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Ethernet NIC works in 7 not xp on same laptop
sfeinbe:
Unfortunately this laptop's BIOS settings are very few and limited. I can't do as you suggested. It has frustrated me when I first attempted to install XP. Would've been much easier if I could've tweaked the storage controller settings, then installed drivers afterwards for the advanced settings.
Shane:
Not sure if possible, but if you are able to still load up windows 7 you can check the irq settings it has set for the network and compare them to the xp side. I dont remember if you had windows 7 on another drive or on dual boot or not installed at all any more.
If you dont have it installed another trick would be to download the ubuntu live cd, you can run ubuntu off the cd (Or usb thumb drive) and see if the network works fine for it, if it does then you can check the irq settings there as well.
Shane
sfeinbe:
Screenshot attached from 7. Can't make much sense out of it.
jraju:
Hi,
Shane, I think the problem is only in the driver update. Normally those previous versions drivers were supplied as cds and there would be some update which one would forget to update. Then these drivers became obselete, as is the system os, and therefore most companies would not give supporting drivers for the same product. Windows 7 auto detects the drivers from the connections and also from window updates.
The solution would be be look in to the other drives, where there is usually a back of all the software supplied with the laptop. I would advise you look out for a similar laptop in xp configurations and then copy the drivers from their folder to your computer and activate it by installing the exe files from those folders. Normally i find some numerical exes as drivers stored in other drives in xp system of the laptop.
It seems that the thread owner first installed the windows 7 and then xp without supported software cds of the xp.
Update: Please see this link also
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870702
If it is mother board drivers, it is best to go to their site or alternate sites and download the ethernet drivers
sfeinbe:
--- Quote ---It seems that the thread owner first installed the windows 7 and then xp without supported software cds of the xp.
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Windows 7 came with the computer. I added XP to dual boot.
--- Quote ---I would advise you look out for a similar laptop in xp configurations and then copy the drivers from their folder to your computer and activate it by installing the exe files from those folders.
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Yes, that would be the solution. As I've found out through searching all over and on the HP laptop support forum it would be MY laptop from which others would get drivers for XP! I will be posting all the drivers I've found on the HP support forum. I already started.
--- Quote ---Update: Please see this link also
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870702
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That link says
--- Quote ---How to troubleshoot wireless network connections in Windows XP Service Pack 2
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This is not a wireless connection nor is it sp2. It's sp3.
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