How to "UPGRADE" your 7811 to WinXP 32bit

IT WORKED! YOU ARE AMAZING!!! THANK YOU!!!!

 

How'd you get the webcam mic to work? Mine still doesn't seem to, also do you have to use the devcon thing still? My audio doesn't seem to start working until I do that, unless I picked the wrong driver?

 

SP34200 is the only one that works at all, but it works just like the old one as far as I can tell.

 

You're welcome. Very glad it helped!

Honestly.... Luck. I tried SO many different drivers, and finally found one that worked. Also, re: the mic, it may have been a combo of drivers? I installed probably 30-35 total. What's the devcon thing? Don't even know what that is! lol

 

From the first posts on the subject, when you restart the computer the audio doesn't work until you disable and re-enable the UAA high def audio bus driver. Instead of doing it manually every boot we're using a program from microsoft called DEVCON to restart the service which causes the audio etc to pop up and then be recognized. It sounds like you've gotten around that though, maybe you can go into device manager and give us the version info from your UAA high definition audio bus and your audio drivers and we can go from there.

 

I'm@ work now, but will check when I get home later today/tonight. I can say that the audio and camera mic continue to work perfectly through multiple reboots. The only problem I'm having is the assignment of the volume sliders. my Volume is slider does absolutely nothing, same goes for the mute and balance under Volume. All those controls are now controlled through the Wave slider. I'm trying to straighten that out now...

 

Should be an easy fix, I think it's all set by the registry data which is in the INF files, the volume controls work correctly in the patched driver in the original post if you want to compare it's INF to yours. Hopefully we can figure out the magic bullet to fix it on already installed machines (may be part of my issue, I already had the audio working the other way).

 

Great, I'll look into it. I'm a little reluctant to tinker with registry entries now that I finally got it working though! lol

 

I just looked. Driver version for the UAA is 5.10.0.5010, and the driver version for the audio is 3.26.0.0.

Does that help?

 

Hmm

that should be the driver in the SW34200 package then...Any chance you can screen shot your device manager with the audio devices expanded and the system devices expanded for comparison?

Ok one thing I did notice, the SW34200 definitely does make the webcam mic work, which is nice. Now if I can figure out what's different on my system to axe the devcon thing and we can fix the volume control it'll be money. I edited the INF so that you don't have to use the "have disk" method anymore, but the driver gives the unsigned driver warning thing.

 

Here's what I have...

 

Cool I'll take a look at this tonight, out of curiosity what's under other devices? I don't have any "other devices" stuff, may be unrelated but ya never know.

 

I just have three unknown devices, which I thought we were stuck with because they were Vista-specific. Am I wrong?

 

Ah no those are the ACPI hot start buttons, they won't "work" per se, but you can make them go away with a driver I posted somewhere in this thread. Lemme find the post and I'll edit this one with a link to the original post in this thread.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showpost.php?p=4359090&postcount=83

See that post, first link has a link to a driver that will make them go to "system devices" as ACPI Hotstart button or something like that, they don't do anything but I hate having unknown devices and it cleans them up and files them away at least.

 

I'm the exact same way. Thanks!!!

 

I installed XP 64 Bit via IDE. How can I manually install the f6 drivers to i can enable AHCI?

 

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/lic...All&OSFullName=All+Operating+Systems&lang=eng

Download that and unzip it, then use the manual "have disk" method to install it over top of the primary and secondary IDE controllers in your device manager and reboot.

I can't guarantee it works with x64 but it works fine with x86/32bit

 

Thank You for your help. All i had to do was manually update the primary IDE Driver and then they all vanished and changed to: Intel(R) ICH9m-E/M Sata AHCI Controller. I hope that is ok.

Also my computer says it has 3.99gb of ram why not 4g?

 

I apologize to the one person who notices that I posted this same inquiry in a similar topic, just figured this one might be a little more appropriate.

First, I want to hook up my laptop to my 50" plasma via HDMI, but I am unable to get audio to playback through the TV. It was easy as pie with Vista, but now I have no option under my Sound in Control Panel for my TV. I'm not sure if I simply missed a portion of the guide (such as the one audio device you can install with the driver/app disk that I never created).

Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. =)

 

*Bump for reply*

 

Be aware that there are still some outstanding issues that may not be resolved: webcam mic not working (but I think I did read somewhere that someone had luck trying different driver packages and finally getting it to work right). I haven't tested the HDMI audio but I bet you that of the 3 unknown devices still listed in the device manager that one of them is for the HDMI audio. Not sure tho. Also someone stated that a windows update package breaks the audio workaround...

