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topher

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hopefully i did this right:

C:\Users\Serato>driverquery

Module Name Display Name Driver Type Link Date
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ACPI Microsoft ACPI Driver Kernel 8/30/2007 5:57:46 PM
adp94xx adp94xx Kernel 9/5/2006 12:55:58 PM
adpahci adpahci Kernel 9/5/2006 12:51:11 PM
adpu160m adpu160m Kernel 10/24/2005 10:00:45 PM
adpu320 adpu320 Kernel 3/13/2006 6:47:51 PM
AFD Ancilliary Function Dr Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:41 AM
AgereSoftMod Agere Systems Soft Mod Kernel 11/28/2006 12:10:55 PM
agp440 Intel AGP Bus Filter Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:06 AM
aic78xx aic78xx Kernel 4/11/2006 5:20:11 PM
aliide aliide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:35 AM
amdagp AMD AGP Bus Filter Dri Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:06 AM
amdide amdide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:35 AM
AmdK7 AMD K7 Processor Drive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:18 AM
AmdK8 AMD K8 Processor Drive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:18 AM
arc arc Kernel 8/21/2006 4:08:39 PM
arcsas arcsas Kernel 8/14/2006 3:02:44 PM
AsyncMac RAS Asynchronous Media Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:10 AM
atapi IDE Channel Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:34 AM
atikmdag atikmdag Kernel 6/13/2007 8:21:25 PM
AtiPcie ATI PCI Express (3GIO) Kernel 10/30/2006 11:23:10 AM
Beep Beep Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:03 AM
bowser Bowser File System 11/2/2006 1:31:11 AM
BrFiltLo Brother USB Mass-Stora Kernel 8/6/2006 2:33:45 PM
BrFiltUp Brother USB Mass-Stora Kernel 8/6/2006 2:33:45 PM
Brserid Brother MFC Serial Por Kernel 8/6/2006 2:33:50 PM
BrSerWdm Brother WDM Serial dri Kernel 8/6/2006 2:33:44 PM
BrUsbMdm Brother MFC USB Fax On Kernel 8/6/2006 2:33:43 PM
BrUsbSer Brother MFC USB Serial Kernel 8/9/2006 5:02:02 AM
BTHMODEM Bluetooth Serial Commu Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:22 AM
cdfs CD/DVD File System Rea File System 11/2/2006 1:30:50 AM
cdrom CD-ROM Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:44 AM
circlass Consumer IR Devices Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:08 AM
CLFS Common Log (CLFS) Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:52 AM
CmBatt Microsoft ACPI Control Kernel 8/30/2007 5:57:48 PM
cmdide cmdide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:35 AM
Compbatt Microsoft Composite Ba Kernel 8/30/2007 5:57:47 PM
crcdisk Crcdisk Filter Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:27 AM
Crusoe Transmeta Crusoe Proce Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:18 AM
DfsC Dfs Client Driver File System 11/2/2006 1:31:04 AM
disk Disk Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:40 AM
drmkaud Microsoft Kernel DRM A Kernel 11/2/2006 1:54:59 AM
DXGKrnl LDDM Graphics Subsyste Kernel 7/2/2007 6:01:10 PM
E1G60 Intel(R) PRO/1000 NDIS Kernel 8/3/2006 2:30:03 PM
Ecache ReadyBoost Caching Dri Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:42 AM
elxstor elxstor Kernel 9/14/2006 5:40:28 PM
fastfat FAT12/16/32 File Syste File System 11/2/2006 1:30:49 AM
fdc Floppy Disk Controller Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:33 AM
FileInfo File Information FS Mi File System 11/2/2006 1:36:47 AM
Filetrace FileTrace File System 11/2/2006 1:32:55 AM
flpydisk Floppy Disk Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:32 AM
FltMgr FltMgr File System 11/2/2006 1:30:58 AM
gagp30kx Microsoft Generic AGPv Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:07 AM
GEARAspiWDM GEARAspiWDM Kernel 8/7/2006 10:11:27 AM
HdAudAddServ Microsoft 1.1 UAA Func Kernel 11/1/2006 6:43:11 PM
HDAudBus Microsoft UAA Bus Driv Kernel 3/24/2007 11:54:34 AM
HidBth Microsoft Bluetooth HI Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:21 AM
HidIr Microsoft Infrared HID Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:01 AM
HidUsb Microsoft HID Class Dr Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:01 AM
HpCISSs HpCISSs Kernel 7/31/2006 4:29:22 PM
HTTP HTTP Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:06 AM
i2omp i2omp Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:36 AM
i8042prt i8042 Keyboard and PS/ Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:12 AM
iaStorV Intel RAID Controller Kernel 10/6/2006 11:01:40 AM
iirsp iirsp Kernel 12/13/2005 1:48:01 PM
intelide intelide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:35 AM
intelppm Intel Processor Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:18 AM
IpFilterDriv IP Traffic Filter Driv Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:04 AM
IPMIDRV IPMIDRV Kernel 11/2/2006 1:42:03 AM
IPNAT IP Network Address Tra Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:09 AM
IRENUM IR Bus Enumerator Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:04 AM
isapnp PnP ISA/EISA Bus Drive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:11 AM
iScsiPrt iScsiPort Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:40 AM
iteatapi ITEATAPI_Service_Insta Kernel 8/10/2006 7:11:47 PM
iteraid ITERAID_Service_Instal Kernel 8/10/2006 6:38:19 PM
kbdclass Keyboard Class Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:09 AM
kbdhid Keyboard HID Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:12 AM
KSecDD KSecDD Kernel 11/2/2006 1:43:45 AM
lltdio Link-Layer Topology Di Kernel 11/2/2006 1:56:48 AM
LSI_FC LSI_FC Kernel 9/6/2006 10:31:15 AM
LSI_SAS LSI_SAS Kernel 9/6/2006 10:31:38 AM
LSI_SCSI LSI_SCSI Kernel 9/6/2006 10:32:01 AM
luafv UAC File Virtualizatio File System 11/2/2006 1:33:07 AM
megasas megasas Kernel 8/28/2006 9:47:25 PM
Modem Modem Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:52 AM
monitor Microsoft Monitor Clas Kernel 11/2/2006 1:54:05 AM
mouclass Mouse Class Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:09 AM
mouhid Mouse HID Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:12 AM
MountMgr Mount Point Manager Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:06 AM
mpio Microsoft Multi-Path B Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:37 AM
mpsdrv Windows Firewall Autho Kernel 6/6/2007 7:55:55 PM
Mraid35x Mraid35x Kernel 9/7/2006 6:21:32 PM
MRxDAV WebDav Client Redirect File System 11/2/2006 1:31:24 AM
mrxsmb SMB MiniRedirector Wra File System 11/2/2006 1:31:20 AM
mrxsmb10 SMB 1.x MiniRedirector File System 11/2/2006 1:31:25 AM
mrxsmb20 SMB 2.0 MiniRedirector File System 11/2/2006 1:31:16 AM
msahci msahci Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:36 AM
msdsm Microsoft Multi-Path D Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:40 AM
Msfs Msfs File System 11/2/2006 1:30:56 AM
msisadrv ISA/EISA Class Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:08 AM
MSKSSRV Microsoft Streaming Se Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:15 AM
MSPCLOCK Microsoft Streaming Cl Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:13 AM
MSPQM Microsoft Streaming Qu Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:14 AM
MsRPC MsRPC Kernel 11/2/2006 1:50:16 AM
mssmbios Microsoft System Manag Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:13 AM
MSTEE Microsoft Streaming Te Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:13 AM
Mup Mup File System 11/2/2006 1:31:04 AM
NativeWifiP NativeWiFi Filter Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:41 AM
NDIS NDIS System Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:33 AM
NdisTapi Remote Access NDIS TAP Kernel 7/3/2007 6:28:09 PM
Ndisuio NDIS Usermode I/O Prot Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:22 AM
NdisWan Remote Access NDIS WAN Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:13 AM
NDProxy NDIS Proxy Kernel 7/3/2007 6:28:13 PM
NetBIOS NetBIOS Interface File System 10/19/2006 4:38:12 PM
netbt NETBT Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:18 AM
nfrd960 nfrd960 Kernel 6/6/2006 2:12:15 PM
Npfs Npfs File System 11/2/2006 1:30:57 AM
nsiproxy NSI proxy service Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:30 AM
Ntfs Ntfs File System 11/2/2006 1:31:39 AM
ntrigdigi N-trig HID Tablet Driv Kernel 8/14/2006 12:29:13 PM
Null Null Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:05 AM
nvraid nvraid Kernel 10/3/2006 5:25:15 PM
nvstor nvstor Kernel 10/3/2006 5:25:15 PM
nv_agp NVIDIA nForce AGP Bus Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:08 AM
ohci1394 NEC FireWarden OHCI Co Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:16 AM
Parport Parallel port driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:29 AM
partmgr Partition Manager Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:47 AM
Parvdm Parvdm Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:23 AM
pci PCI Bus Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:13 AM
pciide pciide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:35 AM
pcmcia pcmcia Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:13 AM
PEAUTH PEAUTH Kernel 10/23/2006 1:55:32 AM
PptpMiniport WAN Miniport (PPTP) Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:14 AM
Processor Processor Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:18 AM
PSched QoS Packet Scheduler Kernel 7/3/2007 6:27:33 PM
ql2300 QLogic Fibre Channel M Kernel 4/12/2006 5:33:54 PM
ql40xx QLogic iSCSI Miniport Kernel 7/6/2006 12:38:16 PM
QWAVEdrv QWAVE driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:47 AM
RasAcd Remote Access Auto Con Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:13 AM
Rasl2tp WAN Miniport (L2TP) Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:13 AM
RasPppoe Remote Access PPPOE Dr Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:12 AM
rdbss Redirected Buffering S File System 11/2/2006 1:31:24 AM
RDPCDD RDPCDD Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:01 AM
rdpdr Terminal Server Device Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:58 AM
RDPENCDD RDP Encoder Mirror Dri Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:01 AM
RDPWD RDP Winstation Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:08 AM
rspndr Link-Layer Topology Di Kernel 11/2/2006 1:56:48 AM
RTL8169 Realtek 8169 NT Driver Kernel 9/26/2006 4:20:27 AM
RTL8187B Realtek RTL8187B Wirel Kernel 10/17/2007 7:14:48 PM
RTSTOR USB Mass Storage Devic Kernel 11/9/2007 6:30:21 AM
sbp2port SBP-2 Transport/Protoc Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:44 AM
secdrv Security Driver Kernel 9/13/2006 6:18:32 AM
SeratoUsb SeratoUsb driver Kernel 5/20/2007 9:04:15 PM
Serenum Serenum Filter Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:25 AM
Serial Serial Port Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:29 AM
sermouse Serial Mouse Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:11 AM
sffdisk SFF Storage Class Driv Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:38 AM
sffp_mmc SFF Storage Protocol D Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:39 AM
sffp_sd SFF Storage Protocol D Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:40 AM
sfloppy High-Capacity Floppy D Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:40 AM
sisagp SIS AGP Bus Filter Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:06 AM
SiSRaid2 SiSRaid2 Kernel 10/2/2006 1:09:43 PM
SiSRaid4 SiSRaid4 Kernel 7/31/2006 3:11:46 PM
Smb Message-oriented TCP/I Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:10 AM
spldr Security Processor Loa Kernel 10/25/2006 3:40:44 PM
srv srv File System 11/2/2006 1:31:55 AM
srv2 srv2 File System 11/2/2006 1:31:46 AM
srvnet srvnet File System 11/2/2006 1:31:43 AM
STHDA SigmaTel High Definiti Kernel 7/26/2007 4:18:22 PM
swenum Software Bus Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:15 AM
Symc8xx Symc8xx Kernel 11/11/2005 2:45:56 PM
Sym_hi Sym_hi Kernel 11/11/2005 1:07:07 PM
Sym_u3 Sym_u3 Kernel 10/20/2005 5:12:49 PM
SynTP Synaptics TouchPad Dri Kernel 11/17/2006 1:24:30 PM
Tcpip TCP/IP Protocol Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:31 AM
Tcpip6 Microsoft IPv6 Protoco Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:31 AM
tcpipreg TCP/IP Registry Compat Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:46 AM
TDPIPE TDPIPE Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:01 AM
TDTCP TDTCP Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:01 AM
tdx NetIO Legacy TDI Suppo Kernel 11/2/2006 1:57:34 AM
TermDD Terminal Device Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:00 AM
tssecsrv Terminal Services Secu Kernel 11/2/2006 2:02:07 AM
tunmp Microsoft Tun Miniport Kernel 6/6/2007 7:56:53 PM
tunnel Microsoft IPv6 Tunnel Kernel 6/6/2007 7:57:03 PM
uagp35 Microsoft AGPv3.5 Filt Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:07 AM
udfs udfs File System 11/2/2006 1:30:57 AM
uliagpkx Uli AGP Bus Filter Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:08 AM
uliahci uliahci Kernel 9/11/2006 1:51:11 PM
UlSata UlSata Kernel 9/19/2006 5:02:59 PM
ulsata2 ulsata2 Kernel 9/19/2006 5:18:47 PM
umbus UMBus Enumerator Drive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:24 AM
usbccgp Microsoft USB Generic Kernel 8/30/2007 6:20:08 PM
usbcir eHome Infrared Receive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:08 AM
usbehci Microsoft USB 2.0 Enha Kernel 8/30/2007 6:19:59 PM
usbhub USB2 Enabled Hub Kernel 8/30/2007 6:20:18 PM
usbohci Microsoft USB Open Hos Kernel 8/30/2007 6:19:59 PM
usbprint Microsoft USB PRINTER Kernel 11/2/2006 2:14:58 AM
USBSTOR USB Mass Storage Drive Kernel 4/27/2007 7:39:34 PM
usbuhci Microsoft USB Universa Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:04 AM
usbvideo Chicony USB 2.0 Camera Kernel 11/2/2006 1:55:20 AM
UVCFTR UVCFTR Kernel 4/14/2007 12:11:49 AM
vga vga Kernel 11/2/2006 1:53:56 AM
VgaSave VgaSave Kernel 11/2/2006 1:53:56 AM
viaagp VIA AGP Bus Filter Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:06 AM
ViaC7 VIA C7 Processor Drive Kernel 11/2/2006 1:30:19 AM
viaide viaide Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:36 AM
volmgr Volume Manager Driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:44 AM
volmgrx Dynamic Volume Manager Kernel 11/2/2006 1:51:54 AM
volsnap Storage volumes Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:11 AM
vsmraid vsmraid Kernel 10/2/2006 11:36:20 AM
WacomPen Wacom Serial Pen HID D Kernel 11/2/2006 1:52:52 AM
Wanarp Remote Access IP ARP D Kernel 7/3/2007 6:28:16 PM
Wanarpv6 Remote Access IPv6 ARP Kernel 7/3/2007 6:28:16 PM
Wd Microsoft Watchdog Tim Kernel 11/2/2006 1:54:05 AM
Wdf01000 Kernel Mode Driver Fra Kernel 11/2/2006 1:54:18 AM
WmiAcpi Microsoft Windows Mana Kernel 11/2/2006 1:35:03 AM
ws2ifsl Winsock IFS driver Kernel 11/2/2006 1:58:26 AM
WUDFRd WUDFRd Kernel 11/2/2006 1:54:51 AM

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Diabase

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That's perfect topher. I looked at the list of vista drivers available on the Gateway site to see if it could tell me anything more about the drivers that I was missing, but this list tells me a lot more, like the additional information about the Camera. I trust you haven't connected any other hardware since you got the laptop?

I emailed Gateway support saying that Vista's performance is disappointing, and while I didn't expect the service Dell provides for multiple operating systems, it would be nice if Gateway could at least equal HP. I mentioned that it didn't make much sense for Gateway to provide XP drivers for just 3 of the 8 or so hardware components that need XP drivers and not provide the others. The response was that they do not support changing operating system and that while I might find drivers somewhere on the Internet for each component, Gateway cannot guarantee that the system will work.

While they may maintain this stance for awhile, I encourage everyone who would like to have more XP drivers available for the T1620 to contact Gateway by email or by letter to let them know how you feel. They are probably just as upset with Microsoft about Vista as we are, because they were promised that everyone would want Vista.

This is calculus finals week for me and I'm stuck on some basic concepts that I have to learn before the test on Wednesday. After that I'll get back to searching for drivers for the T1620. I know that some systems require a particular order for installing drivers, for instance, whenever I build a system based on an Intel motherboard I always install the motherboard software first. Once I get all the drivers I might just put together a driver package, and maybe do a complete reinstall of XP to make a cleaner system.

Thanks again topher for your help.
 
