Fresh Vista 64bit install on P-6831FX

Hey guys, im gonna make the move to vista 64bit on my P-6831FX but I noticed on the gateway website that it doesnt list all the drivers for 64bit. Couple questions on the install:

What is the preferred install method for doing this on the P-6831FX?

Does anyone know if the generic drivers that vista loads are stable?

Where can I get the drivers for all the components because Gateway doesnt show the 64bit drivers for the P-6831FX on their website?

I was searching around here and seem to have ran into the dead links with no definitive answer to this, so If someone has the means or methods on a successful install of Vista 64 on P-6831FX, please share.

Or... if one of you P-6860FX owners want to give me acess to your S/N so that I can download the drivers from your model off the Gateway website, I would greatly appreciate it.

or the other work around would be to send me a copy of all the 64bit drivers from the 6860 model on cd/dvd, of course I would pay you for it plus the shipping and cd/dvd cost.

Thanks guys

 

Check your PM for the SN.

 

Thanks man, I owe you big time... I owe you a drink or 10 lol.

Btw, I think were pretty close in time for your final review on that new P/S you got. Let us know.

and thx again

 

Ohhh yea! Good call on the final review. It's pretty much the same as I had predicted, but I'll be sure to update it here soon.

 

There are some links to the latest drivers (both 32-bit and 64-bit) at the bottom of my display driver guide.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=265740

 

may i ask how you got the 64bit version? because i have been trying to get it one get rid of the 32 bit because i dont see the point of a 32 bit version of vista

 

I purchased a 64 bit copy off ebay.

 

ok
well look for that
so did you just buy a dvd or what

 

yeah i purchased a dvd copy of vista 64. Im in no immediate rush to upgrade to 64 but have been looking on ebay for a good deal for quite some time... found a good "best offer" auction and now i can max out this thing to 4gb ram and actually utilize it.

 

did it come with the license key?
i dont think if you use your oem key it will work

 

as far as i know you should be able to use your home premium key for either x86 or x64 versions.

 

ok then i will try it thanks

 

yeah it did come with a license key and maybe threads said that you should be able to use ur home premium 32bit key for 64bit

besides, why buy a vista 64 cd w/o the key? I made sure that mine came with the key

 

As I understand it, you can order the 64 bit DVD off Windows Marketplace for the cost of shipping and your 32 bit key can be used to activate it as well.

 

indeed you can... if you have a "retail" copy of vista.

however, all GW 6831's come with only OEM copies of vista 32bit and MS doesnt support OEM versions, only retail copies

 

thats what i was thinking i have a real copy of vista
so if i use my retail copy and put in the key from the laptop i dont think it will work

 

Isn't there a place an ISO for 64 bit can be downloaded as long as we provide a legitimate serial key off our computers?

 

there are means of that and you are taking a risk of downloading ISO's, who knows what you are really downloading and what could be piggybacked off those files

I dont think those means should be discussed here

 

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they are crawling with viruses trojans and root kits
if you even speak about it you are marked for life
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^ LOL! Almost spit out my beer