 

Awesome thread guys. Thanks fire for the guide and everyone else for tips and tricks.

Unfortunately, I still seem to be having some issues dual booting Windows 7 and Windows XP.

I already had Windows 7 RC x64 installed on the C: drive which came with the laptop. It was working fine.

I decided to install a second 60GB hard drive to put XP on (for Solidworks). I made two slipstream boot DVD's, one using my original XP disc with the AHCI drivers integrated but when installing XP to the second drive, I couldn't get setup to recognize the drivers.

I tried again but this time integrating the XP SP2 (my original CD was original XP with no SPs) plus the AHCI drivers but still no luck.

Finally, I decided to try installing XP to the second drive after putting the BIOS in IDE mode. I intended to do that and then manually update the primary IDE drivers to AHCI as suggested in this thread. Unfortunately I had bootloader issues. I thought I had fixed it with VistaBootPro but everytime I select Earlier Windows Version (XP), it won't boot to XP. Windows 7 works fine.

I can't figure out where to go from here. I want to keep Windows 7 on the main drive and get it dual booting with Windows XP x32 on the second drive. I just have to figure out what I need to do to get both OS selections working properly when I select them on bootup.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Does EASYBCD work on 7? I found it much easier to use when dual booting vista/xp/7 etc. It sounds like your problem is probably the hard disk # being assigned to XP.

 

Yes it works. So does VistaBootPro which I am using.

I'm getting a missing hal.dll error which I'm sure is a boot.ini problem.

but it seems ok to me. 1st partition on 2nd drive.

I have the 3 XP files copied to the root of both drives as well as the Win7 boot folder and other file copied to the XP drive.

I actually tried this from a TweakTown thread and it worked, but on the next reboot I got the hal.dll error again.

 

VistaBootPro works best if you have Vista/7 installed FIRST and then want to install XP after.

EasyBCD works best if you install XP first.

If I recall correctly.. it's been a while since I had to change any of my dual boot settings.

You said "I have the 3 XP files copied to the root of both drives as well as the Win7 boot folder and other file copied to the XP drive."

I don't remember having to do that.. all I had to do was use VistaBootPro to modify the bootloader to allow access to both operating systems.

Ive been using nlite for a while (Long before I got my 7801) and have several XP SP3 disks with sata drivers slipstreamed so I never had to deal with the IDE/AHCI conflict. You may want to have another go at slipstreaming the drivers, and then reinstall XP. It may end up being less frustrating/less of a headache then trying to fix the error you are now recieving and changing the SATA mode after the OS has been installed.

 

I can"t download files with these links -- can sombody send me files, please?

[email protected]

 

The link works perfectly well for me.

You also might not want to post your email address in a public forum. NBR is a pretty safe place, but you never know whats lurking out there

 

try to downloud files by these links

http://www.filecloud.com/files/category.php?user_category_id=283210

and

http://www.filecloud.com/files/file....file_id=767611

if somebody have these files please send theme to me

 

MIKE, I tried this and I messed things up. I had working my dual boot of vista and xp with easy BCD, and i had IDE in the bios settings... but then I installe the f6 floppy.... to use the eSATA port, and when i restarted and changed from IDE to AHCI in BIOS, neither vista or xp will load, the boot and boot and boot!! what can i do!!

 

OK, I tried installing XP by slip-streaming and I'm getting a Blue screen.

The installation seems to go fine at first. This was with XP taking up the whole HD. No dual booting.

OK, I leave it in ACHI mode because I slipped streamed the F6 drivers (the one that says f6flpy32_85) on the DVD with the OS.
I select the partition to install XP. The HD gets reformatted. XP begins to install, then it restarts and I get to the screen where you see all the usual messages about the "new and convenient features of XP" and also shows you how much time is left for the install to finish, etc, etc.
OK, once that's done, it then restarts again like it's suppose to, and you would think everything is going smooth. But when it reaches the intro screen where you see the blue little scrolling bar (just before the welcome screen), the scroller freezes at midpoint and BSOD shows up.

