Gateway T1616 Windows XP Pro upgrade

uhg.. still saying "The device cannot start" for the Sigmatel. anyone know how to fix it?

 

You said you did try these?
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-025753.htm

 

I just finished my downgrade on my friend´s computer.

we started to install some programs and everything OK but yahoo messenger latest version gave us an error "breakpoint" or something when we try to login to the chat session.
The program installs normal and we already did it twice...so that can´t be wrong.

Have you experienced this error after installing XP on gatew t1616?
I´m using Kira´s driver kit and everything else seems to work normal

thanks in advance for your help.

 

FYI: I have a MX8741 - The driver provided by Kira and following the instructions in the topic resulted in working audio in Windows XP Pro.

This machine came with Vista - and our CEO bought this for a home user thinking Gateway would be kind enough to provide Winxp Pro drivers... LOLZ!

Nevertheless - the Sigmatel audio was the hardest part of the downgrade. Thanks Kira.

 

Searching through these forums I managed to get wireless working.The only 'problem' left is the card reader,it is permanently displayed in windows explorer,even when there is no card inserted into it.
Anybody has any solution for this?
And one other thing, has anybody tested HDMI on XP,does it work? Do I need any special drivers for HDMI?

 

Hi to everyone. First of all thanks 4 everything u posted.

I dowloades de kit drivers cited in the first page for Gateway T1616, I changed my operative System to XPSP2. but I have a problem. I installed all that I had in this forum but I couldn't find how to do appear the baterry indicator next to the clock, please help me o explain me how to do that. It's very important to me.

Pd. I speak spanish, sorry for my bad english. Please Help me. God bless u.

I forgot tell u that I do not want to the car reader icon appears on the tray bar. How to do that, I have only to stop the usb device? please help me.

 

ok HDMI works perfect with XP and to get the battery icon to show up go start>control panel>power options then under option check always show icon on taskbar

 

Please somebody help!!!

I do have the t1616 gateway
my problem is that i can get any video installed. Im a computer tech so i know the correct procedure of installing the drivers. I used all vid. drivers avalible on this forum. And when i get to either "2kxp" or the other one, when you select that, the "ok" button gets shadowed. and i did try the one on ATI's website but like some others, that didnt work. My email is [email protected] can anyone please help?

 

These Laptops do not have ATI video chipsets, they use nvidia

 

Sorry, I did not see your model, try the ati site,Click on "Installation Verification Software", and it should auto detect the right driver, select download for the internet when it asked you.

 

Use this link ATI Video Drivers

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/mobility-xp

 

Thanks for the link. I downloaded and installed the "Installation Verification Software" and ran it but it gave me "Unfortunatly this software update cannot be installed on your system"

any other ideas?

 

Update: I've gotten Almost all drivers now. (Just got Audio to work) the only bangs i have in device manager is the unknown device x3 (Like everyone else. waiting for chipset) ALL I NEED IS MY VIDEO DRIVER UGHHHH

 

I had the same type of problem with my Gateway 7426, I am not sure how I got it to work. I will check it out later today when I get home.

 

You may try unistalling the stock driver, then run the Installation Verification Software off the website. Or try this site: http://www.majorgeeks.com/download5411.html

I googled ATI Catalyst™ Mobility 8.2 Display Driver for Windows XP that is the driver I think you need.
I hope this helps

 

Thats for the prompt reply. I just d/l the link from geeks, and get the same error as above

 

What video card is in your laptop, a ATI .......?

 

its a gateway t1616 like everyone elses

 

You dont know what Video card is inside it?

 

Did you try Gateways Website?
http://support.gateway.com/support/default.asp

or your restore disk?

 

gateways website only has video driver for vista not xp. heres some details i got from the m/b

# Controller: ATI RS690T UMA graphics
# Bus: Integrated in notebook
# Memory options: 16-bit interface for up to 128M frame buffer
# Display interface: 2-CH LVDS
# TV-out: HDMI from North Bridge
# Brightness Control: PWM, 8-Levels

Its a t1616 like everyone else so i need the same driver as everyone else

 

try is site, if this does'nt work, go back to vista, jk,

http://www.ntcompatible.com/Driver_..._Beta_V_0.8.0.0_-_With_XP_support_s89324.html

 

didnt work

 

Did you click on the link that takes you here?

http://www.driverheaven.net/modtool/

follow the directions after downloading modtool

 

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=14&go=giveme&dwn_id=597

That link is to the hacked Omega drivers for the ATI Radeon x1270 on the Gateway T1616. I've gone through several links before I found this one. This link is the only thing that worked for me (as far as the video drivers go).

