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Gateway MT6705 Downgrade to XP Audio

post #1 of 23
6/14/07 at 3:04pm
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Hi all, glad I found this forum, and I hope maybe someone can help.

I have a Gateway MT6705 Notebook that I want to downgrade from Vista to XP. I already got past the SATA driver problem and have XP Pro installed. But for the life of me - I cannot find an Audio driver that works. It says its a Sigmatel STAC 9250 audio chip, and it's an Intel 945GML Chipset. I've tried every driver possible and cannot make the audio work. Funny thing is - Device Manager shows no problems - but Ctrl Panel says No Audio Device exists - other than Codecs.

Anyone do this already? Gateway will not help as it came with Vista.

Indy
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post #2 of 23
6/14/07 at 3:43pm
tried this dell driver? a long and wild shot
http://ftp.us.dell.com/audio/R90052.EXE

cheers ...
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post #3 of 23
6/14/07 at 4:08pm
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Just tried it - no go. Thanks anyway. There has GOT to be an XP driver for this somewhere?

Indy
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post #4 of 23
6/14/07 at 4:58pm
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SOLVED

Gotta make sure you got the stupid MS 888111 patch installed. Duh.
Then the older 5.1 Sigmatel Drivers worked fine.

Indy
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post #5 of 23
6/20/07 at 1:53am
I got the MS patch and am still not having luck with my MT6705. Which driver did you use and what steps to install?

Thanks in advance
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post #6 of 23
6/20/07 at 7:42am
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SOLVED Gotta make sure you got the stupid MS 888111 patch installed. Duh. Then the older 5.1 Sigmatel Drivers worked fine. Indy
Hi Indy, Can you please help me and link me to the SATA drivers and audio drivers that you used on the Gateway MT6705 for Windows XP. I have the SAME laptop with the same problem. Appreciate your help. pg64159 pguerr@verizon.net
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post #7 of 23
6/20/07 at 7:44am
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Hi Indy, Can you please help me and link me to the SATA drivers and audio drivers that you used on the Gateway MT6705 for Windows XP. I have the SAME laptop with the same problem. Appreciate your help. pg64159 pguerr@verizon.net
I looked on Microsoft's website...how did you get the 888111 patch? Did you have to call MS, as it is not posted for download? thanks,
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post #8 of 23
6/20/07 at 9:39am
a good link for download:
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...howtopic=47079

read this frist:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888111

cheers ...
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post #9 of 23
6/20/07 at 3:39pm
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thank you... Do you also know (the link) where I can find the SATA drivers for XP, as windows XP cannot find my SATA drive (Gateway MT6705)
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post #10 of 23
6/20/07 at 4:21pm
u have intel 943gml chipset according to specs - i recommend browse around to intel site and sownload the utilities that comes with this chipset to get ur sata driver
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...D=816&lang=eng

cheers ...
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post #11 of 23
7/1/07 at 1:55pm

Sata Driver problem...

I tried to install XP, used F6 to load the INtel Driver and had no success...How did you address the SATA driver issue, I kept hitting the following prompt: "Insert the disk labeled: Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver into drive A: Press ENTER when ready..." I hit ENTER as stated and nothin'...only other choice was F3 to quit. Any suggestion would be of significant help and thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by indy107 View Post
Hi all, glad I found this forum, and I hope maybe someone can help. I have a Gateway MT6705 Notebook that I want to downgrade from Vista to XP. I already got past the SATA driver problem and have XP Pro installed. But for the life of me - I cannot find an Audio driver that works. It says its a Sigmatel STAC 9250 audio chip, and it's an Intel 945GML Chipset. I've tried every driver possible and cannot make the audio work. Funny thing is - Device Manager shows no problems - but Ctrl Panel says No Audio Device exists - other than Codecs. Anyone do this already? Gateway will not help as it came with Vista. Indy
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post #12 of 23
7/2/07 at 8:04am
1) Copy ALL the files in this zip attachment to a EXTERNAL floppy (USB) disk
http://www.newnanpc.com/software/sata/sata.zip

2 ) REBOOT

3) PRESS F6 QUICKLY WHEN PROMPTED

4) WHEN PROMPTED, USE the ICH7 chipset (MT6705 belongs to ICH7 chipset family)

That should do the trick
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post #13 of 23
7/2/07 at 10:13am
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Originally Posted by pg64159 View Post
1) Copy ALL the files in this zip attachment to a EXTERNAL floppy (USB) disk http://www.newnanpc.com/software/sata/sata.zip 2 ) REBOOT 3) PRESS F6 QUICKLY WHEN PROMPTED 4) WHEN PROMPTED, USE the ICH7 chipset (MT6705 belongs to ICH7 chipset family) That should do the trick
Got the same message as the first couple of times... "Insert the disk labeled: Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver into drive A: Press ENTER when ready..." I updated the BIOS to version 77.12 which according to gateway supports both Vista and XP and still nothin' doin'
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post #14 of 23
7/2/07 at 10:16am
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Originally Posted by pg64159 View Post
1) Copy ALL the files in this zip attachment to a EXTERNAL floppy (USB) disk http://www.newnanpc.com/software/sata/sata.zip 2 ) REBOOT 3) PRESS F6 QUICKLY WHEN PROMPTED 4) WHEN PROMPTED, USE the ICH7 chipset (MT6705 belongs to ICH7 chipset family) That should do the trick
Now to dovetail on what I said previously, I did use the ICH7 Driver, it did reconize the drive, I was able to do a format, but after it formatted I received the: "Insert the disk labeled: Intel Matrix Storage Manager Driver into drive A: Press ENTER when ready..." prompt... Not sure what to do with this one...
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post #15 of 23
7/2/07 at 5:24pm
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u have intel 943gml chipset according to specs - i recommend browse around to intel site and sownload the utilities that comes with this chipset to get ur sata driver http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...D=816&lang=eng cheers ...
Just dealt with a MT6705 for a customer of ours - just thought I'd share my experience. I loaded the SATA driver using nLite, as the notebook has no floppy, and I encountered no issues with this. The only drivers I really had any issue getting were the Audio and Modem drivers - but Gateway lists them as "Vista only". Go ahead and download those, as they're XP compatible as well. Best of luck.
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post #16 of 23
11/3/07 at 4:20am
Ahh im stuck in the same boat. I cannot find an XP driver for this thing, i must have tried at least 20 different drivers, still nothing. Can anyone please help??
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post #17 of 23
11/21/07 at 11:19pm
Man im still dying here with no sound..anyone got anything?
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post #18 of 23
1/6/08 at 7:43pm
I have posted a solution to this particular issue on this forum. This is the link http://www.notebookforums.com/thread208212.html

Hope it helps to get the job done. I managed to install Windows XP SP2 with a CD that someone lent me so I can't help with that problem. Buit I think only you need is to get the proper drivers for you SATA hard drive.

Cheers
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post #19 of 23
1/8/08 at 2:43am
kiljab, all i can say is that you are the MAN! wow sounds works now!!!! Thanks so much !
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post #20 of 23
2/28/08 at 4:22am
XP drivers for Gateway t-1625


Southbridge Chipset; Dell R134875

LAN; Realtek PCIE_Install_5664

Video; Dell R163694; “Right-click” “update driver” from Device Manager, manually target and install the driver as if you had a disk. One profile works the other doesn't.

Sound ; Have SP2, dotnetfx 1.1 and 2.0, then install XP hotfix kb888111, Realtek/ATI HDMI_R168, Gateway cab D00664-001-001. Worked for my speakers, can't test HDMI.

Webcam; “Right-click” “update driver” from Device Manager

Wifi; Realtek 1878B

Good Luck!
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