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    Notebook MX6429 - I need W7 drivers

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by celovix, Sep 8, 2011.

  1. celovix

    celovix Newbie

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    Hello to all

    i have a MX6429 and i just can't find any W7 drivers on internet. Does anybody have a idea where can i find the drivers to W7 for this notebook?

    I have tried to get drivers from W Vista (on gateway website), but it just doesn't work. that shows "failed" on installation.

    i don't want to downgrade to XP....

    does anyone have an idea? Thanks :)
     
    celovix, Sep 8, 2011
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  2. TreeTops Ranch

    TreeTops Ranch Notebook Deity

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    Exactly what drivers are you looking for? Video driver? Hardware driver?
    If Video driver go to the video card manufacturer website. Same for your hardware.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Sep 8, 2011
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    celovix Newbie

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    I need all of them. I cannot find any compatible driver on Gateway website. All drivers i put on it, the W7 says "failed". Does that mean the version of the drivers i'm trying to put on, are not W7 drivers?
     
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    Hmm...couldn't find your model on Gateway driver page but found MX6430. And you are correct, they don't list any Win 7 drivers for that model either. Is this a old model?

    When you install win 7, it installs generic drivers to get you up and running. Did that work?
     
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    I just looked up the specs on your model. Your model does not have the specs for Win 7. In particular, Win 7 requires 1 GB of ram and your specs say 512MB. There may be other win 7 limiting specs on your model. You can go here to see for yourself:

    Windows 7 system requirements - Microsoft Windows
     
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    Click the start on your windows 7, and type in the search "drivers" and click on the " Change device installation settings " Pick the windows updates and have it look for you drivers. I spent maybe 6 hours looking for some the other day and couldn't but windows update found it and install. Didn't have anymore problems. Good luck
     
    swissalps, Sep 12, 2011
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    Like I said in my post above his computer doesn't have the specs for Win 7. He will never get the drivers to install.
     
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    celovix Newbie

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    Yes, my notebook is an old model. from 2006 i guess, but was built to run with Vista too. If runs with Vista, runs also with W7, right?

    Well, i know i'm gonna have a hard work to do. I got 1Gb Extra of ram, so, i have 1.5Gb Ram. That works fine. If you see the W7 running on my pc we'll see that's gonna be just fine.

    i think all my chances have gone. I Guess i'm gonna have to downgrade to W-XP.

    I Thank you all.
     
    celovix, Sep 12, 2011
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    celovix did you look at the link I posted? It has the win 7 requirements. More ram is good but you need other stuff as mentioned at that link.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Sep 12, 2011
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    Yes TreeTops Ranch! I saw it. Thats the reason i'm gonna downgrade my OS. Thanks to all.
     
    celovix, Sep 13, 2011
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