Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop

Need2BAGeek · 07-11-2008, 10:57 PM

I recently downgraded my Gateway ML3109 laptop from Vista Home Basic to XP Pro. The reason why? My wi-fi stopped connecting. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. No configs were changed. It was just flakey and I blame Vista (it seems rather buggy). Well, I should have checked this beforehand, but apparently the audio and video drivers for this laptop only come in Vista 32-bit compatibility. At least that's all I can find. Does anyone know a way I can get around this? I need to find a way to get my audio working. The video I'm not so concerned about. I can get 1024 x 768 and I like that resolution.

Thanks in advance for ANY advice.

garny · 07-11-2008, 11:30 PM

No need to give reasons for not liking Vista. Still you should first identify your hardware and if the support page of Gateway does not provide you the drivers, you'll have to chase them one by one. Also dont get fooled by the resolution you achieve now, because soon you'll end up with miserable performance on video playback or games. The worst of your problems is the motherboard driver, which evetually is custom and blocks some devices from being identified by Windows

dai · 07-12-2008, 08:03 AM

http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/dlcenter.asp

Need2BAGeek · 07-12-2008, 11:11 AM

Thanks for your replies. The gateway website does not have the XP drivers for this model. I put in my serial number and chose XP for my OS, but the resulting page still has Vista drivers on it. So how can I find out the make and model of the motherboard? Would this be "System Manufacturer" and "System Model" in MSINFO32? I think it is, but I'm not positive.

Thanks

dai · 07-12-2008, 06:12 PM

see what this gives you
http://pc-wizard-2008.en.softonic.com/

07-11-2008, 10:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Need2BAGeek Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Illinois, US Posts: 36 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 & Fedora 8	Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop I recently downgraded my Gateway ML3109 laptop from Vista Home Basic to XP Pro. The reason why? My wi-fi stopped connecting. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. No configs were changed. It was just flakey and I blame Vista (it seems rather buggy). Well, I should have checked this beforehand, but apparently the audio and video drivers for this laptop only come in Vista 32-bit compatibility. At least that's all I can find. Does anyone know a way I can get around this? I need to find a way to get my audio working. The video I'm not so concerned about. I can get 1024 x 768 and I like that resolution. Thanks in advance for ANY advice.

07-11-2008, 11:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
garny Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 17 OS: WinXP sp3	Re: Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop No need to give reasons for not liking Vista. Still you should first identify your hardware and if the support page of Gateway does not provide you the drivers, you'll have to chase them one by one. Also dont get fooled by the resolution you achieve now, because soon you'll end up with miserable performance on video playback or games. The worst of your problems is the motherboard driver, which evetually is custom and blocks some devices from being identified by Windows

07-12-2008, 08:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,785 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/dlcenter.asp __________________

07-12-2008, 11:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Need2BAGeek Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Illinois, US Posts: 36 OS: WinXP Pro SP2 & Fedora 8	Re: Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop Thanks for your replies. The gateway website does not have the XP drivers for this model. I put in my serial number and chose XP for my OS, but the resulting page still has Vista drivers on it. So how can I find out the make and model of the motherboard? Would this be "System Manufacturer" and "System Model" in MSINFO32? I think it is, but I'm not positive. Thanks

07-12-2008, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,785 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: Need XP drivers for Gateway ML3109 laptop see what this gives you http://pc-wizard-2008.en.softonic.com/ __________________