Sanouske

Gday all, I look foward to sussing this forum out, im a OCAU member and i cant beleive i havent found this earlier! haha!

Firstly im going to apologise for asking for driver help reagarding the listed laptop. but it would be massively appreciative if i got my prob sourced.

I've read through the thread regarding the presario f750 and the driver issues that member had when downgrading from vista to xp.

this is identicaly my problem. due to vista faults on this laptop and my cousin prefering xp over vista for school use and such, i have downgraded her laptop to xp pro.

but like the f750 thread i haven't any xp related drivers for the following
-coprocessor
-network controller
-other pci bridge device
-pci device
-sm bus controller
-universal serial bus (usb) controller
-unknown device
-video controller (vga compatable)

im going to sus out the drivers tomorrow at work that were posted in the f750 thread and see if i can use them for the f573 and go from there.

but if anyone can step me through, simily like the f750 thread, that would be fan-bloody-tastic, cause i really do wana get this pc sorted out for my cous. i hate not fixing things properly

i may as well note that there was no vista recovery disks made as the recovery manager that is used to create the disks wouldnt recognise the dvd drive in the machine as being capable to create the disks, very strange to me i even plugged a usb dvd burner into it and still no luck, so yeah none got made.

help if you can, please.

cheers
Chris (Sanouske)

ps. due to livin in a outdate area i havent adsl or jazz, only dialup so anything that will need to be downloaded, aka large files will only be possible when im at work.

brow96

Get a copy of PC Wizard 2008 here, for starters: File Size = 2,694 KB

http://www.cpuid.com/pcwizard.php

Get the EXE version makes easier to install, but if you are comfortable with a ZIP file? It's there too.

That report will get us started.

Bill

Sanouske

gday bill and i thankyou for your upcoming help.

ive installed the program and it gives me all the info were looking for.

what would you like to know first?

cheers
Sanouske

brow96

Run PC Wizard and then Go to FILE > SAVE AS> Under the General TAB select the Top box (Hardware) and make sure the in "Format" box that "Text" is selected. Then, either, attach it as a file to a message here or see if you can do a C&P to a message here. I suspect it will be too big to do a C&P so it's probably better to do an attachment.

That way anyone who want to help will be able to download the information.

HTH

Bill

Sanouske

gday bill, today at work i did a little bit of research and found that some of the drivers you recommended for the f750 thread also were compatable with the f573. so since then i have installed those ones and resolved a few of my delemas.

however i still have the following showing up as being faulted/uninstalled.
-modem device on high definition audio bus
-network controller
-other pci bridge device
-universal serial (usb) controller
-unknown device

everything else on the system seem to be happy.

please find also the attached .txt file from PCW08 asrequested.

cheers and massive thanks in advance.
Sanouske

Attached Files

pcw08.TXT (53.7 KB, 33 views)

brow96

Ok, thanks for the report. Several things need to be done in a specific order or it may NOT work correctly. This we (me & BCCOMP) learned the hard way.

The first part you have already done, i.e. updated to SP2 for XP, and you have the latest DirectX (9.0c). So the "basics" are ok, a far as I can tell.

Now the FIRST thing to install is the MAIN Chipset driver. You have an Nvidia MCP51 Northbridge and a nVidia nForce 410/430 MCP Southbridge. Drivers can be found here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/nforce_....26_11.09.html

Direct file like here: Version = 8.26 - - File Size = 84,349 KB

http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...xp_english.exe

This should get your basic chipset up and running. If you have already installed this? Just skip this one. NEXT!

Next install the UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) package. Fortunately we found one from HP / Compaq so we don't have to use Microsoft's version. Direct link to the file here:

Files Size = 56,896 KB

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33867.exe

This file MUST be installed BEFORE you install the Audio and the Modem Drivers. Otherwise there is a real good chance NEITHER will work correctly. That's because the Modem and the Audio have been interlinked, and they now rely on the UAA to make BOTH work.

NOTE: - Either of the following two files can be installed in any order!!!

Next, your Modem Driver (Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver). Direct link here: File Size = 6,331 KB

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33839.exe

Next, since you have an AMD CPU this is the correct Audio Driver (Conexant High Definition Audio Driver (for AMD) ). Direct link here: File Size = 1,349 KB

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34386.exe

This should get most of your items of the unidentified list. Please comment on each file, i.e. tell us if it installed properly with no errors during installation. This will help us determine if there might be a wrong driver given to you. Remember we are working blind here. There are NO guarantee's that what worked on the F750US will work 100% on the F573AU. There might be enough difference to require a different driver. One never can bet on past performance. We just cross our fingers before we install them!

BTW, it probably wouldn't hurt for you to do the same!

Lets see what happens and we are awaiting your next message.

Please note that it appears that your Network Adapter is "DISABLED" in the BIOS. Please check that it is disabled and enable it if it's been disabled. Report it's BIOS status and whether or not you had to enable it, please?

Lots of luck.

HTH

Bill

Sanouske

bill, so very appreciative for this, unfortunately due to dialup at home(not for much longer) i will have to wait till morning to dowload the drivers when i go to work.

ill give them a try and hope it all goes smoothly, ill post up my findings.

cheers, will be in contact again shortly.

Sanouske

brow96

I understood that from the beginning that this would take a long time on dial up. You stated that previously. So I figured you'd download the files while you were at work. Isn't broadband wonderful? The total file size for those files would make it a long download. Probably take you the better part of half a day to download, or more.