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topher

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no problem. the only driver i installed in addition to the stock ones was the driver for my djing interface.

hopefully we'll be able to find some drivers to allow us to downgrade completely. good luck on your test, my calculus final on thursday.. post some progress when you get some free time
 
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araujo3000

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Diabase, thanks! hope you can find the drivers. the windows vista really sucks... :mad:
I will also send an email to Gateway as you suggested. great idea!
 
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monkey

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Hi, i'm new in this forum, and i'm trying to install de xpsp2 on a t-1620. I have a week working on this, and i having bad luck. I found this forum yesterdey, and i want to thanks to diabase, cause i finally install the video drivers reading his posts. The reason of my registration, and this post, is cause i want to thanks to everyone giving something, like others did. I have found the audio drivers for my notebook on the gateway support page. I dont know how i did it, and i dont remember the exact link of where i downloaded, cause i'v downloaded 13 drivers at the same time and i dont make any note of where y take it. But you can find the driver if you look for audio drivers on gatewaythe only thing you have to do, i look for the D00758-001-001 driver, its for another notebook, but it works.

Thanks for your help, and sorry if its not easy to understand what im saying, but i dont speak english very well, and i've tryied to translate what i did. If you have any quiestion, you can ask me, i dont know if this gonna work for others, because i have installes a lot of drivers before this one and you maybe need something more.
 
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monkey

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I forgot to say that im still having a trouble with one audio device on the deviice manager. and 3 unknow devices
 
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Diabase

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Sound Working!

SOUND
Thank you for your information monkey.:)

I Googled D00758-001-001 and got:
http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/search.asp?param=sigmatel&st=kw
Gateway T-1620 wasn't on the Parts Supported list, so I downloaded and uncompressed the driver pack
http://support.gateway.com/support/...scr=SigmaTel Audio DriverVersion: 5.10.5185.0
and read:
C:\cabs\D00758-001-001\WDM\Sthda.ini
and found the following line in the file:
HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_76A0&SUBSYS_107B0565=92XXM4-6.INI

HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_8384&DEV_76A0&SUBSYS_107B0565 is the Hardware Id listed in Vista for the SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC.

so I read:
C:\cabs\D00758-001-001\WDM\92XXM4-6.INI
Everything looked great, so I loaded the driver and now the laptop has sound!

Thanks again monkey!:D

3 OTHER DEVICEs
I discovered what the three "Other Device" unknown devices in the XP Device Manager were by right clicking on each device, selecting property, selecting the details tab, and looking at Device Instance Id.
ACPI\PNP0C32\1
ACPI\PNP0C32\2
ACPI\PNP0C32\3
Goggling: ACPI & PNP0C32 I found “Configuring Windows HotStart” at the Microsoft website.

It said: “The Microsoft® Windows Vista™ operating system provides built-in support for launching applications directly from system startup. Windows HotStart™ takes advantage of existing support in Windows Vista for OnNow power management initiatives and technologies, including the platform sleep states and wake capabilities that are defined by the ACPI specification and supported by the Microsoft Windows® Driver Model (WDM), the underlying operating system, and platform hardware.”
“Manufacturers can take advantage of Windows HotStart to add consumer-friendly application-access buttons through chassis front panels or infrared (IR) remote controls to their system designs. A common example of such a control is a media playback button that starts or wakes the computer and immediately (as soon as the system is running) presents the user with a media player or dedicated media shell.”

I downloaded the Vista driver at Gateway and took it apart to see what it was. Taking apart the "driver" was pretty easy because all it was was two registry files, and a script file to push the registry files into the registry. The script file determines whether C:\windows\ehome\ehshell.exe exists then loads one reg file if it does and the other reg file if it doesn't. It looks these buttons will work mediaplayer if the Media Center doesn't exist. There must be another real drivers to connect to the buttons.

This discussion covers the same problem.
http://driverzone.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2821&pid=11342
Unfortunatly the method proposed only leads to the reg files, not to actual hardware drivers.

I believe these three devices add functionality through the 7 media buttons above the laptop keyboar.

CLONEZILLA
I want to mention again what great luck I've using Clonezilla. I recently dumped all my work with XP back off my laptop onto an image and put back the original Vista image so that I could experiment with it for a bit. When monkey posted news of the audio driver, I copied the Vista partitioned system I'd been streamlining to another image, and put back the XP partitions I'd been working on previously. It took me awhile to discover such a free and easy system to do all this image work, so I want to share how it worked for me.

