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    Compaq v6204 xp sata driver

    Discussion in 'HP' started by MY92, May 16, 2007.

  1. MY92

    MY92 Notebook Guru

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    Hi

    I've got a Compaq v6204 that came with Vista basic. I want to install XP Pro on it but it wont' see the sata hdd.

    Does anyone know what driver it uses, so I d/l one and slipstream it into my xp cd.

    Cheers
     
    MY92, May 16, 2007
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    R4000 Notebook Virtuoso

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    If its the V6204us AMD model, XP *should* natively recognize the SATA controller.
     
    R4000, May 17, 2007
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    my copy of xp sp2 vlk must be too old, it doesn't have it.
     
    MY92, May 17, 2007
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    This is the AMD model, correct?

    I would go into the BIOS and just set the hard drive to run in legacy mode so you can install XP. I don't see any SATA drivers listed for either the v6024 or the v6000z (generic). XP is *supposed* to be able to autodetect the nforce SATA controllers used in the AMDs. It is the Intel models where XP needs the drivers for installation.
     
    R4000, May 17, 2007
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