Compaq Presario CQ40-425TU drivers for Windows XP

If you are not able to install Windows XP on this laptop please see this post on how to install windows xp in CQ40-425TU

To successfully install the drivers in Compaq Presario CQ40-425TU Laptop with Windows XP operating System.

I. Get the following drivers and install in the given order.
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01. Intel Chipset drivers – Intel INF driver (2MB)

02. Intel Matrix Storage Manager - Intel MSM (21 MB)

03. Intel SATA driver – driver for SATA (3.3MB)

04. VGA/Display – video driver (19 MB)

05. Intel LAN Driver  -Ethernet driver (4.5 MB)

06. Audio/Sound -  (see the install instruction below)

07. Modem – sp33839_Modem with SmartCP.exe(6MB)

08. Wireless – Wireless_driver (29.4 MB)

09. Webcam – sp35414_HP 1.3MP Webcam Software Drivers.exe (5MB)

10. Dotnetfx2.0 – dotnetfx_2.0.exe (22MB)

11. Touchpad – Synaptics Touchpad.exe (6MB)

12. Quick launch – Quick launch buttons.exe (14MB)

13. Card Reader – driver for card-reader (3.3 MB)

14. Bluetooth – driver for bluetooth (98 MB)

15.HDMI Audio – HDMI-R203.exe (15 MB)

I. To install Audio driver on CQ40-425TU please follow these steps

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1. download CQ40-425TU audio driver (18 MB)  OR SP39671_IDT High Definition Audio CODEC (19MB)

2. Unzip the file to a folder then install Hotfix – kb888111 first ” \SP39671\HDAQFE\xpsp2\us\kb888111xpsp2.exe “

3. Now install the audio driver ” \SP39671\ setup.exe “

4. Do not reboot. Now you should be able to hear the audio. If not goto ” Device manager>System Devices>Microsoft    UAA Bus Driver… > Right Click – Disable ” then Enable it again and follow steps 2 and 3.

5. After you hear the audio output proceed to next step, don’t reboot.

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6. download “devcon” utility from microsoft.  (78KB)

7. Unzip ‘devcon.exe’ and copy the ‘ I386\DevCon.exe ‘ file to ‘ C:\Windows\system32 ‘

8. Start > RUN > cmd

9. In the prompt type (without quotes) ” devcon find pci* “

10. Scroll up and look for a line before ” Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Defenision Audio” some thing like this “PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_055C&SUBSYS_30EA103C&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&0&38: Microsoft UAA Bus
Driver for High Definition Audio”

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11. Now copy the under lined part from your command prompt by “right clicking on the Title bar>Edit>Mark” and mark the line u need to copy (till the under lined part only) hit “Enter” to copy.

12. In the desktop create a text file called ‘ audio.txt ‘and paste it replacing the underlined characters as shown below with qoutes.

DEVCON.EXE RESTART “PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E&SUBSYS_3607103C&REV_03“

14. Save the file and rename it to ” audio.bat ” now copy it to ” C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup “

15. Thats all now you will be able to hear audio every time you reboot.

Compaq Presario CQ40-317TU drivers for Windows XP

If you are not able to install Windows XP on this laptop please see this post on how to install windows xp in CQ40-317TU

To successfully install the drivers in Compaq Presario CQ40-317TU Laptop with Windows XP operating System.

I. Get the following drivers and install in the given order.
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01. Intel Chipset drivers – Intel INF driver (2MB)

02. Intel Matrix Storage Manager - Intel MSM (21 MB)

03. Intel SATA driver – driver for SATA (3.3MB)

04. VGA/Display – video driver (19 MB)

05. Intel LAN Driver  -Ethernet driver (4.5 MB)

06. Audio/Sound -  (see the install instruction below)

07. Modem – sp33839_Modem with SmartCP.exe(6MB)

08. Wireless – Wireless_driver (29.4 MB)

09. Webcam – sp35414_HP 1.3MP Webcam Software Drivers.exe (5MB)

10. Dotnetfx2.0 – dotnetfx_2.0.exe (22MB)

11. Touchpad – Synaptics Touchpad.exe (6MB)

12. Quick launch – Quick launch buttons.exe (14MB)

13. Card Reader – driver for card-reader (3.3 MB)

14. Bluetooth – driver for bluetooth (98 MB)

15.HDMI Audio – HDMI-R203.exe (15 MB)

I. To install Audio driver on CQ40-317TU please follow these steps

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1. download CQ40-317TU audio driver (18 MB)  OR SP39671_IDT High Definition Audio CODEC (19MB)

2. Unzip the file to a folder then install Hotfix – kb888111 first ” \SP39671\HDAQFE\xpsp2\us\kb888111xpsp2.exe “

3. Now install the audio driver ” \SP39671\ setup.exe “

4. Do not reboot. Now you should be able to hear the audio. If not goto ” Device manager>System Devices>Microsoft    UAA Bus Driver… > Right Click – Disable ” then Enable it again and follow steps 2 and 3.

5. After you hear the audio output proceed to next step, don’t reboot.

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6. download “devcon” utility from microsoft.  (78KB)

7. Unzip ‘devcon.exe’ and copy the ‘ I386\DevCon.exe ‘ file to ‘ C:\Windows\system32 ‘

8. Start > RUN > cmd

9. In the prompt type (without quotes) ” devcon find pci* “

10. Scroll up and look for a line before ” Microsoft UAA Bus driver for High Defenision Audio” some thing like this “PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_055C&SUBSYS_30EA103C&REV_A1\3&2411E6FE&0&38: Microsoft UAA Bus
Driver for High Definition Audio”

.