I first burned a copy of Clonezilla to a CD from http://sourceforge.net/projects/clonezilla/
I created a shared folder called images on an XP machine with at least 15 GB of free space, wired to a hub that I have the T-1620 laptop wired to. I turned on file sharing, and turned off the Windows Firewall on the XP machine. The XP machine with the shared folder serves as a SAMBA server with no domain.
I put the Clonezilla CD in the laptop and restarted the laptop. I think I had to run the Gateway BIOS setup (F2) to change the boot order so that the laptop try booting from the CD first. In Clonezilla, I choose all the default choices to save the partition to an image, accept I choose SAMBA as the server, entered the IP address for the XP machine, changed the user name from administrator, to the user name I use on the XP machine, and un-check ntfsclone. The first time I created an image of the laptop's drive I left the “ntfsclone” option checked, but after putting the image back, Vista had to run some error checking routine, so to be safer I've chosen to just use the partimage method.

The 1st image I took of the Gateway t-1620 laptop as it came from the store, using Clonezilla with the ntfsclone option checked took 9.34 GB of space. I imagine that not using the ntfsclone option would make a larger image (as with the 3rd image below.) I was able to reinstall the image, and even though the system had to run some error checking routine, everything seemed to work ok afterward.

After overwriting the laptop's partitions, and installing both XP and Ubuntu on the laptop, I took a 2nd image of my drive without ntfsclone and this time the image only took 4.52 GB of space.

I remounted the Vista image, did some modifications, and took a 3rd image of the drive without ntfsclone and the Vista image was 10.3 GB.

Today, after doing a lot of streamlining in Vista, including getting rid of Vista's backup on the laptop, un-installing all the junkware, installing AVG free edition antivirus, and other useful software, and splitting the partition to add on Ubuntu 7.10, the 4th image of the system only took up 5.95 GB. Each image read or write took less that 20 minutes. The XP machine I'm using to store the images is a Pentium 4, 3GHz system with 2GB ram and a 250GB SATA drive. I've found Clonezilla to be a great tool for backing up systems while I try alternatives.

Thanks again for everyone's help with this.
 
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Diabase

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For the last unknown drivers I used a simple trick:
I restored my Vista image, loaded Driver Magician, using Driver Magician backed up to a usb drive the Vista drivers for these devices:
ATI PCI Express (3GIO) Filter Driver
Direct Application Launch Button
I then re-installed the XP image, and using Driver Magician, restored both Vista drivers in XP. It didn't fix the Unknown Devices immediately, but after these two Vista Drivers were installed, I was able to update the device drivers in the Device Manager using the Vista Drivers.

Driver Magician also can search for driver update but it assumes that all of the drivers I've tried to load were the correct ones. I made the mistake of trying to use the update sound driver that it found. I ended up having to roll the system back to the correct sound driver that monkey discovered.

I'd previously applied the Vista Hotkey registry entries so now my media keys, (Direct Application Launch Buttons,) do things like mute the sound, and operate the media player. I'll continue to look for a better fix and post it when I find it.

Ultimately I will backup my functional XP image and make a complete reinstall of XP from scratch, using the drivers that I have collected to update the system in the right order. (System devices first, then intermediate, followed by peripheral devices.) Following that I will post the complete procedure and any problems to make it easier for others to downgrade their systems.

I strongly encourage people following this process make backup images of their systems as they proceed. The backup images I've made using Clonezilla have helped me a number of times in this process.
 
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bunnywinkles

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hi i saw you guys are trying to get the t1620 running xp. i believe i have most to all of the drivers and i am going to be trying them tomorrow to see how it all works. if it works and i have them all i will type up a guide on how to install and i will host a .rar file of the drivers, thought i would let you know. (not doing it till tom. because dont have an ex. hdd yet, and waiting to use Ghost, which is avalible to me at school) dont worry the guide will be written better then this. :D
 
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bunnywinkles

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np, i have typed up the guide and still working on it, the files are uploading, (i dont have my own server and am using free hosting site so any bandwidth anyone could donate would be greatly appriciated) the files should be up tomorrow, im on 768/128 so its taking a good amount of time. the guide is on version .11 im uploading files with version .1 so ill upload the updated guide too. you guys are lucky i dont have too much of a life and got bored, haha.
 