No problem on the waiting.

Bill

Sanouske

okey dokie, managed to download the drivers this morning at work and went to give them a go at lunch.

these are my findings, as requested by bill.

i installed the Main Chipset driver first, to which i have great success in completing.

however unsure if its normal for this to occure, but it has made the HDD (c:) and the Presario Restore Partition (d:)(kept this incase xp failed) a removable device. it shows up in the bottom tool bar in the removable device window where you'd usualy safely remove USB devices.
- if this was to be accidently 'safely removed' by accident, this would cause big problems yes?

after the restart i installed the UAA package driver
'http://us.download.nvidia.com/Window...xp_english.exe'
to which also installed, i believe. it starts the install with the usual windows and then just finishes without promting a successful install message or restart. but i figure it must have worked?!?

i restarted the system either way at this point and continue with installing the modem and high def drivers.
at this point i will say that i do have sound, have had this after installing a driver that was used in the f750 thread.

i installed the Conexant Hi Def Audio Driver firstly
'ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp34001-34500/sp34386.exe'
and came up with the following error,
"Driver Installation Failed: could not find this MEDIA device for this driver"

obviously meaning that this is the wrong driver.

i then tried installing the Conexant HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP Driver
'ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp33501-34000/sp33839.exe'
and again came up with this error,
"Driver Installation Failed: could not find the MODEM device for this driver"

again meaning its the wrong driver.

in the device manager screen i still have these items as followed, showing yellow (!)

-Modem Device on High Definition Audio Bus
-Network Controller
-USB Controller
-Unknown Device

the rest of the system runs smoothe!

i ran another PCW08 scan and recorded the results, refer to the attachment please.

also as requested i turned the Network Adapter back on(enable) in BIOS so that should be good now (report should tell us) this was done before any modem/audio drivers were attempted.

so yeah, thats where im at still, all the help i can get is much appreciated.

Cheers
Sanouske

Attached Files

pcw08(second ed).TXT (55.6 KB, 6 views)

Sanouske

just a side not, overall what i dont have is medem/network activity, usb2.0, i can use the usb, but its very very slow.

so yeah, i just went through the report myself again, and personaly im not seeing where its going wrong. these drivers i have are suited to these devices, but must be something slightly wrong... i have a headache from thinking and reading ever so much info in the last 4 days. lol

but yeah, thanking everyone thats read this and especially bill for his help.

cheers, look foward to tonights findings.

Sanouske

brow96

Ok, looks like we might have a UAA installation failure, maybe!?! Please check in the Device manager and see if you have an entry like this, for UAA Driver:



If you do? Then say so, please. Because if you don't? Then the installation of the Modem and Audio drivers will fail, which thankfully, has happened. Even if you DO that that entry? There can be other problems with the UAA. I won't go into this until I know for a fact that you have that entry.

Like I said previously the UAA MUST be installed or the Modem and Audio will not work. It's not an option, they are interlinked at the deepest code level. So don't get rid of those drivers just yet. They may in fact be correct, hopefully!?!

HTH

Bill

Sanouske

sorry to have just disappeared. my cousin needed to take the laptop for school, so for the short term shes got it, but as soon as i get it back ill check the UAA driver, see if it installed, then i shall report back. thanks for everything so far bill

cheers

brow96

You are not the only one with problems. My ISP is having DNS problems, and it's "iffy" for me getting on to this forum. Sometimes it works perfectly, sometimes I can't find my own homepage.

Bill

Masterironnz

I have been reading this thread with interest..I have a presario f500 which I have just installed xp pro sp2 on and I too have a problem with getting it all to work.. Mine is the VGA controller, audio device and the modem. I have downloaded all the drivers etc listed on this thread and have tried all options.. when I used a Nvdia driver install for VGA I got a "no drivers for this device error" if I uninstall the devices I get a no driver found msg when the found new hardware wizard runs on startup.. have run PC wizard which confirms that it is a Geforce go 6100 .. Im stumped so any help would be gratefully accepted

brow96

Some things we've learned the hard way in these conversions:

# 1 - MINIMUM Windows XP SP1 or things won't work properly!

# 2 - Windows XP SP2 is the PREFERRED MINIMUM w/all follow on updates!

# 3 - Windows DirectX Version 9.0C or greater, MANDATORY no Exceptions!

# 4 - Install the Main Chipset drivers FIRST, after the above is done!

# 5 - Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Driver, is Next!

# 6 - Install Modem, Sound, LAN, WLAN, SD/MMC Card Reader Drivers, etc!

We've found (here) that if it's done in this order there are fewer problems all around. There are some things that are not going to work as well in Windows XP as they do under Windows Vista. Those are the results of hardware features that can only be accessed via Windows Vista. There is nothing that can be done about that from a drivers stand point. ONLY the manufacturer of the device can change that.

There are several "tools" that can help in this matter, and they are:

PC Wizard 2008

PCI32

AltiPCI

All of these programs help us and you find the device drivers you are having problems with. All, can produce a report that can be attached to a message here.

HTH

Bill

Masterironnz

thanks for that. but unfortunately it didnt work..followed your directions to the letter but I still cant get sound, modem, or VGA to work. each time I run the driver install it says it cant find the device.If I uninstall the device off device manager the found new hardware wizard runs saying its found new devices, b