any Sager-owners with 64 bit XP? USB problems

Hi, I got my new sager yesterday and was working on getting windows xp 64 bit on it.

Apparently there is a problem with the intel chipset driver, making usb ports fail. I would strongly prefer not to clean install, as I don't have access to some of the software I had yesterday.

Is anyone aware of fixes for the usb chipset related problem for winxp x64? Microsoft support does not offer a hotfix driver.

I do not want Vista x64. I'm looking for an answer that does NOT involve formatting.


The chipset in question is 8.7.0.1007 for intel.
edit: the laptop in question is a sager np 8662. Haven't been able to find people with this problem, as xp x64 is rare.


Anyone have a working XP x64 sager? what did you do?
Anyone have the same problems?

 

XP x64 is not recommended to use.... since it is not really supported by many vendors nowadays.

that is why it is very poor driver support... making you have to go and find them on your own if you do choose to install XP x64.

you problem is definitely drivers issue.

you can try these XP x64 Intel drivers

 

a few questions:

a) if I install the wrong chipset drivers, are there high odds I'll need to format? or is a roll-back possible?
b) How can I roll back a chipset driver? This would be a direct solution to my problem, I'd think.
c) Exactly how do I go about repairing windows xp? I thought it would be doable via the install cd, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

A&B) if you install the wrong drivers, just go and uninstall them through Add/Remove programs.

C) Windows Repair Installation:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm