Author Topic: stupid stupid vista (Read 11761 times)

heffay · « **Reply #125 on:** April 10, 2009, 11:04:02 AM »

well... searched for drivers for a while last night... tried to install a few based on a guess... not the right ones.

i did find a spec sheet on hp website though... so that may be good help.

right now i'm remodeling though... i'll attack it again when i get home.

mlinder · « **Reply #126 on:** April 10, 2009, 11:10:21 AM »

OK, good luck

mlinder · « **Reply #127 on:** April 10, 2009, 12:56:07 PM »

intel g33 is the graphics chipset, onboard.
Driver is here:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/filter_results.aspx?strTypes=all&ProductID=2843&OSFullName=Windows*+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!

I still don't know what northbridge your motherboard has.

Point me at the vista driver download page so I can tell what you need, from there, ok?

heffay · « **Reply #128 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:15:29 PM »

hey, m...

comp is hp pavilion a6637c desktop
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=2093&lc=en&dlc=sk&cc=sk&lang=sk&product=3821637

still appreciating all the help

mlinder · « **Reply #129 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:26:31 PM »

OK, I'll see what I can find for you after I get home.

heffay · « **Reply #130 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:29:54 PM »

basically... that page tells me most of what i need to know, correct?
just go dig thru webpages and find the right download.

p.s. driver for chipset works! woohoo! something more useful than 600x800

mlinder · « **Reply #131 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:45:12 PM »

It kinda tells you what you need. It's not giving specifics of what it actually is. "intel inf update". Big #$%*in deal. There's intel inf updates for 15 different chipsets/lan chipsets/wireless chipsets/graphic chipsets, etc.

I'll see what I can dig out.

heffay · « **Reply #132 on:** April 10, 2009, 05:51:26 PM »

that's what i meant by guessing last night.

heffay · « **Reply #133 on:** April 10, 2009, 07:23:28 PM »

need ethernet controller driver, i think.
and modem... but that may be installed as install attempts seem to not even want to start.

comp seems to be starting and running just fine.

once i'm able to connect i should be able to do a bit more.

is it a problem if i have this version of xp running on a different computer? should i reinstall the other version of xp i have that is not presently installed anywhere else?

Inigo Montoya · « **Reply #134 on:** April 10, 2009, 08:38:06 PM »

Problem is that the pc companies and hardware companies are not too big on xp drivers. HP, dell and the rest get special hardware and they make their drivers and companies such as intel and realtek make drivers but there are less being made for xp. Does not matter the version of xp. Once you do manage to find drivers IF you can find them all, save them on a disk for future use.

mlinder · « **Reply #135 on:** April 11, 2009, 07:16:25 AM »

Sorry heffay, started drinkin beer when I came home, didn't get on the computer at all. Will sort some crap out for you after I get to work, ok?

heffay · « **Reply #136 on:** April 11, 2009, 08:42:17 AM »

sounds great man...

yes, vinman... thank you... backup, check.

cb750k7 · « **Reply #137 on:** April 11, 2009, 09:07:42 AM »

Hi Heffay,

Tried to send file to your Email...bounced back.

Please send another address.

Jona

heffay · « **Reply #138 on:** April 11, 2009, 09:10:39 AM »

cafe350@sohc4.net ?

nothing there yet.

cb750k7 · « **Reply #139 on:** April 11, 2009, 09:19:53 AM »

Quote from: heffay on April 11, 2009, 09:10:39 AM

cafe350@sohc4.net ?

nothing there yet.

It bounced back.

I got the following message...

I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not
be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below.
The mail system

<cafe350@sohc4.net>: host ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM[209.85.220.43] said: 552-5.7.0 Our
system detected an illegal attachment on your message.

Do you have an alternative "normal" address?

heffay · « **Reply #140 on:** April 11, 2009, 09:22:42 AM »

sent you a PM

not gonna post all my email addys here.

cb750k7 · « **Reply #141 on:** April 11, 2009, 09:41:08 AM »

Quote from: heffay on April 11, 2009, 09:22:42 AM

sent you a PM

not gonna post all my email addys here.

Check ALL your mails....

mlinder · « **Reply #142 on:** April 11, 2009, 01:00:10 PM »

LAN driver is prolly the first one here:

http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=13&PFid=4&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false&Downloads=true

heffay · « **Reply #143 on:** April 11, 2009, 01:19:39 PM »

there's not a setup/install file in there... should i put those files somewhere in order to make things work?

mlinder · « **Reply #144 on:** April 11, 2009, 01:22:53 PM »

unzip to a folder on the desktop.
Go to device manager, right click on the eth controller, click "install driver" or whatever, then point it at that folder. Should work.

heffay · « **Reply #145 on:** April 13, 2009, 07:41:22 AM »

INTERNET WOOHOOO

i think/hope its all downhill from here!

mlinder · « **Reply #146 on:** April 13, 2009, 08:49:06 AM »

If you can't find drivers for some things, let me know, I can prolly track em down.

heffay · « **Reply #147 on:** April 14, 2009, 12:55:33 PM »

man! i thought i'd deleted my sohc4.net/forums driver!

2 whole days of inability to contact mlinder and i still got the computer running flawlessly.

ended up buying paretologic drivercure
dug thru my system very quickly and found the drivers i needed... the download of all the drivers was pretty damn slow but i still got all my drivers!

i've been working on the really slow computer now that i got this one we've been working on all done... dumped a bunch of the vista add-ons and gadgets and trinkets and what-nots and doohickeys... used the 1gig memory stick that i took out so that now it has 2gig RAM... even w/out doing much else the computer is running much better. i still may dump vista on that one too though. its simply a resource hog and i like my computers on a diet.

thanks everyone for the help... i love the fact that i can go to my trusty vintage bike forum for anything tech related... bikes, babes, taxes, computers, etc.

billybobobrain · « **Reply #148 on:** April 14, 2009, 01:38:11 PM »

So it's your computer the site runs off of!

heffay · « **Reply #149 on:** April 14, 2009, 02:11:10 PM »

Quote from: billybobobrain on April 14, 2009, 01:38:11 PM

So it's your computer the site runs off of!

oh no... my comp at home is safe and sound.
i wouldn't ever buy a computer w/ vista for my own computing needs... i'll just wait for the next round of microsoft mistakes.

we originally bought a 64 bit vista system for the office, which didn't work w/ our gate software... that computer has been sitting untouched until i started trying to put xp on it.
we've been using another computer w/ 32 bit vista as backup until i could get the 64bit vista changed to xp. which is the one i want to put xp on now, as well.

basically, gate software will only run on 32 bit windows.

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