Need Drivers!!

[Benny6dimes]

So I put an old hard drive into a laptop I came across at a garage sale. I tried numerous recovery disks before finding one running windows 7. The problem is that there are 7 drivers missing including my Ethernet Controller so I can't search them out online. I tried plugging directly into my modem but with no luck. I can't even get the USB ports to work.

Please help!!

[Paul_Tikkanen · Accepted solution]

Hi:

You need these drivers for the usb and ethernet controllers...

USB...download, unzip and run the setup application.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/22824/Intel-USB-3-0-eXtensible-Host-Controller-Driver-for-...

Ethernet:  Download, unzip and run the setup application from the W7 driver at the link below.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=14&PFid=7&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTy...

Card reader:  Download, unzip and run the setup application from the 1st file listed at the link below.

http://www.realtek.com.tw/Downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=15&PFid=25&Level=4&Conn=3&DownT...

Wireless:

This package contains the driver installation package for the Realtek RTL8723BE/RTL8188EE wireless LAN Controller in the supported notebook models running a supported operating system.

http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp79001-79500/sp79095.exe

[Benny6dimes]

Oh my gosh! Thank you so much. That was a huge help.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

[Paul_Tikkanen]

I think I found the graphics driver for W7.

That is the hardest one to find...download, unzip and run the setup application.

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/23874/Intel-Embedded-Media-and-Graphics-Driver-for-Intel-N...

[Benny6dimes]

Sweet!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

If there is anything else you are missing, just let me know.

The 32 bit graphics is the only one that is a bear to find, as the PC was designed to run a 64 bit OS.