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 Mar 30 2008, 12:20 AM
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Member  Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 24 Joined: 23-September 07 Member No.: 158,614  |
 :lol ok SOMEONE PLEASE IF YOU CAN RELIEVE ME FROM THE VISTA STRESS. THANKS!!!! REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST  I WOULD LOVE SOME INFO/INPUT FROM SOMEONE THAT HAS DONE IT MANY TIMES THUS KEEPING ME IN A LESS STRESSFUL ENVIRONMENT WHILE DOING THIS CONVERSION> THANK YOU ONVE AGAIN
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Mar 30 2008, 06:02 AM
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 Forum Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 12,339 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
I've done this a couple of times at work, and the easiest way to do it is to visit the HP website for your exact model number. Usually there will be a choice of OS's.
Should this not work, then it's easiest to make a list of what devices are listed in Device Manager, and then search the web for those drivers in an XP flavor. The biggest drawback here is obtaining the motherboard/chipset drivers - but some clues on the HP website should lead you to the drivers needed. Finally, once you're up and running, it's nice to have another internet capable PC and a flash drive for downloading drivers that you may have missed. At work we download the network card drivers first (and install them) so that we can use the web right away to locate any missing drivers. -------------------- - John
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Mar 30 2008, 09:39 AM
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Patryk, co ci sie w Viscie nie podoba??..
 Moze lepiej zainwestowac w dodatkowa pamiec RAM, jesli predkosc dzialania jest problemem??.. ..
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Mar 30 2008, 02:08 PM
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Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 24 Joined: 23-September 07 Member No.: 158,614 |
Ok I have 3 gb ram 2 dimms
256mb ram 250 hd soooo i guess that should be enough for vista-------------------- Inq_PL
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Mar 30 2008, 04:27 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 26-February 08 Member No.: 192,692 |
So what's the problem then??..
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Mar 30 2008, 07:16 PM
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Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 24 Joined: 23-September 07 Member No.: 158,614 |
wolny wtedy kiedy nie powinien skoro mam ic2Duo t9300 2.5 ghz 3 gb ramu powinien latac
no ale. i sie restartuje niewiadomo po co i ogolem kiedy chce.it's slow at moments where it shouldn't since i have intel core 2 duo t9300 2.5ghz and 3gb RAM it should fly....but oh well..and it restarts for no reason and overall when it feels like it. which obviously is when i am doing something important...  :( ...so yeah I think I will try that switch..but um..i have to order backup disks from hp because when i make my own there is an error in verifying at 2/3 disks so i cant do it and i have to order..anyways i will check on these drivers and then i'll post back. Thanks :D
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Mar 31 2008, 05:29 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 12,339 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Check your Event Viewer for errors related to these problems. Go to Start and type in "eventvwr.msc" (without the quotes) and press Enter. Expand the Windows logs and check both the System and Application logs for errors that occur at the time that you have problems.
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Apr 8 2008, 09:00 AM
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Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 24 Joined: 23-September 07 Member No.: 158,614 |
QUOTE(usasma @ Mar 30 2008, 06:02 AM)  I've done this a couple of times at work, and the easiest way to do it is to visit the HP website for your exact model number. Usually there will be a choice of OS's. Should this not work, then it's easiest to make a list of what devices are listed in Device Manager, and then search the web for those drivers in an XP flavor. The biggest drawback here is obtaining the motherboard/chipset drivers - but some clues on the HP website should lead you to the drivers needed. Finally, once you're up and running, it's nice to have another internet capable PC and a flash drive for downloading drivers that you may have missed. At work we download the network card drivers first (and install them) so that we can use the web right away to locate any missing drivers. There is so many and all of them dont have a word driver within in except the BIOS one so how would i know which ones are drivers? every single line rep. a driver?? -------------------- Inq_PL
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Apr 8 2008, 10:18 AM
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Forum Addict Group: Moderator Posts: 12,339 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Please let us know the exact make and model of your HP system. Use this link to verify it: http://welcome.hp.com/country/us/en/support/prod_info.html
Also, please let us know what country the computer was purchased in, as the model availability is country dependent. -------------------- - John
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Apr 8 2008, 09:41 PM
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Member Group: HJT Sophomore Classmen Posts: 24 Joined: 23-September 07 Member No.: 158,614 |
Well it is hp pavilion dv 6700 with vista home 32 intel processor and bought in usa [custom built]
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Apr 9 2008, 09:10 AM
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QUOTE(Inq_PL @ Mar 30 2008, 08:08 PM) 256mb ram Why 256Mb of RAM?? WHY? Especially with Vista?! 
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Apr 9 2008, 10:55 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 26-February 08 Member No.: 192,692 |
QUOTE(pcmaddeanp @ Apr 9 2008, 04:10 PM) Why 256Mb of RAM?? WHY? Especially with Vista?! It was probably an amount of memory in his Video Card... He mentioned in two posts that he has 3GB of RAM... .
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Apr 9 2008, 02:32 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 199,842 |
Oh I see!
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Apr 11 2008, 10:23 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 2-January 07 Member No.: 104,225 |
Hey guys just got a new laptop the specs are
CODE # Processor Brand AMD # Processor AMD Turion™ 64 X2 # Processor Speed 2.1GHz # Display Type WXGA high-definition widescreen with BrightView technology (1280 x 800) # Screen Size 14.1" # System Bus 1600MHz # Cache Memory 512KB + 512KB at die Level 2 # System Memory (RAM) 4GB # Type of Memory (RAM) DDR2 # Hard Drive Type SATA (5400 rpm) # Hard Drive Size 250GB # Optical Drive Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW # Optical Drive Speeds Drive speeds not specified # Direct-Disc Labeling Yes # Digital Media Reader or Slots Yes, digital media card reader # Graphics NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M (UMA) # Video Memory Up to 1071MB # Personal Video Recorder (PVR) No # TV Tuner No # MPEG Yes # Built-in Web Cam Yes # Modem 56 Kbps* *Capable of receiving 56 Kbps downloads. However, current regulations limit download speed to 53 Kbps. # Networking Built-in high-speed 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector) # Wireless Networking Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g) # S-Video Outputs 1 # Audio Altec Lansing # Speakers Built-in stereo # PCMCIA Slots 1 ExpressCard/34/54 # USB 2.0 Ports 3 # IEEE 1394 FireWire Ports 1 # Parallel Ports None # Serial Ports None # Game Ports None # Notebook Weight Thin and light (4.5 to 6 lbs.) # Battery Type Lithium-ion (6-cell) # Pointing Device Touchpad with dedicated vertical scroll pad and on/off button # Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1 # Included Software HP Photosmart Essentials, Quick Play; muvee autoProducer ; CyberLink DVD Suite; Microsoft Works; Adobe Acrobat Reader and more # Included Accessories HP mobile remote and ear bud headphones My girlfriend hates vista and i think it slows down this machine... so it's my job to downgrade this by the end of the weekend My first thought was to start with the graphics card so i went to nvidia.com and put in the info. They sent me to hp. I put in my p/n which is DV2845se and i ran into a huge prob. in http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...g=en&cc=us# You can see in vista64 there are a lot of drivers to dl. But in Xp there are 3 and they aren't even the drivers. Dunno if HP kinda screwed me on this one or not but if someone has a few words of wisdom to share that would make my weekend a lot more enjoyable. |
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Apr 12 2008, 08:02 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 30-March 08 Member No.: 199,842 |
How about you contact HP?
I want to do the same thing and use Vista on a Virtual machine using VMWare, but there are only about 5 drivers for XP  I'm gonna contact them now! pcmaddeanp -------------------- pcmaddeanp (Dean) |
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