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post #1 of 22
11/14/07 at 12:08am
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Has anyone menaged in this?
I can't find those drivers! Tried the drivers found at ATI, Realtek and everything else, but not a single one has worked...
Well... That's not true... The Vista driver for the sound card has worked just fine with Windows XP SP2... But anyway, just this one!
Is there any 3rd party driver I could use? Or there is some profane voodoo I need to perfom to put this bloody thing to rights ? I haven't even used it yet... Bought just this weekend


If someone out there pleeeeeeeeeeeease help me, I'd be amazingly grateful
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post #2 of 22
11/14/07 at 9:43am
Look down these posts, these question have been previously asked and answered
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post #3 of 22
11/14/07 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by saugen48 View Post
Look down these posts, these question have been previously asked and answered


That's what I did. With the information (and links) on the other threads I've installed the video and sound cards as well as some other stuff. BUT, I couldn't find information neither about the ethernet controller nor the Realtek Wifi... The only driver that at least pretend to work, freezes the machine

Using the Everest Home Edition, I've got a report. These are the Ethernet and WLan drivers I should get:

Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Realtek RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps USB 2.0 Network Adapter

But why I can't get them to work? That's all I need to have this machine complete

Can someone out there help me?
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post #4 of 22
11/18/07 at 5:44pm
I gave up and went back to Vista. If you turn off most of the Vista eye candy, performance is acceptable.
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post #5 of 22
11/18/07 at 7:44pm
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Originally Posted by Goncalo View Post
I gave up and went back to Vista. If you turn off most of the Vista eye candy, performance is acceptable.
I've finally got it right with Win XP... Everything but the Fn Key is working just fine... I'm going to upload the drivers I've used and post here... It's gonna take a while, but I'll do it ^^
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post #6 of 22
11/22/07 at 10:48pm
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Originally Posted by Mick Drummer View Post
I've finally got it right with Win XP... Everything but the Fn Key is working just fine... I'm going to upload the drivers I've used and post here... It's gonna take a while, but I'll do it ^^
hi, your input with the list of correct drivers will be very helpful for all, if you can upload them it would be great but if this takes a lot of time maybe it is better to post the links with the correct setup, because we all will appreciate it as well.

I'm so crazy with this laptop and I want to run the XP .... help me please
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post #7 of 22
11/25/07 at 4:24pm
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Originally Posted by roloza View Post
hi, your input with the list of correct drivers will be very helpful for all, if you can upload them it would be great but if this takes a lot of time maybe it is better to post the links with the correct setup, because we all will appreciate it as well.

I'm so crazy with this laptop and I want to run the XP .... help me please
Same here, I'm dying. Those driver links would make my life a whole lot easier.
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post #8 of 22
11/25/07 at 5:32pm
This thread is on the peer to peer side. The A210 and A215 should be the same. One is Cdn and one is US
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread208179.html
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post #9 of 22
11/25/07 at 7:03pm
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Originally Posted by saugen48 View Post
This thread is on the peer to peer side. The A210 and A215 should be the same. One is Cdn and one is US
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread208179.html
Gonna give them a shot, Thanks.
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post #10 of 22
11/25/07 at 9:06pm
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http://www.notebookforums.com/thread206563.html

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread202154-3.html

Here it goes... The SM Bus driver and the Ethernet I've got from the A215-S7427... The other post has a tutorial to instal the video card.
The Wireless driver I can send to any of you by e-mail, cos I have no idea where I've found them =/

As you know, the sound driver is the same for both Vista and XP. All the other drivers you can find inside the recovery disk 1 that came with the notebook.

Cheers =P
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post #11 of 22
11/25/07 at 9:43pm
Thanks to both of you, as well as bupt2005. Everything is in working order now.
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post #12 of 22
11/25/07 at 10:21pm
Glad to hear about some success
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post #13 of 22
11/25/07 at 11:52pm
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Thanks to both of you, as well as bupt2005. Everything is in working order now.
Hello guys, I'm happy to hear that you have done it. At least i have hope that I can do it as well.

I have the TOSHIBA A215-S7422 and I want to have something clear in my mind.

XP drivers for the S7427 works the same for TOSHIBA A215-S7422 ? SO I just need to take the S7427 setup ?

Thanks
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post #14 of 22
11/26/07 at 9:57am
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Originally Posted by roloza View Post
Hello guys, I'm happy to hear that you have done it. At least i have hope that I can do it as well.

I have the TOSHIBA A215-S7422 and I want to have something clear in my mind.

XP drivers for the S7427 works the same for TOSHIBA A215-S7422 ? SO I just need to take the S7427 setup ?

Thanks
I have the A215-S7422 and the drivers that worked for me were from here: http://www.notebook-drivers.com/note.../s_239_1.shtml

Here's a list of what I installed (All XP versions, I probably didn't need some things, but I tried them anyway.)
AMD-Processor-Driver-1.3.2.0
ATI-Chipset-and-Display-Driver-8.401-070815m-052613C
Realtek-Audio-Driver-5.10.0.5477
Realtek-Network-Driver-5.674.807.2007
Realtek-Wireless-Network-Driver-5.1097.718.2007
TOSHIBA-Common-Modules-1.00.06
TOSHIBA-Power-Saver-7.04.02.I
TOSHIBA-Software-Modem-SM2177ALD04
TOSHIBA-Touchpad-Utility-1.00.01
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post #15 of 22
12/4/07 at 1:19am
i have spent all night working on this same issue for a client, I have found ALL drivers but the network driver. Once I go to work in the morning i will post a link to the drivers collection i have made. Hint, you can get the wireless driver by going to http://support.microsoft.com and doing a custom update. I will show up as a hardware download..

any time i do a clean install the first place i look for drivers is microsoft.
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post #16 of 22
12/7/07 at 3:38am
hii..i just bought a215-s7422 and downgraded to windows xp sp2... can anybody help me with the video controller(vga compatable) driver...i tried every where but i canot find it.. plzz help....
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post #17 of 22
12/8/07 at 4:36am

Err, really?

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Originally Posted by jamesjt View Post
I have the A215-S7422 and the drivers that worked for me were from here: http://www.notebook-drivers.com/note.../s_239_1.shtml

Here's a list of what I installed (All XP versions, I probably didn't need some things, but I tried them anyway.)
AMD-Processor-Driver-1.3.2.0
ATI-Chipset-and-Display-Driver-8.401-070815m-052613C
Realtek-Audio-Driver-5.10.0.5477
Realtek-Network-Driver-5.674.807.2007
Realtek-Wireless-Network-Driver-5.1097.718.2007
TOSHIBA-Common-Modules-1.00.06
TOSHIBA-Power-Saver-7.04.02.I
TOSHIBA-Software-Modem-SM2177ALD04
TOSHIBA-Touchpad-Utility-1.00.01

Sounds great! But...how do you download these drivers? I don't see a link anywhere on these pages..
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post #18 of 22
12/8/07 at 9:01am
location of the downloads is the underlined web link above the list ie:
http://www.notebook-drivers.com/note.../s_239_1.shtml
Find the model you're looking for ie A200 etc and away you go
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post #19 of 22
2/4/08 at 10:06pm
I have been looking for the realtek driver and the modem driver, i found them here
http://drop.io/A215_S7428Drivers

They are modified drivers and it takes like 83 Mb to download but its worth it.

My computer is a toshiba A215-S7422 and now has all the drivers working in order.
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post #20 of 22
2/6/08 at 3:51am
Question... I have the Satellite A215-S4697... will the drivers being used here be compatible with my laptop? I want to assume they will since they are both A215 Satellite, but I want to be sure before I go installing XP.
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