64 bit Laptop?

[Guest XS11E]

HP says my Compaq Presario V5306US is Vista compatible and on their

website they give detailed directions to upgrade to Vista, offering a

BIOS upgrader, Vista compatibility checker, etc. all in one download:

 

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3245653&lang=en&docname=c00678123

 

All went well, I installed Vista Home Premium 64 and found HP provided

no drivers for the modem or sound card. Pretty useless to have a

machine for travelling w/o a working modem...

 

I emailed them and their reply in part:

 

"I regret to inform that, as HP has not yet started bundling Windows

Vista 64 bit operating system or any upgrades for it, therefore, HP

cannot provide any drivers or technical support on upgrading to Windows

Vista 64 Bit operating system. However, depending on the requests that

we are receiving from our customers, HP may as well release the 64 Bit

drivers. As soon as the drivers are released, you will be notified

through email. Also, I request you to keep checking the HP support and

drivers page of your Notebook for the same."

 

Result, my notebook is back to XP, Vista is gone from my desktop and my

plans to convert to Vista 64 only are dead for now.

 

Adios, just sign me:

 

XS11E, a 32 bit Windows XP only kind of guy for who knows how long....

 

 

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[Guest Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Re: 64 bit Laptop?

 

Identify the manufacturers of the audio and modem chipsets and look at their

websites to see if you can clean further info as to the whereabouts of the

correct drivers.

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"XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

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>

> HP says my Compaq Presario V5306US is Vista compatible and on their

> website they give detailed directions to upgrade to Vista, offering a

> BIOS upgrader, Vista compatibility checker, etc. all in one download:

>

> http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/genericDocument?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=3245653&lang=en&docname=c00678123

>

> All went well, I installed Vista Home Premium 64 and found HP provided

> no drivers for the modem or sound card. Pretty useless to have a

> machine for travelling w/o a working modem...

>

> I emailed them and their reply in part:

>

> "I regret to inform that, as HP has not yet started bundling Windows

> Vista 64 bit operating system or any upgrades for it, therefore, HP

> cannot provide any drivers or technical support on upgrading to Windows

> Vista 64 Bit operating system. However, depending on the requests that

> we are receiving from our customers, HP may as well release the 64 Bit

> drivers. As soon as the drivers are released, you will be notified

> through email. Also, I request you to keep checking the HP support and

> drivers page of your Notebook for the same."

>

> Result, my notebook is back to XP, Vista is gone from my desktop and my

> plans to convert to Vista 64 only are dead for now.

>

> Adios, just sign me:

>

> XS11E, a 32 bit Windows XP only kind of guy for who knows how long....

>

>

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[Guest XS11E]

Re: 64 bit Laptop?

 

"Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote:

> Identify the manufacturers of the audio and modem chipsets and

> look at their websites to see if you can clean further info as to

> the whereabouts of the correct drivers.

 

I've already done all the obvious but thanks anyway...

 

Also checked PlanetAMD64.com, Start64.com, etc. etc.

 

There are no drivers that I can find and I guess there won't be until

HP decides they're needed and that will be who knows when? I'm

guessing never, I noticed they DO have 64 bit modem and sound drivers

for later laptops but they seem to be using different modems and sound

cards (I tried them, of course, no go!) and that makes me believe the

drivers for my laptop will never be written.

 

OBTW, no NIC driver, either.

 

 

 

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[Guest Dominic Payer]

Re: 64 bit Laptop?

 

The service manual http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00700903.pdf for

your V5306US says the NIC is a Realtek 8139 family - page 6-10.

 

If you loaded the generic 6.104 Vista drivers for that from

http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=6&PFid=6&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false

you might well find that Windows Update will provide drivers for the sound

and modem.

 

 

 

"XS11E" <xs11e@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

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> "Cari \(MS-MVP\)" <NewsGroups@coribright.com> wrote:

>

>> Identify the manufacturers of the audio and modem chipsets and

>> look at their websites to see if you can clean further info as to

>> the whereabouts of the correct drivers.

>

> I've already done all the obvious but thanks anyway...

>

> Also checked PlanetAMD64.com, Start64.com, etc. etc.

>

> There are no drivers that I can find and I guess there won't be until

> HP decides they're needed and that will be who knows when? I'm

> guessing never, I noticed they DO have 64 bit modem and sound drivers

> for later laptops but they seem to be using different modems and sound

> cards (I tried them, of course, no go!) and that makes me believe the

> drivers for my laptop will never be written.

>

> OBTW, no NIC driver, either.

>

>

>

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[Guest XS11E]

Re: 64 bit Laptop?

 

"Dominic Payer" <dcp@fsv.co.uk> wrote:

> The service manual

> http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00700903.pdf for your

> V5306US says the NIC is a Realtek 8139 family - page 6-10.

>

> If you loaded the generic 6.104 Vista drivers for that from

> http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNi

> d=6&PFid=6&Level=5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false you might

> well find that Windows Update will provide drivers for the sound

> and modem.

 

It's worth a try but I suspect the driver is for the NIC only? We

shall see....

 

 

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