Downgraded to XP, Pavilion dv6864ca

[yoodidoo]

Hello,

I recently made an XP media center 2005 partition on my Pavilion dv6864ca laptop for dual boot. I have the dual boot system

working correctly, my problem is that i'm missing drivers for XP, so it's not working properly.

I searched the HP drivers section for my laptop, however it's missing important drivers. I would greatly appreciate it if anyone 

could tell me where i could find the drivers I need for my Windows XP partition. 

[CherylG · Accepted solution]

Jonah has a nice  guide,made up of drivers/procedure used on numerous downgrades here at the forums:

http://www.fastfs.com/help_pages/hp%20downgrade.htm

[Daniel_Potyrala]

Drivers for Your model:

Chipset here (First install this and reboot)

MS-UAA (required with a reboot before Audio and Graphic driver) here

Nvidia Graphic 8400M GS

How to install them in XP:

Basically it's a 3-step process:
1. Download driver here, double click and select extract,
2. Download modded INF here and replace original INF in extracted folder,
3. Install & reboot.

Conexant HD Audio here

Conexant HD AUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver here

Broadcom Wireless here

or

Intel Wireless 5100 here

Bluetooth Wireless here

.Net Framework(required before HP Quick Launch Buttons) here

HP Quick Launch Buttons here

Ricoh 5-in-1 card reader here

Synaptics Touchpad here

Cyberlink YouCam Software here

[Daniel_Potyrala]

How to install QuickPlay in Win XP:

First:

You need to make a registry hack to install it:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\QPFlag]
"QPFlag"=dword:00000003
"@"=""

If you dont know how to do it, just download,QuickPlay.zip, extract it with WinRar or WinZip, double click on it to run it.

Second:

QPW (QuickPlay) version 2.3 for XP here

Update to the final version of QPW for XP here

Skin update here

[Daniel_Potyrala]

You may also want to update Your Bios. Check here what changes have been made in the last version.

[yoodidoo]

Thank you all for your help, greatly appreciated. I got things working with the guide you linked me to, but i'll

backup all the drivers you both gave me to be sure next time things go smoothly. Thanks again.

[CherylG]

You're welcome,glad the guide helped.Jonah put together the guide because so many were downgrading HP laptops,and we were typing the same thing over and over for the  dv6000/dv9000 AMD models.

Once you have XP running well with all drivers installed, make an Image of hdd_to easily be able to reinstall later if needed, no more driver searches.I have been using Macrium lately and it is very good. Will backup to external USB hdd, DVD, network drive,etc. It also creates a bootable cd to boot from and restore your entire OS in the event of problems.

Macrium Reflect Disk Imaging:

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp