XP Drivers for Toshiba A205-S5800

I'm experiencing the same problem as hundreds, if not thousands of others have before me. I picked up a beautiful Toshiba A205-S5800 used laptop that has the horrific Windows Vista Home Edition OS pre-installed.

After reading dozens of posts from people who have also wanted to downgrade to Windows XP, I gave it my best shot, and was able to successfully install the Windows XP Professional OS...

HOWEVER:

I was unable to obtain working XP drivers for the WLAN Adapter, Graphics Card, USB, or Display Adapter. None of the drivers from the Vista Restore Disc were compatible, and I couldn't find working XP drivers for the hardware on any of the Toshiba sites. Basically my Device Manager was filled with Yellow Question Marks.

If you're one of the few (I know you're out there) who was able to successfully get this model working 100% with Windows XP, I would greatly appreciate some of your wisdom, before I sell this for a more XP-friendly laptop.



Cheers,
Matt

 

Graphics card and display adapter are the same thing. You need to go to Intel.com and have it automatically search for your drivers. That should find 1-3 of them. You video/display adapter is the Intel GMA X3100.

 

Here's most of the drivers compiled by a kind person: A205-S4639 Vista Ultimate to XP Pro SP2 co ... ... After a bit of searching and installing I finally got my A205-S4639 converted from Vista Ultimate to XP Pro S ...

Check these places as well:

http://forums.driverguide.com/showthread.php?t=29828

http://forums.cnet.com/7723-6142_102-295027.html

Here's for sound/audio: http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsCheck.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3

 

I can't thank you enough, tHE j0KER, the first link you posted cleaned up half of my Yellow Question marks in my Device Manager

The correct driver for my Wi-Fi was still not found after installing various drivers from these and countless other links (even the exact RTL8187B driver from Realtek's site didn't work), but after another day of searching all over the internet I FINALLY found it on Toshiba's Australian site:

Support :: Toshiba

I'm happy to say my Toshiba A205-S5800 is running like a dream with Windows XP Professional. Thanks again!

 

Hi Mattonbass,

I am struggling long time to get Sound Card driver to my toshiba laptop the same model that you have. i installed many different versions of Realtek but could not help. Could you please post me a link for A205-S5800 sound card driver for Windows XP?

Thank you in advance..

My Email ID: [email protected]

 

Did you try this one: http://www.mytoshiba.com.au/file/download/resource/file/13946/SPA210 Atheros-Client-5.2.0.159-XP.exe

Also, are you sure your laptop has the Realtek wireless card?

Glad I could Help!