Vista problems.

V-PV-P State College, PA Member
edited January 2008 in Science & Tech
My new laptop came with Vista Home with a bunch of unnecessary Toshiba utilities so instead of taking the time to uninstall each one, I installed XP on it since I'm not a fan of Vista. I guess I should have checked before but there are almost no drivers for XP for any of the hardware in this machine. So I reinstalled Vista Ultimate and I hate it. It's a Toshiba Satellite P205-S6277 and I went on Toshiba's website but they only provide Vista drivers. I also went to manufacturer websites for each part to find drivers and couldn't find any for XP. So my first question is: Is it possible at all to run XP on this machine, are there drivers available anywhere for this hardware. Second, if there are, where can I find them.

The only driver I found for both XP and Vista was the nVidia 7600 and the touchpad. I found the particular parts in this model by looking at the Vista drivers available on Toshiba's website and then going to each manufacturer's site for XP drivers.

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  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited December 2007
    It's possible to run XP on any machine, you just need to be good at hunting for drivers. That means knowing where to get Realtek vs. ADI, Ricoh vs. Texas Instruments, Marvell Yukon vs. Realtek, etc.

    It's going to be a struggle.

    UNKNOWNDEVICES is your friend.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited December 2007
    Thrax wrote:
    It's possible to run XP on any machine, you just need to be good at hunting for drivers. That means knowing where to get Realtek vs. ADI, Ricoh vs. Texas Instruments, Marvell Yukon vs. Realtek, etc.

    It's going to be a struggle.

    UNKNOWNDEVICES is your friend.

    I never knew about that. Thanks Thrax. I see it only works for devices on the PCI bus though. Would my wifi and stuff be on PCI, because I would think it would be USB or some other specialized port. I know for a fact that the included webcam is USB, though it's internal. Anyway, downloading the prog so I can atleast get everything on PCI.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2008
    V|P wrote:
    I never knew about that. Thanks Thrax. I see it only works for devices on the PCI bus though. Would my wifi and stuff be on PCI, because I would think it would be USB or some other specialized port. I know for a fact that the included webcam is USB, though it's internal. Anyway, downloading the prog so I can atleast get everything on PCI.

    I couldn't get Unknown Devices to work on my PC, so I looked for other programs and I found Everest which had a handy output to txt/html tool. I want to post it but I'm looking through it to make sure it doesn't contain any unique info about my PC... Coming in a few minutes.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2008 
    Computer:
			Computer Type  	ACPI x86-based PC (Mobile)
			Operating System  	Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate
			OS Service Pack  	-
			Internet Explorer  	7.0.6000.16575
			DirectX  	DirectX 10.0
			Computer Name  	VASHPATEL-PC (New)
			User Name  	Vash Patel
			Logon Domain  	VashPatel-PC
			Date / Time  	2008-01-01 / 16:19
 
		Motherboard:
			CPU Type  	Mobile DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo T5300, 1733 MHz (13 x 133)
			Motherboard Name  	TOSHIBA Satellite P205
			Motherboard Chipset  	Mobile Intel Calistoga-PM i945PM
			System Memory  	3072 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM)
			BIOS Type  	Phoenix (04/26/07)
 
		Display:
			Video Adapter  	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (128 MB)
			Video Adapter  	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 (128 MB)
			3D Accelerator  	nVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
			Monitor  	LG Philips LP171WP4-TLB1 [17.1" LCD]
 
		Multimedia:
			Audio Adapter  	Realtek ALC862 @ Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - High Definition Audio Controller [B-0]
 
		Storage:
			IDE Controller  	Intel(R) 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller - 27C4
			IDE Controller  	Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
			Storage Controller  	Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
			Storage Controller  	Virtual CloneDrive
			Disk Drive  	TOSHIBA MK2035GSS ATA Device (200 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA)
			Optical Drive  	ELBY CLONEDRIVE SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual CD-ROM)
			Optical Drive  	PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K17LF ATA Device
			SMART Hard Disks Status  	OK
 
		Partitions:
			C: (NTFS)  	190771 MB (114410 MB free)
			Total Size  	186.3 GB (111.7 GB free)
 
		Input:
			Keyboard  	Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
			Mouse  	HID-compliant mouse
			Mouse  	Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad
 
		Network:
			Primary IP Address  	xx
			Primary MAC Address  	xx
			Network Adapter  	Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (192.168.1.102)
			Network Adapter  	Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
			Modem  	TOSHIBA Software Modem
 
		Peripherals:
			Printer  	Fax
			Printer  	Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
			Printer  	Microsoft XPS Document Writer
			FireWire Controller  	Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller (PHY: TI TSB41AB1/2)
			USB1 Controller  	Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - USB Universal Host Controller [B-0]
			USB1 Controller  	Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - USB Universal Host Controller [B-0]
			USB1 Controller  	Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - USB Universal Host Controller [B-0]
			USB1 Controller  	Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - USB Universal Host Controller [B-0]
			USB2 Controller  	Intel 82801GBM ICH7-M - Enhanced USB2 Controller [B-0]
			USB Device  	Chicony USB 2.0 Camera
			USB Device  	USB Composite Device
			USB Device  	USB Human Interface Device
			Battery  	Microsoft AC Adapter
			Battery  	Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery
    Please let me know if I forgot any personal information on there.


    Found XP drivers for (So far):
    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
    Realtek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter (I'm not sure if this will work?)
    Mobile Intel Calistoga-PM i945PM
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2008
    I just can't find the drivers for Geforce Go 7600 GT.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16154

    download. Replace with modded inf linked at the top of the page. Install. Success.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=16154

    download. Replace with modded inf linked at the top of the page. Install. Success.

    Ok thanks Thrax. I think that covers everything except the HD Realtek Sound which I can't find. Can anyone think of anything I may be forgetting before I install XP?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2008
    http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High%20Definition%20Audio%20Codecs

    :\

    You're not looking very hard.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2008
    Thrax wrote:
    http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=24&PFid=24&Level=4&Conn=3&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false#High%20Definition%20Audio%20Codecs

    :\

    You're not looking very hard.

    WTF how are you finding this? I googled, checked manufacturer websites, even used the links that Everest gave me and couldn't find anything. Anyway, I just got XP installed so if this driver works, everything is good. Thanks a lot thrax.
  • Your-Amish-DaddyYour-Amish-Daddy The heart of Texas
    edited January 2008
    Actually I even think Nvidia's video graphics installer will still install that device.
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