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785259 2009-06-29 23:50:00 Do you know what chipset your board is?

Something like nForce 4 etc?

You can easily download the drivers for it from www.nvidia.com

if it asks to install "network access manager" click NO
Agent_24 (57)
785260 2009-06-30 00:54:00 h10057.www1.hp.com

this is my pc so I think its the nForce 430

do I need the Agere PCI soft modem driver that my old comp had or was that some superfluous driver for some other hardware?
JustinR (15035)
785261 2009-06-30 02:48:00 Just checked hp, they seem not to have XP drivers via their website.

You could try the Vista drivers, or phone hp and they will be able to direct you to the XP drivers if they exist.
Rob99 (151)
785262 2009-06-30 06:24:00 do I need the Agere PCI soft modem driver that my old comp had
Not needed if you're not on dialup internet
feersumendjinn (64)
785263 2009-06-30 06:43:00 Since you have nForce 430 start off with these: us.download.nvidia.com

That will get your chipset and LAN drivers sorted.

Then you will just need the Video and Audio drivers

According to that page you have the GeForce 7500LE, if that's true then get these us.download.nvidia.com

Apparently your board is h10025.www1.hp.com

Audio should be www.realtek.com (Get Windows 2000, Windows XP/2003(32/64 bits) Driver only (Executable file))

Install chipset drivers first
Agent_24 (57)
785264 2009-06-30 21:32:00 ok so I've installed a driver for the nForce 430, GeForce 7500, Agere PCI softmodem, and Realtek audio.

Sound is working, graphics card appears to be working, network symbol shows limited connectivity but wont pick up internet.

biggest problem is whenever I try to run any .exe file (particularly autoruns from CD's) my pc either crashes completely or gives me some memory or other error.

When I put in a game CD to test graphics the computer just rebooted when it tried to load it.

When I put in a viewsonic monitor installation CD windows explorer crashed and I had to reboot.

At least I can listen to music while I bash my case now.
JustinR (15035)
785265 2009-07-01 03:45:00 I assume it only started doing this after you installed the drivers? One of them may be causing a problem.

What exactly is this "Memory error" you're getting? Does the PC crash with blue screen of death?
Agent_24 (57)
785266 2009-07-01 20:59:00 Does the PC crash with blue screen of death?

Haha I love it, I realised I had slightly the wrong driver for my mobo so I uninstalled that and my CD/dvd drive and rebooted/reinstalled with the proper driver.

Seems to be working perfectly now :D

Now I just need to solve the internet problem so I can update everything.

My PCI communicator still shows a question mark on the device manager, what does a PCI communicator do?
JustinR (15035)
785267 2009-07-01 21:29:00 They're usually a modem or network card...

Right Click>Properties>Details>Paste the HArdware ID here

Blam
Blam (54)
785268 2009-07-02 01:12:00 What was wrong with the chipset drivers? And which ones did you install?

If you installed the correct ones from nVidia then your LAN should also be installed too.
Agent_24 (57)
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