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Capt_beard

Bought a new Dell (my first)
came with vista home basic, dont really like that so i want to put xp on it.
xp had trouble recognizing all the hardware.
I went to get drivers off the dell website and they had limited to choose from for xp.

Can someone help me find drivers for xp so i can get this thing running.
not too sure of the hardware in it but its a inspiron 531s desktop

ps... vista finds all the drivers for it, just not xp

Hengis

Hi there,

We are going to need the exact configuration of your PC so please read the following carefully;

Start-Programs-Accessories-System Tools-System Information. Click on "components" and highlight "problem devices". Any hardware device with a driver problem will be listed here. Make a note of the PNP Device ID line of the entry. It will contain a Vendor number and a Device number (VEN. . . . DEV. . . .)
both four digits long.
Look up those numbers here:

PCI Vendor and Device Lists

These hardware diagnostics are all free:
Everest:
|MG| EVEREST Free Edition 2.20
Belarc:
Belarc Advisor - Free Personal PC Audit
Siw:
SIW download and review - system information tool from SnapFiles

Post back as much information about the hardware as you can.

Capt_beard

Ven dev

14e4 4318 broadcom wireless card cant find on their site
10de 03ef
10de 03f0
10de 03eb
10de 0422

Hengis

Good work

Let's start with the chipset driver: nForce 430/410/405/400 - Windows
& the sound driver: Realtek

Capt_beard

Those are great thanks!

But what i really need is the broadcom wireless driver, i cant get online to access updates.
I checked both the dell and broadcom sites w/ no luck

any suggestions?

Hengis

Ok, did a bit of hunting around and came up with this for you.

http://www.c-reality.com/files/INSPI...RIVER_PACK.zip

Also (from outer-heaven):

I just solved the wireless problem. If yours is Broadcom 802.11g Wireless, it's actually Asus WL-135XX (where XX is some letters I forgot). I took out the card and checked the model names. Download Driverv3100640.zip from Asus homepage and unzip it. Then from Device Manager, goto Property of the network device with question mark. Choose 'update driver' then choose the file from the unzipped file. I am using the wireless card without any problem now.

Capt_beard

OK thanks to everyone i have ALMOST all the drivers needed.

The Asus Wireless Driver suggested does install and appear to work.
When trying to connect wirelessly it says it can not connect. This may have to do with the driver cause i have tested my wireless network and it is functioning correctly.

Any suggestions on where to get the correct broadcom driver?

thanks again