Ethernet Drivers: Intel 945GM Graphics Driver: Intel Chipsets Driver: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Ver.15.11.3.64.1576: Intel PRO Network Adapter Driver. We've finally got the HP dc7900 and this is what we've found so far. 1] Imaging with Linux is NOT supported in either the IDE or AHCI BIOS modes for the controller. Intel have not released ICH10 Linux drivers and this seems to be the core of the problem. We can get Linux agent communication though. Dec 29, 2016. The ones posted above are way too old, and do not have the driver needed for the HM70 chipset. If you are installing the sata driver from a USB FDD, then use the up/down arrow keys to scroll to and select the Intel(R) 7 Series Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller. If you need the XP AMD SATA Driver for. HP Business Notebook PCs - How to Identify SATA AHCI Controller and Manually Install SATA Drivers in Microsoft Windows XP. This document provides guidelines for endusers who have built an image with SATA AHCI Native Mode disabled in F10 Setup (BIOS), and need to modify the image to support SATA.

I have an HP EliteBook 8440p on which I'm using our existing Windows XP SP2 corporate image and I need to retro-install the SATA AHCI driver. I've done this many times, on many different models and it's just a matter of knowing which driver to use. I'm familiar with turning the switch on and off in BIOS, with installing the chipset drivers first, with downloading the driver package from HP, with extracting the inf files from the driver package, with manually installing the appropriate SATA AHCI driver through device manager, but I can't seem to find any references to tell me which driver in the list I need to choose.

The list is lengthy and I know if I choose the wrong driver I'll get the BSOD. The attached print screen shows what I have available. Can someone please help me with determineing which driver I need to install?

You might have a bit of a problem then. If all the hardware is geared for Vista, then after a fresh install of XP, you may not be able to find the correct drivers for the rest of the hardware. You won't be able to use the driver utility cd that should have come with the notebook since they will be Vista drivers. And since it's an HP product, you might just have a really hard time (if not impossible) matching up the hardware with the XP driver since HP is the manufacturer.

The graphics card (unless integrated) might not be a problem, and if it's a generic integrated sound chip (hopefully something like Sound Maxx or AC 97), you could also find those drivers. You'd have to do some searching to find the rest of the XP drivers for the other hardware installed. That's not a big deal, but if it's under warranty and something goes wrong and you're unlucky enough to have to ship it back, you may have just voided the warranty. Remember, any hardware parts (other than RAM and graphics cards) for notebooks can only be purchased from the manufacturer and their prices are INSANE. Purchased a DV 2125nr for my daughter to use at college and the hard drive went bad. I run a computer shop and finding parts for laptops is next to impossible in almost all cases. The only place that had the hard drive was HP.

If it wasn't under warranty, it would have cost $523 US. The manufacturers have anyone who purchases a notebook/laptop over a barrell since they are the only one who you can get critical parts from. Finally got someone at hp to listen Problem: Trying to get win xp onto dv6565us. No option to turn off native sata support in bios. Driver that HP first sent was not the driver needed for a fresh install aka the F6 method of adding the driver via a usb floppy. Change My Drivers License Address Ga. There first canned response is below at the bottom, and does not work for a fresh install.

I am not really sure what it would work for. Solution: Found someone at HP who actually did their homework and supplied the following instructions with a link for a driver from intel which allows the HD to be seen.

Just go thru the regular pain in the ***** process of F6'ing and adding the driver via the floppy. It appears to be the only way, but it does work, just formatting the drive now. We will see how much of a pain it is to get the rest up and running. Dear Bob, This is Vaughn from HP Total Care.Thank you for contacting HP Total Care, delivering total care for your HP Pavilion Notebooks. Note: Please do not reply to this email. This email is a follow-up to your recent HP Pavilion Notebooks Chat experience. I would like to provide a resolution to the issue which we were troubleshooting in the chat session.