XP Drivers for Presario CQ45-112AU

[swapnilp]

Hi,

I want to install OS XP on my CQ45-112AU notebook....but I don't have drivers for it....

I try to search xp drivers on net... but didn't get any thing...

From where can I gate xp drivers...

Thanks and best regards,

Swapnil.

[erico]

There are a few indivduals who state that they have installed XP on your laptop model.

Here is a link to a blog on the subject.

It is quite difficult to find XP chipset drivers because AMD/ATI has either not bothered to produce the drivers or simply not made them accessible from the corporate support website. 

Some chipset manufacturers do not find  it to be cost effective to make their newer chipsets backwardly compatible to an older OS.

[Rakhmad]

First of all, I recommend you to use VISTA as OS.

This model use IDT sound chip, that XP driver having trouble with the factory install BIOS.

Some of CQ45 users found they will lose control for brighness setting (Fn+ F7 and F8) and needs to do BIOS update to fix it.

Go to your support vista page and download the latest BIOS.

Please take extra cautions when flashing BIOS!

However, If XP is critical for your applications please perform below steps.

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Your model needs AMD sata driver to be sliptreamed onto XP CD installer.

If you did it right, you'll pass BSOD error.

Use Nlite to slipstream AMD sata driver.
A good guide to sliptream sata driver, here

Note: Do NOT use sata driver from that guide, your sata driver is given below.

AMD SATA AHCI Controller Driver, here

or 

if you wish an AMD SATA driver from HP site, here

extract sp39719 to a folder and use files in RAID7xx folder

Important Note:

Use the option of instert from multiple driver folder.

Select ONLY x86 driver for AMD SATA AHCI when asked

Nlite download, here

Since you have a freedos model no need to do Vista Recovery cd/dvd 

Message Edited by Rakhmad on 06-11-2009 02:11 AM

[Rakhmad]

XP Drivers for CQ45-112AU

Install .Net Framework before others, here

Catalyst Software Suite (for your ATI Chipset, HD 3200 Graphics/Video, Drivers, here

If you found smbus controller still not install properly, download individual amd chipset.

Installing Audio is the most difficult part, since BIOS incompatibility.

Install MS-UAA first, here

IDT High-Definition Audio CODEC Driver,

1. sp41693, vista driver, reported work in XP here

or

2. sp39671, vista driver, reported works in XP here

Note:

Some of CQ45 and CQ40 users need to update their BIOS to solve Audio that disappeared after rebort.

If you found your BIOS is lower than F33A, update your BIOS to the latest version

High-Definition Audio (HDA) Modem Installer and Driver, here or here

Broadcom Wireless, here

Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC, here

JMB38X Card Reader Host Controller Driver, here

ENE CIR Receiver (your Vista driver), here

or if it does not work try Vista driver verified from Intel, here

ATI HDMI Audio, here download red ati driver

ALPS Touchpad Driver, here

HP Quick Lauch Buttons, here

If you have Bluetooth, here

if you had Fingerprint (from Cheryl post)

Use Vista drivers for Fingerprint Device work in XP.

AuthenTec Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor:

http://tinyurl.com/yr63w2

Bioscrypt VeriSoft Access Manager:

http://tinyurl.com/ynrbxk

Unknown devices (buttons drivers), here

Do manual installation

Go to device manager, right click unknown device,

Choose to update driver, No to connect,

Choose install from a list or specific location, Don't search, Have disk,

Browse to the location of machine.inf.

Do it for the rest of unknown devices

Good luck

[pmctm]

Follow the steps.

Install latest bios if possible.

1.Dot Net Framework - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=90&p=&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=0... 

2. AMD GRAPHICS -  http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/integrated-xp

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

4. BUS - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp32501-33000/sp32646.exe

5. AUDIO - ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp41501-42000/sp41616.exe

rest its easy. !

[Rakhmad]

@pmctm

Thank you for your post that may came from your own experience, could you make some comments why did you choose sp41616 instead of above posts?

More comments would be useful to others instead of just list of drivers that many people can find it.