What's up with that?
The only discrepancy that I noticed is that in the instructions, it says that after you slip stream the F6 drivers, the installation is suppose to grow from .18mb to .53mb. But it only says that it grew by .19mb. Let me just say that I tried downloading the driver from the link that the writer provided and also by going to the other link provided, which shows the list of drivers for the p-7805u and downloading the one under XP 32-bit. Obviously they're suppose to be the same, but I thought there might be a problem with the first link. He also says that the 14 intel drivers should be version 8.5.0.1032, and indeed they are.
I burned three different disks, using the two links and in both cases the installation only grows by .19mb instead of .53mb like he said it's suppose to.

What do you guys think? Could that be it? Has the driver been changed? Did the installation grow by .53mb when you slip streamed the F6 drivers?


I also tried installing XP in IDE mode and that works fine. But when I manually install the F6 drivers later, so that I can switch to ACHI, as someone suggested, it screws up the original install. Once it restarts and I switch BIOS to ACHI I get the BSOD. Furthermore, when I switch back to IDE, the BSOD shows up again.


What's going on?
Can you guys help me?

Thank you.

 

Try the "repair" option on the Vista disk, probably it's bootloader doesn't like switching on the fly to AHCI. I've only done so on a straight XP install with Vista added later.

I'm not sure it's your driver or at least your driver alone, without the correct driver you should get a BSOD before you ever get to start the actual setup process, it dies before it finishes the initial load of the CD. Do you remember the BSOD message at all?

 

Rampage, that's weird cuz when I did the write-up I did it step by step using another computer to write down exactly the steps I made. What version of XP are you using? and what SP? Be aware that I used XP Home SP2.

Also, I did this on a P-7811 but I see no reason why it shouldn't work for the 7805. I assume that you are following the instructions verbatim but it's strange that your install only grows by .19mb. What "other" link are your referring to? Have you tried the latest 32-bit floppy configuration utility (for the F6 Matrix drivers) at:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2101&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Home+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=45&submit=Go!


(8.8.0.1009)?

 

Btw, for anyone who saw this thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=4839189

I've updated my Audio drivers and they installed ok but I still have to use the Devcon to restart the audio device. Oh and the webcam mic is still not working. I've been using Skype via the webcam and a headset plugged into the audio ports on the right side to get incoming and outgoing (mic) audio. Works fine. Also I read somewhere that if you installed XP with AHCI in the BIOS then your eSata should work, unfortunately I don't have an eSATA drive to test that.

 

Yes, I thought I was in the clear since the installation was in the final stages.

The BSOD message says,


to check for viruses, remove newly installed HDs or HD controllers. Check HD to see if it's properly configured and terminated. Run CHKDSK /F to check for HD corruption and restart.

Technical info:

***stop: 0x0000007B (0XBACCF524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

 

Fire, are you referring to the one that says "IATA88ENU.exe" or "f6flpy3288"?
Edit: Nevermind... you are referring to the one that says "f6flpy3288", which is what Mike was suggesting below. No, not yet.

Yes I followed the instructions step by step.
The version I'm using is XP pro with SP3. It's a modified version, with a few extra scripts, basically designed to run faster than stock XP pro. I've used this OS on two deskstops and I've never had any issues with installs. Remember, it does install fine under IDE mode on my p-7805u, with no dual booting. I've also tried dual booting by first installing xp in IDE mode on D drive and then vista (using the recovery disks) on C drive. However, once vista is finished installing and I use easyBCD to configure dual boot, XP no longer shows up as "earlier version of windows". It recognizes that there is a second partition "D", but when I select it, it doesn't say "earlier version of windows".

I was also thinking that perhaps SP3 may already have the F6 drivers, so I tried installing it in AHCI mode w/o the f6 drivers from the beginning and it wont work either.

I'm assuming that since the F6 drivers have been slipped streamed, there's no need to press F6 when windows xp tells you to do it right? I mean that's the whole purpose of slip streaming them.

The other link I'm referring to is this
p-7811 fx drivers
The F6 driver under windows xp 32-bit.

 

hmm 7B is "inaccessable boot device" so it's definitely a hard disk controller driver issue unless you have a boot sector virus, which seems kinda unlikely with a fresh install. Did you try this F6 driver from fire268's post: http://downloadcenter.intel.com/con...01&DwnldId=17413&strOSs=&OSFullName=&lang=eng ?

 

Mike,

No, I haven't tried that one.
Where in his post was this other version?
The one he provides in the link, midway through the instructions for slipstreaming, says "f6flpy32_85". The one you just suggested says "f6flpy3288".
Looks like an updated version, judging by the last two digits.

