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    Drivers after Downgrading from Vista to XP on dv2225nr

    Discussion in 'HP' started by bghanson, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. bghanson

    bghanson Newbie

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    I have a question about drives. I downgraded one of our dv2225nr laptops from Vista to XP Pro using a shrink wraped copy XP Pro SP2 applied all patches & updates including SP3. The system appears to be working except for the following error in the Device Manager. Other devices has a yellow ?. I have three device listed under Other Devices they each have yellow ? and a yellow ! on the question mark. The three devices are 1) Coprocessor 2) Other PCI Bridge Device 3) SM Bus Controller. If I click on any of them there is no driver info listed. I contacted HP and the link they gave me did not offer any of these drivers. When I searched these, the only hits back referred to Vista. Any ideas on where I can get these drivers?
     
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  2. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    I say try a Windows Update.
     
    makaveli72, Oct 15, 2008
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    bghanson Newbie

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    In my message I said I had applied all updates and patches including SP3. Any other Ideas?
     
    bghanson, Oct 16, 2008
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  4. Charles P. Jefferies

    Charles P. Jefferies Lead Moderator Super Moderator

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    What isn't working in your notebook? Try the media card slot, etc . . . if you can't find something that doesn't work, then I wouldn't worry about it.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Oct 16, 2008
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  5. makaveli72

    makaveli72 Eat.My.Shorts

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    My bad...I recommended that because usually a Windows Update clears that mess up. I guess it's due to the fact that you downgraded from .Vista to XP. As Chaz said though...if everything appears to be working fine I wouldn't worry about it.

    BTW, the Event Log might give you errors which may lead to hints as to what hardware might need driver updates.
     
    makaveli72, Oct 16, 2008
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