Gateway P-6301 vs Windows XP

Can anyone tell me how to get Windows XPP to install on this particular machine without having to switch the SATA drives into compatibility mode in the BIOS? I have tried several different versions of XPP with SP2 and with various driver packs slipstreamed. I have not been able to load a third party driver during setup either. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Cody

 

If you can't figure out how to slipstream the SATA drivers using nLite, then you can either install them using an USB floppy or just change the compatability mode. I don't see why you overlook such a simple solution that takes all of 13 seconds to complete and works perfectly fine.

 

I used an external floppy drive and it work find. I'm running two (2) HD's as a RAID 0.

I've got all the major drivers for XP installed, such as the Intel Chipset, Intel hard drive controllers, Intel RAID, Intel 4965 Wireless, Silicon Image SATA Controller, Realtek NIC, the 1394 Net Adapter, and the Nvidia Graphics.

I still need the Sound, Touchpad, Modem, and WebCam XP drivers.

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This totally works for the sound, very easy, very well done by Bob- IF you made a recovery disk! copy of his post:

Originally Posted by bob1029384 View Post
Ok i finally got it...

All you have to do to get the IDT driver (the one on the gateway recovery disc) to work is:

Add the following 2 lines to the top of 92xxM4-10DM.ini directly under [Models]:

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B0&SUBSYS_107B0692=this
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B0=this

AND add these 2 lines to sthda.ini under [Models]:

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B0&SUBSYS_107B0692=92xxM4-10DM.ini
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76B0=92xxM4-10DM.ini

you might also need this, but I think I got mine working without it but I installed it anyway:

sp32646.exe (36 MB)

This package contains the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio in the listed operating systems.
For more information about this driver, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 888111, "Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) High Definition Audio class driver version 1.0a
available for Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows 2000.

Also, the modem driver (Agere Systems HDA Modem) is on the recovery disk as well, and you probably can get the touch pad driver at synaptics, haven't come across the webcam yet.

P-6831FX
Intel® Core™ 2 Processor T9300 2.5GHz 6MB L2Cache 800MHz FSB
NVidia® 512MB 8800m GTS GDDR3 Driver: 169.32
17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD
4gig OCZ Dual Channel PC5300 Ram
2X 7200 rpm Hitachi 200 gig
Windows XP SP2

 

Just install it in compatibility mode and be done with it! There's no noticeable differences anyway, and personally I like to be able to enable the read ahead cache anyway. And you can always add the ACHI drivers later after installation. A better install experience would be to at least use nlite to slipstream SP2 though. like seeing your whole hard drive for example.(SP1=133GB limit)

P-6831FX
Intel® Core™ 2 Processor T9300 2.5GHz 6MB L2Cache 800MHz FSB
NVidia® 512MB 8800m GTS GDDR3 Driver: 169.32
17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD
4gig OCZ Dual Channel PC5300 Ram
2X 7200 rpm 16MB cache Hitachi 200 gig
Windows XP SP2

 

Thank you all for your assistance. However, adinu you are a worthless piece of $&*^. If someone asks for help and all you can do is offer your condescending line of crap, keep it to your self. GFY buddy.