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    Need P-7811FX XP 32-bit drivers

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by nutmilk, Mar 7, 2011.

  1. nutmilk

    nutmilk Newbie

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    When I purchased my P-7811FX 2 years ago I put in a second hard drive and installed XP on it and it ran great. Well, my hard drive went bad and now that I have replaced it I tried to reinstall the XP drivers from the link below (where I got them before) and they have been deleted due to inactivity. I have searched around on different websites to see if I could find them and I am unable to find any.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/gateway-emachines/287180-p-7811-fx-drivers.html

    Can someone please help me find the drivers for XP?

    I greatly appreciate the help.
     
    nutmilk, Mar 7, 2011
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  2. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    just a little digging here will give you the answer..............
     
    TANWare, Mar 7, 2011
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  3. ReaperWolf

    ReaperWolf Notebook Consultant

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    gateway actually has all the drivers you need. Just go to their website, find drivers, enter your computer in.....P7811, choose xp 32.. and there you go.
     
    ReaperWolf, Mar 8, 2011
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  4. nutmilk

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    Thanks for the responses. I was able to find a few drivers from TANWare's post, but I am still missing the ethernet driver, sm bus controller driver, and WIFI driver. I have tried searching gateways website further but have been unsuccessful in finding the remaining drivers.

    I can't choose p-7811fx from gateways website and download the drivers from the main 7811 page because they are windows 7 drivers.

    Any idea where the last remaining drivers are?

    Thanks
     
    nutmilk, Mar 8, 2011
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  5. TANWare

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    Wifi = Intel 5100 AGN
    Ethernet = Yukon 88e8071 PCI-e Gigabit Ethernet Controler
    I don't see the SM Bus version etc in the device manager................
     
    TANWare, Mar 8, 2011
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  6. nutmilk

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    do you know what the chipset is by chance?
     
    nutmilk, Mar 8, 2011
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    o ok.. i see what you're saying.. well you might have too enter you SN number in to get specific drivers.
     
    ReaperWolf, Mar 8, 2011
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    ok, it looks like i was able to find all the necessary drivers thanks to you guys. Thanks for the info where to look.

    Reaperwolf: I am trying to find the XP drivers, not Windows 7 drivers.

    thanks again for the responses
     
    nutmilk, Mar 8, 2011
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  9. ReaperWolf

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    I know.. when I entered my SN for my laptop, it game me options for Vista, Win 7, and XP.. if you just select the P78 series it gives you windows 7 only..
     
    ReaperWolf, Mar 8, 2011
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    Xp did not play well on my 7811, besides the computer is 64bit. & win 7 works alot better then XP, IMHO. Or, run Ubuntu 10.10.
     
    JRSOR, Mar 13, 2011
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