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bunnywinkles

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>.< ok so im getting alot of it, the guide isnt that good write it think its right then its not, on my third revision. im still trying to figure out how to install audio, i havee everything else for the most part
 
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bunnywinkles

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ok so ive found out how to do it! now just to remember! i have everything working

Audio:

Download this: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...e=post&id=2389

then this: http://files.aoaforums.com/F3185-HDMI_R168.exe

and finally this: http://support.gateway.com/support/d... 5.10.5185.0


Video: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca.../integrated-xp

those drivers work (technically it is a X1200 series so they should! lol)

The three unknowns are just the ATI SMBus

webcam installs with the drivers for vista from gateway...

usb hub works with the standard drivers

im assuming youve figured out the networking

if im forgeting something just ask ill be happy to tell
 
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I've been working on a lot of other things so haven't had a chance to try again to rebuild XP from scratch again now that I've got drivers to make sure that I have a good overall installation process. While my XP device manager on my gateway t1620 is clear of errors, and all hardware seems to be working correctly, I know there there are some incorrect device driver entries in my registry resulting from experimentation with forced installation of drivers before finding the right ones. Yesterday I had a problem with installing software for a portable voice recorder and I believe, (at least hope,) that it is just due to some of these bogus registry entries. I have also found that the touch pad fails after hibernation requiring me to reboot using keyboard shortcuts to restore functionality, so I will be trying to correct this issue within the new installation process.

When I was first installing drivers the very first driver I looked for was to get Ethernet up and running so that I could use Windows Update. It is my understanding that it is a better practice to first install system drivers so that peripheral driver installers have accurate information about the rest of the system. This is just my uneducated view based upon building workstations on older Windows and DOS systems every few years over the past 15 years. I would appreciate hearing anyone who has a better understanding based on either more frequent experiences with complete installations, or more intimate experience with contemporary device driver installation processes.

While working on this I am also working on finding drivers for Ubuntu (Linux)
I have posted my discoveries of which devices are functional in Ubuntu 7.10 on the Ubuntu laptop support forum. So far it seems that only the Ethernet card and video card have good working drivers available in Ubuntu. The keyboard is functional, but the touch pad fails from time to time. USB works. The sound card doesn't work at all yet in Ubuntu 7.10. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu is developed free of charge by the individuals around the world. I am hoping that by posting my findings on the Ubuntu laptop website that the devices that make up gateway t1620 will be included in the next release of Ubuntu, or others more experienced in this sort of thing will find solutions for the rest of us newer to Linux.
 
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bunnywinkles said:
ok so ive found out how to do it! now just to remember! i have everything working

Audio:

Download this: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...e=post&id=2389

then this: http://files.aoaforums.com/F3185-HDMI_R168.exe

and finally this: http://support.gateway.com/support/d... 5.10.5185.0

Video: http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca.../integrated-xp

those drivers work (technically it is a X1200 series so they should! lol)

The three unknowns are just the ATI SMBus

webcam installs with the drivers for vista from gateway...

usb hub works with the standard drivers

im assuming youve figured out the networking

if im forgeting something just ask ill be happy to tell
Click to expand...

You tried but ultimately failed. All of those links except one don't work, fix them.
Here is a comprehensive guide I made for some of the stuff:

1.Audio- http://support.gateway.com/support/...udio DriverVersion: 5.10.5185.0&uid=183438670 Click on the link and then press "Download Now" (it's in red). It's a zip file so it will extract all the stuff into C:\cabs\D00758-001-001 and in that folder just click on Setup.exe
2. Video- For video you can use Omega Drivers http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=Files&go=cat&dwn_cat_id=14 click on Radeon Omega Driver 4.8.442 It's an executable so just follow the stuff on screen. The drivers from Dell wouldn't install, but if you do it manually they work.
3. Network Ethernet- http://www.softwarepatch.com/utilities/realtek-rtl8100.html it's an executable I believe;
4. Camera- http://support.gateway.com/support/drivers/getFile.asp?id=21664&uid=183748963 it installs the same way as Audio drivers.
5. Wireless- http://www.opendrivers.com/freedown...2-windows-98se-me-2000-xp-vista-download.html zipped up folder with setup.exe inside.

I'll work on the rest, I'm having issues extracting cab files though.
 
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