Windows xp not for ML3706?

Hi

Well my roblem is that my new ML3706 came with vista, but i need xp so i formatted my drive and realized there are no drivers in the gateway site for that os and some of the drivers provided by devices manufacturers are really hard to find, has anyone of you did the same?

Im having problems currently with the xpress200m chipset.. any ideas?

Thanks in advance

 

I use the ATI radeon 200 I have to point it to that driver and it works.

I got all the other drivers working

 

I am having the same problem. I have not been able to get the ATI card working. anthony415 please post the drivers you have for the video card. if you need some hosting... i have it. just reply, thanks.

 

I am in the same problem... I erased vista from my notebook and installed XP Pro. Now I am finding it hard to get the drivers...

Please help me and send the list of drivers and web locations...

All money seems to go in drain.... please help.

anthony .. morgancain.. please reply

Modi

 

Here are all the drivers (except for the audio which no one has been able to figure out) http://carverrealestategroup.com/ML3706-XPDRIVERS.ZIP

The video card is somewhat tricky to install you have to manually select the driver you wish to install from the "have disc" section. Other than not having audio everything will work great! Good luck!

 

Thanks Morgan for cleaning up the inf files and posting for me!

I got audio to work

http://support.gateway.com/support/...matel%20Audio Driver Version: 5.10.4946.0

D00560-002-001.exe - Sigmatel Audio Driver Version: 5.10.4946.0

 

I have all the hardware working on XP now!

 

Long as you have the driver from 6/15/2006
version 5.10.xxxx then it will work


D00583-003-001.exe - Sigmatel Audio Driver version 5.10.5031.0
http://support.gateway.com/support/...gmatel%20Audio Driver version 5.10.5031.0

This is the latest that works
D00664-001-001.exe - SigmaTel Audio Driver version: 5.10.5082.0
http://support.gateway.com/support/...cr=SigmaTel Audio Driver version: 5.10.5082.0

 

You guys ROCK!!!

I have the same problem. I just loaded XP last night and have had a rough time with the drivers, even the latest ATI catalyst drivers for the video card was giving me problems. I will try these out.

I can't beleive they put XP on this machine when it doesn't meet the minimum requirements. XP chugs big time. I'de rather have a slimmer OS and save RAM and processor power. I don't think I will be switching any of my machines to Vista anytime soon.

Thanks!

 

Do you mean vista? XP runs fast on my ML3706 with 512mb

 

Sorry, right. I meant Vista, the Big hog. A huge resource clog.

 

I have a better video driver
http://www.3dacc.net/page.php?id=3474
Radeon Omega Drivers 3.8.330

 

Vista is ridiculous. I have to wait about a minute for my 3706 to start running from hibernation. Then it gives me various errors, like windows problem reporting has stopped working. I'm spoiled on my two year old Pentium M 1.7 G, 512 ram laptop. It runs flawlessly and boots up from hibernation in 5 seconds. I ordered another 512 ram to see if performance will improve, but I hardly doubt it. Can someone give me one advantage of running vista other than a prettier interface? I think this machine would run xp very well compared to my old laptop.

 

You can make XP desktop look like Vista. Vista is slow even copying files is slow. Like the Apple commerical "allow or deny access" is annoying.

 

Hey guys, have any of you tried using your Virtual PC 2007? I had the same problem, bought a Gateway laptop, couldn't find drivers blah blah went back to Vista. I ended up virtualizing my xp pro and it works great. I have dual monitors and 2gb ram and turion 64x2, one for vista, one for xp. Peace

 

Thanks to all for the information. With an extra 1GB Kingston SODIMM, Vista runs passably, but it's kind of a nuisance and not noticeably better in any meaningful way, so I wiped the C: partition and installed XP and the drivers posted here. Everything works perfectly. If I change my mind, I'll re-install Vista from the protected partition. I plan to swap the HD for a 5400RPM Hitachi too when the right deal comes along. 7200 might be better, but probably not worth the extra heat and power drain.

 

I have a 7200rpm drive in there and it's faster, but in general the laptop already gives out a lot of heat

 

I not read an write english bery good sorry.

i Install WinXP SP2 in te ML3706 and the Ethernet an WiFi work.
The Video driver not it work.

I understand the Audio and modem they are in te combo, and XP not it recognizes them separately how to repair this problem?????

 

http://www.3dacc.net/page.php?id=3474

 

Not seeing three USB2.0 ports listed in the notebook specs. Device manager shows two USB1.1 ports, and one USB2.0 ports.

 

I upgraded my gateway to 1G ram and it runs pretty decently, but not as quickly or smoothly as my other laptop running xp. I also get a lot of error messages like programs that have stopped working. That never happens with xp. I'm thinking of downgrading to xp until vista sp1 is released. But it would be nice if the SD slot would work under xp.

 

You need to have SP2

 

hy, i am haveing the same problem with a t-6815 model. can u pls help???