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    Newbie needing driver help, please.

    Discussion in 'HP' started by s_tevep, Dec 4, 2008.

  1. s_tevep

    s_tevep Newbie

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    Hi all, I am new to the site because I really need help. I have an HP DV6620ea notebook and I have downgraded to XP. However, I can't for the life of me find a driver for wireless or ethernet. I have a membership of driveragent.com which always finds me drivers after a scan but I can't get online on the notebook to do a scan!

    Please if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.

    Steve

    PS I have Broadcom componants but all the drivers I have found are for vista and don't work.
     
    s_tevep, Dec 4, 2008
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    Hi welcome to NBR

    Have you tried this guide?
     
    flipfire, Dec 4, 2008
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    Thanks for the link Flipfire, much appreciated. I will givethat a go when I get home from work. I am not quite sure about editting the .inf files as I am not that clever when it comes to that kind of thing but from my experience so far there are people here that know their stuff.

    Thanks again, Steve
     
    s_tevep, Dec 5, 2008
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    Many thanks to Flipfire for pointing out the How2 on finding XP drivers for my laptop and to TheDave for writing it! After a bit of editing I got them all to work.

    However, the sound drivers are acting a bit strange. I have full control via the quick launch buttons but when booting up the last configuration is forgotten. By this I mean that the volume comes on full volume no matter what it was set to at shut down.

    Has anyone had experience of this? It is quite frustrating and I have no idea how to solve it. Any ideas?
     
    s_tevep, Dec 8, 2008
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    Back to the top. Please.
     
    s_tevep, Dec 9, 2008
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    schoko, Dec 9, 2008
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    Yes if you know the brand of your audio card, you can try using other drivers that might compatible.
     
    flipfire, Dec 9, 2008
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    Thanks again for all your help. I now have everything up and running. The thing is running better than ever.

    It is amazing how much that vista rubbish slows everything down. Graphics look crisper and I don't think I've seen the egg timer for a week!

    Steve
     
    s_tevep, Dec 10, 2008
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