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Cannot find XP drivers for new laptop

Hi, i recently bought a new HP G60 (215EM) laptop. It came installed with Vista and unfortunately over 50% of my applications do not run on vista and also i have to say that i have never been a fan of Vista.

I have been trying to downgrade to XP for the last 5 weeks. I have a fresh copy of XP installed... however i cannot get XP drivers for the laptop. I have been onto HP support and they sent me links to various different drivers (that they declared "might work") and surprisingly they didn't work...

Can anyone help me here, am i stuck with a useless laptop now as i have to have XP on my laptop for work use

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this one

David Wall

which particular drivers do you need please?

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nobus

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oo7ml

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Sorry, i need the following drivers:

- audio / sound
- display
- network adapter

I reckon i can manage with that, thank in advance

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David Wall

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oo7ml

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I have followed your steps nobus:

"Make a note of the first line of the PNP Device ID line of the entry. It will contain a Vendor number and a Device number (VEN. . . . DEV. . . .) both four digits long."

however, the information is blank for display and network adapter

the sound adaptor is: VEN_10DE DEV_0002 - the vendor number is NVIDIA but i did not find a matching DEV number... any ideas

Thanks for trying to help me

David Wall

link here how to get the video driver working look for guest _dimi halfabout aquarter of the way down

http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20775

oo7ml

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OK, i am trying all possible steps mentioned now, so far i have tried:

WallD - audio driver from google search failed

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oo7ml

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Thanks to all who have help... just stuck for one more driver which i can't seem to get working...

I need a Ethernet driver (have the wireless driver working)

thanks in advance

flubbster

Here you go...

First section, use download site 1.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=7&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3

oo7ml

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Thanks to all of you for helping... finally have it working, thanks