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Need Help, Installing XP in Compaq CQ60 100EE

post #1 of 13
7/8/09 at 10:34am
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hi friends,
my laptop CQ60-100EE is build for Vista OS only..
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/p...22/loc:0&cc=nz
I tried to install Windows XP sp3 in it.. since the dvd-drive of CQ60-100EE had problems, i removed the Hard disk > fixed it in my other laptop and installed XP > then fixed the HDD back to CQ60-100EE..
now when i switched on the laptop, a blue screen appears after Windows XP boot screen.. and then the laptop restarts.. (the blue screen appears just for a fraction of second..) , the laptop starts normally in SAFE MODE.. no blue screen appears while it is starting in safe mode..
Also i have difficulty in finding XP drivers for CQ60-100EE..
Please help..!

with regards..
mabr786
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post #2 of 13
7/9/09 at 9:46am
See if you can first disable AHCI or SATA support in your BIOS.

cheers ...
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post #3 of 13
7/11/09 at 1:57am
Thread Starter 
hi qhn..
there is no such option to disable AHCI or SATA support in my BIOS..
the only thing i can change in BIOS is Boot Order.. :-(
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post #4 of 13
7/11/09 at 2:26am
I think qhn has the issue at hand. XP does not support AHCI native. Consider?
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post #5 of 13
7/11/09 at 4:42am
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hi guys..
i managed to install XP sp2 in my CQ60-100EE.. ;-)
and managed to find XP compatible driver softwares..! ;-D
now, there is a problem with 1 driver in device manager..
though Sound is installed properly,, there is a yellow question mark.. saying
? Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus
when i restart the laptop.. it says new hardware found ..
but Sound works perfect..!
please help me solve this..

regards.. mabr786
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post #6 of 13
7/11/09 at 7:38am
You might want to read this thread for your audio issue:

http://www.notebookforums.com/thread228731.html

Also, would you share the links as to where you got all the drivers for other members?

cheers ...
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post #7 of 13
7/13/09 at 9:49am
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hi qhn..
One sound driver is Conexant SmartAudio 221 and the other is nForce HDMI Audio Driver.. Problemo solved..! i installed nForce HDMI Audio Driver by mistake, and it worked..! lol
(^_^) my CQ60-100EE is successfully downgraded to XP sp2
here is the link which helped me get the drivers..

http://laptop-driver.blogspot.com/20...indows-xp.html

Cheers..
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post #8 of 13
7/13/09 at 10:44am
Brilliant - Thank you for the feedback and sharing.

cheers ...
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post #9 of 13
8/6/09 at 2:15pm
i managed to install xp sp3 with your help on my cq60-300, thank you. i wanna ask, how is your battery life on xp ? and is there anything that can be done to improve it ?
also, the incorporated microphone isn't working. any ideas ?
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post #10 of 13
8/6/09 at 7:02pm
Are you able to "talk" with an external microphone?

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post #11 of 13
8/7/09 at 5:03am
i don't have an external mic. in vista i just used the integrated one to make skype calls, and now it doesn't seem to work. i installed asio4all driver when on vista and in the control panel of asio, i had several ins and outs. now with xp, asio shows just 2: 'conexant in' and 'conexant out'. windows device manager shows no problems
i have xp professional sp3
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post #12 of 13
8/9/09 at 9:18am
I am not familiar with asio4all, but how about just (try) use the stock audio driver as mentioned above with XP and removing asio4all?

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post #13 of 13
9/11/09 at 4:43pm

Interesting...?

mabr786, if I may ask, how did you finally manage to change the bios settings, if that's how you managed to install XP? I'm having the same trouble with a CQ50-209WM, you see.
Previous hard drive crashed, installed a new one and attempted to install XP instead of its factory-installed Vista. Now I can't find the right place to change the HDD settings in the bios.
A point in the right direction would be appreciated!

-elizabeth
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