compaq presario c717nr

[vidoprof]

So I bought this laptop over the holiday weekend and I was wondering if you guys could help me out.

I hate vista and well I tried to install XP. I actually got it on the laptop now with the help of nlite and the sata driver off HP's website. The problem is that there are NO other drivers on there for ANYTHING.

Nothing for the HD Audio, The broadcom wireless, the dvd writer, video. NOTHING.

Where should I even start ? Do you guys know where I can go for these or if there is a site out there that generally has these drivers?

Thanks guys

Ryan

 

[Dangman]

Well find out the manufacturer of the parts you have and go straight to their website to see if they have drivers available.

And let this be a lesson to everyone: If you're going to reformat your laptop and install XP over Vista, make sure you have the XP drivers beforehand.

 

[vidoprof]

Def true Danny. I should have had the drivers beforehand. I actually now have almost ALL the drivers except for two.

The touchpad driver works but now the right side of the touchpad (where it scrolls the webpages up and down by sliding your finger up and down) doesn't work.

The Wireless driver I cannot for the life of me get to work. there are two it could be (don't know how to tell though which it is) On HP's site it lists two for Vista (broadcom and Intel pro) I downloaded the broadcom for xp and none of them work at all. It lists the device in device driver BUT it says cannot start the driver and won't work at all. The INTEL PRO one says there are no devices that are availble. This is what makes me think that the Broadcom is what I have.

Any know where I can go to get this driver for the wirelss for the Compaq Presario C717NR?

Thanks Danny and everyone

ryan