11. Now copy the under lined part from your command prompt by “right clicking on the Title bar>Edit>Mark” and mark the line u need to copy (till the under lined part only) hit “Enter” to copy.

12. In the desktop create a text file called ‘ audio.txt ‘and paste it replacing the underlined characters as shown below with qoutes.

DEVCON.EXE RESTART “PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_293E&SUBSYS_3607103C&REV_03“

14. Save the file and rename it to ” audio.bat ” now copy it to ” C:\Documents and Settings\User\Start Menu\Programs\Startup “

15. Thats all now you will be able to hear audio every time you reboot.

How to install Windows XP on HP Compaq and other new age Laptops

Many of you have come across a blue screen while trying to install windows xp in your new laptop. This BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) is due to the fact that your Windows XP does not have the SATA drivers which is required to detect your Hard Disk Drives. The solution to this is to integrate SATA drivers to your winxp CD, the following steps will let you do it.

If you don’t have Floppy Disk Drive especially on a notebook. You still can install Win Xp by Slip streaming SATA driver into WinXp boot cd using nLite.

Materials needed:

1) nLite(download here), a free tool to help you slipstreaming(integrate) your SATA drivers into WinXp installation disk.

2) Extract SATA drivers  (Please see the corresponding Laptop models for SATA drivers )

(if you are using Intel chipset Intel 82801GR/GH, 631xESB/632xESB, 82801GHM, ICH8R/ICH9R, 82801HEM SATA RAID Controller, get the drivers from here)

Steps:

1) Get your Windows XP installation disk and copy the contents to a new folder(I named it “WinXp”).

2) Extract the SATA drivers you downloaded into a folder

3) Run nLite->choose “Next”.

4) Now, locate the Windows folder(for me, it’s “WinXp”).

5) Next again and you will come to “Presets”. Ignore this by choosing “Next” again.

6) In “Task Selection”, choose “Drivers” and “Bootable ISO” by high-lighting them.

7) Choose “Insert”->”Single driver”

Browse to the SATA driver folder and select either one of the .INF file, I choose “iaahci.inf”.

9) A screen like below will pop-up, make sure it’s “Textmode driver” ( This is the most important step ) and select all of them by holding CTRL+A key and choose “OK”

10) You shall see something like this. Choose “Next” and you will be prompted.

11) Choose “Yes” to start the process.

12) Let it finish and choose “Next”.

13) Finally, you can create your project as ISO image or burn it directly to CD-R under “Mode”. I choose “Direct Burn”. You can put anything for “Label” but not too long. Choose “Burn” and you will be prompted again.

14) Choose “Yes” to burn it to CD-R. Wait for it to finish and choose “Next”

15) Choose “Finish” to exit nLite.

Thats all You can now boot your laptop with this CD and install Windows Xp with out Blue screen showing.

Credits:: http://maxeasyguide.blogspot.com

Installing SATA Drivers for enabling SATA native mode after installing Windows XP

If you want to enable SATA Native Mode on your computer AFTER installing Windows XP follow this procedure.

For whatever reason, you may have installed Windows XP on your new laptop with SATA Native Mode disabled in the BIOS. Once XP is installed, enabling it in the BIOS will result in a BSOD upon loading Windows because XP doesn’t have the correct drivers.

Enabling SATA native mode will give you a slight performance increase and slightly increased battery life.

1.  Download the Intel Matrix Storage Manager software for your computer from the manufacturer’s web site

2.  Run it, by default it will save some files to C:\ before it runs setup and tells you that the software is not supported (alternatively you can uncompress the files to a temporary folder with a compression software like 7-Zip)

3.  Now open up a command prompt, go to the folder where the files were extracted and run the following command to extract the driver files: “setup -A -P”path of the extracted files” (without the quotes and there may be a space or not between -P and the path, depending on your version of the driver)

4.  Accept the license agreement, it extracts some files. The files you’re interested in are now in a “Driver” subfolder of the original folder and include the following :iaahci.cat, iaahci.inf, iastor.cat, iastor.inf, iastor.sys, TXTSSETUP.OEM

5.  Now go to Device Manager, under IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers you should see something like : Intel 82801GBM (ICH7-M Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller

6.  Right-Click on that and select Update Driver

7.  Say no to connecting to Windows Update to search, hit Next

8.  Select Install from a list or specific location (Advanced), hit Next

9.   Select “Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install”, hit Next

10. Select Have Disk

11. Browse to the Driver folder and highlight the iastor.inf file, hit Open

12. Select OK

13. Now you should have a list of controllers. **WARNING** Selecting the wrong controller for your computer will prevent it to boot, causing BSOD. Make sure you select the right controller for your particular computer ! See this thread on HP forums for the controller inside some laptops: http://forums.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/bizsupport/questionanswer.do?threadId=1057792

14. You’ll get warned that installing the device driver is not recommended, click Yes to continue installing

15. Click Finish

16. Click Yes to restart your computer

17. When your computer boots up, you need to to enter the BIOS. Change SATA Native Mode to Enabled, save changes and exit.

18. After you log into Windows, your computer will find the “new” hardware. Wait until you get the popup message to restart your computer, say Yes to restart one last time.

Credits : http://mytechweblog.blogspot.com