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Jun 3, 2009

HP G60 Drivers for Windows XP (HP G60-235dx)

hp-g60

Collection of drivers needed to install (or downgrade to) Windows XP SP3 on HP G60-235DX laptop:

  • Intel Chipset, (install and reboot before other drivers) » here
  • Intel Matrix Storage Manager » here
  • MS-UAA (required with a reboot before Audio and Graphic driver) » here
  • Intel Graphic 4500M » here
  • Conexant HD Audio » here
  • Conexant HD AUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver » here
  • Synaptics Touchpad » here
  • if you have Atheros Wireless driver » here, or if it does not work try » here
  • if you have Intel Wireless » here
  • Realtek USB 2.0 Card reader » here
  • Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC Driver » here
  • .NET Framework (required before HP Quick Lunch Buttons) » here
  • HP Quick Launch Buttons » here

Notes:

  • You need WinRAR to extract some of the files, so make sure you have it installed.
  • Before you begin the installation, you need to slipstream the SATA AHCI drivers (only ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller) with nLite. The instructions on how to do it are here.
  • Please note that you’ll see a black screen for about 1-2 minutes while the Windows XP setup files are loading. This is probably an issue with the new 16:9 displays.
  • Audio and Modem driver must be installed using Device Manager, by manually specifying the location of the of the driver’s INF file and forcing it to install, although XP will give you a warning that you are not using the correct drivers.
  • If you have Unknown Devices (buttons drivers) » here (Installation –> right click machine.inf, choose install)

Via HP Support Forums user Daniel_Potyrala.

Dec 12, 2008

Windows XP (32bit) drivers for HP Pavilion DV6000 CTO

HP Pavilion dv6000 CTO

If you want to downgrade Vista and install Windows XP on your HP Pavilion DV6000, here is a collection of drivers for this operating system.

The characteristics vary from one variant of this model to another, but here are the general specifications:

  • AMD Turion 64, dual core processor
  • nForce4 Chipset
  • 512MB / 1GB / 2 GB DDR2 memory
  • 15.4″ WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
  • 256MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150/7200
  • 80/160 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive
  • LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-RW with Double Layer Support
  • 1.3 Megapixel Webcam with mic built into screen
  • Altec Lansing speakers built in
  • 3 USB ports, ExpressCard/54 Slot, S-Video, IR, RJ-11, RJ-45, WLAN, Bluetooth

Download here. You need WinRAR to extract the archive.

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Also, check out my post on Windows XP drivers for Toshiba Satellite L300-110 and the instructions on how to intergrate AHCI drivers into Windows XP installation disk with nLite.

May 22, 2008

Toshiba Satellite L300 Drivers for Windows XP (Toshiba Satellite L300-110 / PSLB0E)

For all of you who want to downgrade from Windows 7 or Windows Vista and install Windows XP on your Toshiba Satellite L300-110 laptop, I made a driver pack which work perfectly on this operating system. Toshiba doesn’t offer official WinXP drivers for this laptop, but I did my best to find them and to collect them in one package.

Toshiba Satellite L300-110

The package contains all the nessesary drivers:

  • AHCI (Text-Mode Driver and Intel Matrix Storage Manager)
  • Realtek Audio
  • Intel Chipset
  • Toshiba Common Modules
  • Toshiba Hotkey Utility
  • Keyboard
  • Realtek LAN
  • Dial-up Modem
  • Toshiba Supervisor Password Utility
  • Synaptic Touchpad
  • Intel VGA
  • Realtek WLAN

Bonus: How to intergrate AHCI drivers into Windows XP installation disk with nLite.

Download Here
You need WinRAR or other unrar utility to extract the archive.

May 21, 2008

Use Unlocker to unlock your files

Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows?

It has many other flavors:

  • Cannot delete file: Access is denied
  • There has been a sharing violation.
  • The source or destination file may be in use.
  • The file is in use by another program or user.
  • Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

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