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Thread ID: 65170 2006-01-10 03:24:00 Need help finding drivers Greven (91) Press F1
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419593 2006-01-10 03:24:00 I have a compaq evo D51s that didn't come with a drivers CD, and Windows update couldn't find a driver for the USB ports or the network card.

I have tried looking at the compaq site, but that just confused me - so many different options & no motherboard manual to tell me exactly what components it uses.
Greven (91)
419594 2006-01-10 03:31:00 I have found the compaq/hp site to be quite helpful in the past when looking for drivers - but - I can't seem to find a D51s. There is a D510 - would this be the same thing? Is it a small form factor machine? Tukapa (62)
419595 2006-01-10 03:32:00 Oops. Link here

h20000.www2.hp.com
Tukapa (62)
419596 2006-01-10 03:36:00 Or this? (h20000.www2.hp.com)

Or this? (search.hp.com)

Never use drivers from Windowsupdate.

They'll either screw things up, or make things worse.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
419597 2006-01-10 03:53:00 Oops. Link here

h20000.www2.hp.com
that looks like it.

hmm. I'm sure its an intel pro/100 network card, but all the intel network drivers are gigabit. I'll try the pro/100 management software - hopefully that contains a driver. The broadcom driver didn't work so it must be intel.

I've got the USB ports working now.

[edit] The management software is 66mb :eek: I'll try the gigabit drivers first - see if they work before downloading such a big file.
Greven (91)
419598 2006-01-10 03:57:00 Why do people buy comps that don't have driver disks? JJJJJ (528)
419599 2006-01-10 03:59:00 Why do people buy comps that don't have driver disks?

Coz usually theyre on a hidden partition or somewhere else.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
419600 2006-01-10 03:59:00 Because we're not all as rich as you, Jack, so we buy second-hand computers. :D Graham L (2)
419601 2006-01-10 04:06:00 Why do people buy comps that don't have driver disks?
I didn't buy it - SIT did & they gave it to me once I completed my degree. They never opened the OEM packs so it looks like it is Compaq's fault that I am going through all this.

At least they included a propper XP install CD. I've heard horror stories of people only getting restore CDs with their computers, or even worse, not getting any CDs & having a restore partition on the hard drive.
Greven (91)
419602 2006-01-10 04:10:00 I have drivers for that machine (yes the D51S and D610 are one and the same, but it's a struggle to find where it tells you that).

I have drivers for :

USB (9.9Mb)
Network Card (10.5Mb)
AC97 Audio (14.2Mb)
Intel Graphics (6.1Mb)

If you want them, I can email if you let me know where.....
Miami Steve (2128)
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