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    Downgraded to XP [DV2412ca]

    Discussion in 'HP' started by poy, Oct 9, 2007.

  1. poy

    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everything is in my sig.... Anyway, this is my second attempt at this and so far everything is good. Basic stuff ie. audio, video, and wireless drivers are installed. But still missing more... here's what i'm missing. Oh and i can't seem to find a proper nvidia nforce driver to work with my laptop. I got the one from nvidia's site but i still don't see my network card in devices aside from my broadcom wireless one.

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    poy, Oct 9, 2007
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    have you tried the laptopvideo2go.com drivers? they have drivers especially for xp 32/64bit for pretty much all nvidia cards

    You might be able to get the rest from the HP website under the Support section > XP drivers not vista
     
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    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    tried looking under my laptops model under xp and no luck on the rest of the drivers. As for video drivers i've already got that covered and working nicely under xp :D The rest are still a mystery
     
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    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    update i found an nvidia nforce driver that solved 2 of the drivers. I'm down to these left... I'm looking for that conexant modem driver and that unknown device, when i click properties -> details i get "ACPI\HPQ006\2&DABA3FF&0" Any clue on these last 2?

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    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    hp update was useless because i performed a clean install of xp

    UPDATE:unknown device [turned out to be hp quicklaunch buttons] Still in search of the conexant modem drivers

    Update yet again... : the conexant modem driver i gave the vista driver a shot before i was gonna log off... and.... dun dun dunnnn they work! I finally have a complete set of drivers for xp now

    Thanks flipfire for your help
     
    poy, Oct 9, 2007
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    hr_phenom Notebook Consultant

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    Congratulations! Enjoy XP on those machines. It blows vista out the water in terms of speed and performance.
     
    hr_phenom, Oct 9, 2007
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    Can you tell us how much more battery life you get under XP?
     
    mystery905, Oct 9, 2007
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  9. poy

    poy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'll test the battery life, mind you i have the extended battery on my notebook. But also it doesn't have those performance modes like vista did where you go half cpu power when disconnected from AC power. I'm using a 3rd party program to control that and its called "Notebook Hardware Control" I'll report back when i get results.
     
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    hey poy, i've got the same laptop but i can't seem to get drivers for the conexant audio or the right version of nforce drivers. any help would be much appreciated.
     
    CrazyIvan359, May 6, 2008
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    go here and PM one of munu1985 for the xp driver

    also read the XP installation stickies. It should be there somewhere
     
    flipfire, May 6, 2008
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    um, i dont mean to bother but your 'here' link isnt a link...
     
    CrazyIvan359, May 8, 2008
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