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    I'm trying to revive an old Pavilion N3250 Notebook...

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by [email protected], Mar 18, 2008.

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    I'm in the process of trying to bring an old Pavilion N3250 Notebook back to life... I'm trying to start fresh. I tried installing Windows 2000 on it, but that was a bit much for the system, so I'm now trying to put Windows 98SE on it. All goes well, except for a couple of drivers. It can't find a driver for something it calls "PCI communications controller". I think if I could resolve this issue then I could make my wireless (Linksys WPC 11 Ver. 4) work. Then I could sit in my easy chair and surf the web for the rest of the stuff to make it look and sound spiffy !!! Anyone have any ideas about finding various drivers?

    Any and all help would be appreciated.
     
    [email protected], Mar 18, 2008
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    Yes it was... Now... Can anyone help me find a driver for the PCI Audio on this notebook? I've given up on the Win 98SE and have loaded Win 2000 sp4 on it... I have everything working except the sound. Any help?
     
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