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    W2K3 Drivers for NP5690

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Jake, Apr 10, 2006.

  1. Jake

    Jake Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I'm looking for Windows 2003 drivers for a NP 5690. The drivers seem to be on the driver cd, but not in a usable form, and the driver installer won't run on W2K3.

    I've e-mailed Sager Tech Support, but I thought I'd ask here.

    Can anyone help?
     
    Jake, Apr 10, 2006
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    Just to bring this to closure. I was able to get Win 2003 Server running on my Sager NP5690. It was runniny dual boot with XP Pro. I had to go to each component's vendor web site to get the 2K3 drivers. ATI was the biggest pain, but it worked very well once I rounded up what was needed.

    Jake
     
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    Hats off to you for getting Server 2003 to run on a notebook. I have had very little success doing that in the past; the main obstacle as you found is getting the video card to work.
     
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    Thank you.

    I was able to use the W2K3 server implementation for my MSCE certification classes, and for a little setup at home with five boxes. I used one laptop as as backup server for the configuration. Good learniong experience.

    Jake
     
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