Hello, i just bought a HP pavilion dv2500 w/ windows vista home. i decied to install Windows XP, i did so, and downloaded all the drivers for Windows Xp for the dv2000 series from the HP site.

i cant install video, sound, ethernet drivers. please help!


thanks in advance

Was it an install of the drivers or did you just download them to a specific folder.

Did you try using device manager to update your drivers?

Right click my computer
Click properties
open hardware tab
click device manager

How many have '?' or '!' on them.
Usually in yellow, easy to spot too.

This post has been edited by cmpm: Apr 29 2008, 09:38 AM

yes i've tried to update the drivers from the device manager, and nothing.

(all with yellow marks, !, ?)
OTHER DEVICES
- AUDIO DEVICE ON HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO BUS
- BASE SYSTEM DEVICE
- BASE SYSTEM DEVICE
- BASE SYSTEM DEVICE
- COPROCESSOR
- ETHERNET CONTROLLER
- MODEM DEVICE ON HIGH DEFINITION AUDIO BUS
- NETWORK CONTROLLER
- SM BUS CONTROLLER
- UNKNOWN DEVICE
- VIDEO CONTROLLER (VGA COMPATIBLE)


....

i successfully installed the following:
Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio (sp33566)
NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver
AMD Processor Update for Microsoft Windows XP

all found at: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...074&lang=en

thanks for your help.

note:
i get the following error when triying to install any of the rest drivers (like network, video..)
"Driver installation failed: could not find the MEDIA device for this driver"

This post has been edited by netoster: Apr 29 2008, 09:42 AM

update your chipset drivers...go here and select the right model number...

This post has been edited by happyrck: Apr 29 2008, 09:49 AM

downloading http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_nf4_wi...8.26_11.09.html
ill post as soon as i install it
thanks


note;
could not find chipset drivers on the link you gave me (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=ph&lang=en&dlc=en&product=3369421)

plus in that page i cant get sound drivers?

This post has been edited by netoster: Apr 29 2008, 09:51 AM

Right click the item in device manager click update driver.
Let it search windows update.
If no go with windows update then click
'install from a list or specific location'.
Point it to the folder that was created when you downloaded the driver.

Thanks, let us know if it works or not.

Hey thanks happyrck, I just posted possibly all I know to do on the subject.

didnt worked .

- downloading the latest chipset driver.

don't worry you'll get it...at some point it will just click for you... BTW your doing good..!!!
when there are lots of drivers missing its usually the chipset ...that one should always be done first...

NVIDIA SETUP ERROR
setup has detected that none of the chipsets supported by this install packgage are enabled on this system. The installation will be terminated"


chipsets supported by this install:
nForce 430 (MCP51), 410
Ethernet Driver (v50.23) "WHQL"
Network Management Tools (v50.23)
SMBus Driver (v4.52) "WHQL"
IDE SataRAID Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
IDE SataIDE Driver (v6.66) "WHQL"
RAIDTOOL Application (v6.63)

nForce 430 (MCP61), 405, 400
Ethernet Driver MCP61 (v65.21) "WHQL"
Network Management Tools MCP61 (v65.23)
SMBus Driver (v4.57) "WHQL"
IDE SataRAID Driver (v6.86) "WHQL"
IDE SataIDE Driver (v6.86) "WHQL"
RAIDTOOL Application (v6.86)


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according to this link (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?softwareitem=ob-41728-1&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1817074&os=228&lang=en)
my chipset is MCP51.

any ideas?...


EDIT:

i think i found the answer here
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums...hreadId=1221690

going to try it out.

This post has been edited by netoster: Apr 29 2008, 10:10 AM

Installation of the chipset seemed to work. ill post more after finishing the installs