 

Jesus Christ! It worked!!! Everybody, screw finding the video drivers from dell or ati or any of the previous links mentioned in this Thread. Go to the link Dirty Pirate Posted for video. its a .exe and it worked perfectly. No having to do the "have disk" option or anything. I got to give special thanks to Dirty Pirate and Flynnaz for all their help with the drivers. If you guys are ever in Wisconsin, stop by and lets have some beers on me.

p.s. Now........anyone successfully found/installed the chipset drivers yet????????

-bL

 

Guys the latest version of cataylst from ati's site finally supports the x1270 in XP, don't know about vista though. It will install it as x1200 series I believe.

http://www.atitech.com

Still cannot get the chipset drivers and left with 2-3 UNKNOWN DEVICES.

 

Forgive me, but I do not understand, "use 'have disk' option. Where do you get that option? I've been going into device manager, right-clicking, and selecting "update driver".

Don't have the following working: Webcam, Sound, Multimedia Keys, and Universal (USB) Serial Controller.

How do I undo what I did wrong, and how do I re-install with the "have disk" option?

 

Chipset ATI SB600 Drivers(Southbridge)


Ok guys, here you go.. Those last few question marks resolved. Hope this works for you as well.
1. downloaded the driver file pack from http://www.nodans.com/index.cfm/2007/11/9/XP-Drivers-for-Toshiba-A215--S7428
2. unzipped
3. installed the driver with the following steps:
a. Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)
b. Don't search. I will choose the driver to install.
c. click on the (have disk) button
d. browse for the folder you unzipped. in the folder look for \ATI SB600 CHIPSET\ATI SB600 CHIPSET\SMBUS\SMBUSati.inf then click open.
e. I did it for the 3 remaining question marks and ran it for an hour, seems to be running properly.

 

gws226: Plz, tell me how can you make the Multimedia keys working on XP?

All are seem be ok but multimedia keys and I really want XP running instead of Vista. Plz help. Tks

 

the multimedia keys are just a regedit file arent they? I know the 3 buttons from the left next to the power button definitely are.

so is it true, we can now convert to xp with no more exclamations in device viewer?

 

Wow 4 hours later and this thing is updated and running perfect, thx to all the posts here. The sound was the hardest part for sure, and I do not recommend anyone downgrading this to XP unless you know what you are doing. Its not for the faint of heart !!!!
I will say the results are great tho, laptop sure works alot better with xp on it, so follow the posts and good luck. thx again for all the help here great work guys.

P.S. anyone found the other chipset drivers?

 

Hi to everyone, as my first post I'd like to give u a CD with all XP drivers for Gatewat T-1616. I have this laptop and I'm working with XP very normal.

PS. I'm from Peru, sorry for my bad english.





DOWNLOAD

1 Parte || 2 Parte

 

Hola amigo, excelente aporte, pero no funciona una de las partes al momento de descomprimir.. puedes volver a subir por favor de nuevo , xq lo necesito de urgencia..

 

Revisa bien tu descarga o sino hasla nuevamente, acabo de descargar las dos partes y me descomprime normal, sino prueba haciendo lo siguiente:

1.- Descarga la parte I
2.- Descarga la parte II
3.- Ubica las dos descargas en una misma carpeta de tu disco duro
4.- Clic derecho a la parte I y ok a todo.

Suerte!

 

hello adanyc
i tried to download part1 from 4shared but i couldn`tand give me this error:
"Server downloading session limit is reached. Please try again in a few minutes."
please change your sharing site...

 

Estoy buscando donde dejé esa parte, el algun sitio de mi disco ducro debe estar, lo estaré buscando a la brevedad.

 

I realize this thread is quite old but I am hoping it will get rekindled just enough. I took my t1616 back to tried and tested winXP and this forum post was the biggest help when it came to finding drivers. I ended up using the Omega stuff for the video, which was the hardest part by far. I was able to download ADANYC part 2 rar file but the part 1 seems to be missing or broken. I am hoping it gets re-upped so I can clean up the last few nagging issues I have.

Otherwise, I feel extremely lucky to have stumbled upon this page and forum. Lots of good info!