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Old 01-09-2008   #1 (permalink)


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Stupid Drivers... Need Help

OMG I just clean installed XP Pro on my HP a5040a and there are no drivers for it. All of them are Vista. Any ideas on how to get them. The mobo is P5LP-LE. Help is appreciated.

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Old 01-09-2008   #2 (permalink)
philo


 
 

Re: Stupid Drivers... Need Help


"toloratedmeat" <toloratedmeat.32ww3g@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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Quote:

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> OMG I just clean installed XP Pro on my HP a5040a and there are no
> drivers for it. All of them are Vista. Any ideas on how to get them. The
> mobo is P5LP-LE. Help is appreciated.
>


Did you check the mfg's website?
They should have the drivers there


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Old 01-09-2008   #3 (permalink)
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]


 
 

Re: Stupid Drivers... Need Help

Check the manufacturers website to find out if device drivers for Windows XP
are available for that model computer.
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"toloratedmeat" <toloratedmeat.32ww3g@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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> OMG I just clean installed XP Pro on my HP a5040a and there are no
> drivers for it. All of them are Vista. Any ideas on how to get them. The
> mobo is P5LP-LE. Help is appreciated.
>
>
> --
> toloratedmeat

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Old 01-09-2008   #4 (permalink)
Dwarf


 
 

RE: Stupid Drivers... Need Help

Hi toloratedmeat,

I have just checked the HP website and there are no other drivers available
for your machine other than the Vista ones (both 32-bit and 64-bit). You
could try contacting HP to see if they are going to develop XP drivers for
your machine, but I don't hold out much hope.
Dwarf

"toloratedmeat" wrote:
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> OMG I just clean installed XP Pro on my HP a5040a and there are no
> drivers for it. All of them are Vista. Any ideas on how to get them. The
> mobo is P5LP-LE. Help is appreciated.
>
>
> --
> toloratedmeat
>
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Old 01-09-2008   #5 (permalink)
Ken Blake, MVP


 
 

Re: Stupid Drivers... Need Help

On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 03:00:23 -0600, toloratedmeat
<toloratedmeat.32ww3g@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote:
Quote:

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> OMG I just clean installed XP Pro on my HP a5040a and there are no
> drivers for it. All of them are Vista. Any ideas on how to get them. The
> mobo is P5LP-LE. Help is appreciated.

There may not be XP drivers available, and you may be out of luck. The
assumption that every new computer that comes with Vista can run XP
instead is not correct.

If that's the case with your computer, your only choice will be to put
Vista back on it.

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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