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New MT-6841 from Circuit City, need drivers!!

post #1 of 7
8/8/07 at 9:34pm
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New MT-6841 from Circuit City, need drivers!!

Came with Vista Home. I wiped it and now I want to install a simple XP Pro.

The windows install never finds the hard disks. I have used F6 on every setup trying all kinds of drivers. I have added the Intel 82801 drivers many times, no luck. If I wiped all the partitions completely, would that prevent the hard drive from being seen?

I have downloaded tons of Intel drivers from all these sites.
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post #2 of 7
8/8/07 at 10:41pm
Have you tried the Gateway site? I've looked but it seems it may be hard to find.
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post #3 of 7
8/8/07 at 10:48pm
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ya i was at the gateway sites all day.

i reinstalled the default vista for now on half my hard disk. as we speak i am installing Debian Linux on the other half of the disk for personal study.
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post #4 of 7
8/8/07 at 10:52pm
Does the laptop come with an Windows XP option when you purchased it? Try calling Gateway although you may be on hold for a long long time.
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post #5 of 7
8/9/07 at 9:29pm
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I returned that laptop today, lost 15% restocking. Not cuz it was broke, just cuz it was an impulse decision. I should have stuck with the T60 series which I always end up with anyway.
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post #6 of 7
7/16/09 at 8:39am
You need this ICH9M-EM_SATA_AHCI_Controller on the install XP cd. Then good luck getting the sound to work.
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post #7 of 7
7/16/09 at 2:57pm
Kind of an odd way of going about things. I would think that looking for drivers before wiping the HDD may have been the way to go.
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