HP Pavilion Elite m9441uk, XP drivers needed

[Joe_C]

I have installed a hard drive caddy so that I can have a Vista disc and an XP disc, as some of my applications will not run on Vista. I have installed XP and it boots OK, bit I need XP drivers especially for the Wi-Fi card so that I can get on line! Can anyone help with links for the drivers?

Thanks in advance.

[1badGuard]

Before you dump Vista make your recovery discs.

Install Chipset and reboot. Then continue installing all other drivers.

Intel G33:
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/sb/CS-026488.htm

Graphics:GeForce 9500 GS
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_182.06_whql.html

Audio:ALC888S
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/RedirectFTPSite.aspx?SiteID=1&DownTypeID=3&DownID=12&PFid=24&Con...

Lan:Realtek 8111C
http://tinyurl.com/la9ey

Wireless LAN:
http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Windows.html

.net 1.1(for keyboard)
http://tinyurl.com/4y9vv

Original HP Multimedia Keyboard/Mouse Drivers
http://tinyurl.com/ywpftx

Also the sata drivers will need to be disabled and reinstalled.

http://www.digitgeek.com/how-to-slipstream-sata-drivers-into-xp-cd/

Message Edited by dmhoo29 on 02-21-2009 06:32 PM

[Joe_C]

Thank you for the information.

I'm not dumping Vista - I have separate hard drives one for Vista booting and one for XP boot, inserted via HDD caddy.

Unfortunately, I'm not having much success!

• Downloaded 'INFINST_AUTOL' from Intel but when I try to run it encounters an error and fails.
• Tried to download the LAN driver from realtek but the 'GO' to download link on their site just redirects you to the top level download page, seems to be a circular reference.
• Looked for the Wireless LAN driver at ralinktech, however there are several drivers there, I don't know which one is correct for my I/F card. I even removed the card to look for ID numbers but nothing resembled the numbers on the web site.

Further advice much appreciated.

[CherylG]

• The Intel files require  SP2   for XP.Do you have it installed?
• Realtek dl is working for me now,have you tried again lately?
• Wireless driver I believe is second in list

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Message Edited by CherylG on 02-22-2009 05:33 PM

[1badGuard]

The onboard LAN download works.

 Wireless LAN

http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/data/drivers/IS_AP_STA_RT2860_D-1.2.1.0_VA-2.1.2.0_RU-2.1.9.0_VA-2.2.4....

[Joe_C]

Thank you very much for the advice and links. I now have a mostly functional XP system, although I haven't had time to test everything yet.

There is one further issue..... In order to get the XP boot disc to run install I had to set the SATA BIOS to IDE, I believe this is due to the lack of SATA controller drivers on the XP install disc.

Having installed XP and the INTEL G33 driver set for XP I thought I'd be able to return to the default 'RAID' setting in the SATA BIOS, however, the XP HDD will not run with a RAID setting and the VISTA HDD will not run with an IDE setting! Am I missing some SATA controller drivers?

It's not the end of the world but it is a drag to have to alter BIOS settings when I swop between boot discs.

Regards,    Joe.

[1badGuard]

Yes, you need to install the sata drivers again. Read this link and see if it helps.

http://www.digitgeek.com/how-to-slipstream-sata-drivers-into-xp-cd/

[Joe_C]

Wow, that was fast!

Do you mean that I've got to start again with another XP install from scratch + SP 2 + SP 3 + INTEL G33 + WLAN + LAN + Audio + KBD/Mouse....etc? Can't I just add in some SATA drivers?

Regards.

[1badGuard]

No. I gave you the wrong link. Sorry

http://mytechweblog.blogspot.com/2007/10/enabling-sata-native-mode-after-xp.html

[Joe_C]

Thanks again!

The link tells me to download 'Intel Matrix Storage Manager' from the manufacturers web site. When I try this for my machine on the HP site and browse to the driver for XP it produces a file sp40925.exe and although it claims to be compatible with XP it goes on to say that you have to have a Vista 64 operating system, and the setup will not complete.

If I extract the file it does seem to contain a bunch of drivers but how do I work out which are the correct ones, and do I have to do this for the 2 port and 4 port SATA controllers?

Thanks for your patience.   Regards.