Also, what is the "Intel Matrix Storage Manager" for? It's number 13 on the instructions for slipstreamed XP disk on 7811.
Fire says he didn't install it but he provided a link for it, which is currently dead.

 

Matrix storage manager is the raid manager thing for windows, not really necessary unless you're using a raid array, and even then I think it's just a "toolkit" of sorts. I always go to intel's site and get the latest F6 driver, he posted a link to the main intel download page earlier on this page, that was a direct link to the current F6 driver.

 

Yes the 3288 is the newer version of the F6 drivers. Have you tried to make a slipstream disk without the scripts? (just using the original XP SP3 disk with the newer 3288 F6 drivers added)

 

I tried with the newer 3288 F6 driver and still the install only grew by .19mb.

I don't have the original XP pro disk. I just have the modded version.

 

Im sorry if this has already been answered but how do you get the hdmi audio to work on xp?

 

I just registered to reply in this thread.

THANK YOU for posting this! I really appreciate this thread as it helped me to finally get XP on my 7811. =)

THANKS, THANKS, THANKS!

 

Did you already install the driver for the nvidia hdmi audio?

 

Thanks for these details and work with this.

I've spent hours reading and researching how to slipstream an OS and burn it to disk, then my next hitch was that XP doesn't recognize sata drives during install unless you have those drivers too. That in itself was no big deal but i couldn't find out where my sata drivers were going to come from. No one actually posted where to get them, or anything until now.

Hopefully I don't turn any more CD's into coasters. I'll try this stuff out manana

 

I just actually bought this laptop myself and was trying to message Eric618 to see if he could use driver magician lite to backup his drivers for me but for some reason I can't find where to send a message. I guess it could be because I just registered today. If anyone who has everything working (mic, audio) upload a zip/rar/7z to filefactory or rapidshare including the backup folders of all the drivers using driver magician lite, I'm sure I'm not the only person who could find it very useful. Thanks in advance for any help, and of course +rep.

 

Some of the links need to be updated..

I don't know how long these free upload links stay up
http://www.easy-share.com/1908363391/78XP.zip

You'll still need a video driver

Included:
Chipset
Lan
Wifi
Sound
SD Slot (Mass Storage Controller)

 

Ok, got the Slipstreamed disc made. (XP Home 32 SP1).

Bought a 320 7200 hd. Put it in the extra bay and its ready to go. Clean wipe and format. Ready to install XP onto it and not the Stock 200.
My plan is to run XP as main install on the 320gb drive and install vista 64 on the 200gb drive(possible?) If not, I would rather use XP for my gaming reasons.

Using BIOS .17.

Set to IDE. Set DVD to run first.

Pressed button to run CD and it loads initial loader screen. Says at bottom left Preparing to start windows.. then.. BSOD.

Here is my error. I want to know what I can do to fix this.
pci.sys - Address Base @ F7487000, Datestamp 387d55c
STOP: 0x0000007e 0xc0000005 0xf748e0bf 0xf78da208 0xf7809f08

Thanks to who ever can help me.

 

Did you just slipstream the drivers into an otherwise stock SP1 disk? I'd suggest slipstreaming in at least SP2 if that's the case. Most newer hardware will only install from an SP2 or newer media, I don't know the "why" but I know in my experience SP2 disks almost always install on stuff that craps out with SP1 discs.

 

Well, I bought exp home retail when it first came out. So it isn't sp1. Next, I have an upgrade to xp pro. Well since I dobt have proof of purchase anymore, they won't give me replacement discs.

So, not sure what do atm. I want to put xp pro on my new 320 gb drive and vista on my stock 200. I just wonder how that's gonna work since I am running into this problem.

Ideas?

 

Ok, I got it to work.. I found an Windows XP Pro SP3 disc. Well, a torrent. But i have a legit key and when I went to Activate online, it was successful. I was impressed. Well, no BSOD at startup and it installed onto the 320 like I wanted it to. Trying to get most of the drivers to install.. still have those three for the pushbutton keys by the speakers I need to fix. and I have two audio devices in the unknown. But I think I can manage and get it fixed. Other than that, I am on XP now and it is pretty slick.

Now, what program can I use to Dual Boot?
I still want to access my Vista Boot on my 200gb hard drive. Will Vista Boot work or is there another program I should be using?

Thanks.