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    Win 7 and Gateway P7811FX

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hIt0sAwA, Dec 28, 2009.

  1. hIt0sAwA

    hIt0sAwA Notebook Enthusiast

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    After finishing installing Win7 pro on my gateway p7811fx, I realized that gateway official site does not offer driver for win7 on such model :(

    I ended up using vista64bit version instead.
    To be expected, not everything works.....

    I cant install sound card driver... (there IS sound without driver, but i still prefer the driver)
    I could install webcam driver, but after restarting 3 times, it still does not work " Webcam driver fail. Please restart camera or computer!!!"


    What should I do to fix the webcam error? Should i keep running win7 or return to the vista which is fully supported?

    What if I wanna turn back to " factory setting" now? I lost the gateway recovery disk btw..
     
    hIt0sAwA, Dec 28, 2009
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  2. Maverick79

    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    Driver's for Gateway P-78 Series should be fine with your model.
    Just make sure of the device manufacturer's.
     
    Maverick79, Dec 28, 2009
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  3. hIt0sAwA

    hIt0sAwA Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks my friend :)
    but...
    "Webcam driver fail. Please restart camera or computer!!!""
    it shows up every time i click on webcam icon...
     
    hIt0sAwA, Dec 28, 2009
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  4. Jaycalgary

    Jaycalgary Notebook Consultant

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    Besides having to download video driver and touch-pad driver everything works excellent! I would never go back to vista mayby xp but could not get sound working.
     
    Jaycalgary, Dec 28, 2009
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    Maverick79 Notebook Evangelist

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    How did you go about installing this driver ? Remove any previous drivers installed for your camera. Try installing from device manager and let windows install by itself from the directory you specify.
     
    Maverick79, Dec 29, 2009
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  6. hIt0sAwA

    hIt0sAwA Notebook Enthusiast

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    I first installed by running the setup file( P-7800_WEBCAM_CHICONY_6.2.251.627.zip - Chicony Webcam Driver Version: 6.2.251.627) downloaded fr gateway site -"driver and download" tab.


    i also tried your way, install using device manager..... but it still does not work................. :( :(
     
    hIt0sAwA, Dec 29, 2009
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  7. hIt0sAwA

    hIt0sAwA Notebook Enthusiast

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    ""Webcam driver fail. Please restart camera or computer!!!""" SOLVED!!!

    I dont know why this time it works!!!
    What I just did is nothing different from many attempt before: uninstall, restart and reinstall, restart.

    anyway, thanks a lot Maverick79 :)
     
    hIt0sAwA, Dec 29, 2009
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  8. Zero989

    Zero989 Notebook Virtuoso

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    P78 series section and windows 7 has plenty of drivers and they all work for me at least
     
    Zero989, Dec 29, 2009
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  9. SemiGamer

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    It was doing that because it was disabled in Device manager, reinstalling just enabled it by default lol. I disable my webcam all the time and thats the message I get when I startup the computer or press the cam button forgetting I had it disabled lol.
     
    SemiGamer, Dec 29, 2009
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    Not sure why you could not find the drivers.
    This is the link for gateway win7 drivers for p78 series laptops
    http://support.gateway.com/support/...wse&platform=10022&model=12253&os=12390&type=
     
    opies, Dec 29, 2009
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  11. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    I am having trouble getting my "Hot Keys working in Win &, any luck finding the right drivers?
     
    flynnaz, Dec 30, 2009
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  12. Syngensmyth

    Syngensmyth In All Seriousness

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    Syngensmyth, Jan 1, 2010
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