
     
  3. Ghoro

    Ghoro Newbie

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    Thanks for you help.

    I got the VGA, Chipset and Audio installed, but I’m not sure how to install the Wireless Lan and with the Lan I get a error. I’m guessing I need Attansic, but I’m not really sure what to download. Also I installed Power4Gear, but I get a error with that also, but sadly I don’t even know what that is :p

    And lastly you say I can get all the other drivers from the M50SV drivers CD, but I’m not sure where you get that.

    So can you or someone help me with?

    Thanks
     
  4. David

    David NBR Random Reviewer NBR Reviewer

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    If you go to the Asus website, you can download the LAN driver there. It will say it's for Vista 32, but the installation package has XP drivers in there.

    Power4gear is a power utility program which is optional. It has settings like "super performance", "quite office", "gaming" etc. and it basically underclocks your CPU, and changes the brightness of your screen according to the option you choose.
     
  5. Ghoro

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    Yeah I tried getting lan driver from Asus, but when I run it I get error saying that the inf driver is missing. Ok so I don’t need Power4gear, but it sounds nice.

    Thanks
     
  6. David

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    That's weird it says that because the inf file is in the Lan_vt_071213\WinXP_32\ folder.

    Another way of installing the driver is doing it through the device manager. Have you tried that already?