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Posted on  08-10-2007, 07:21 PM 
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Toshiba A215-S4697 Conversion to XP

Has anyone had any luck finding the drivers to convert this computer to XP? I looked at the Toshiba download website with no luck. A call to Tech Support told me that there would be no good reason to downgrade my computer to XP so therefore Toshiba couldn't help me. This is too bad as I have had luck with other laptop companies with this issue.

If anyone has found a way to get drivers such as the Chipset wihch is an AMD M690V it would be of great help.

Thanks, Ray




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Posted on  08-11-2007, 03:31 AM 
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run an everest home report, then u can try go directly to the device manufacturer to chase down xp drivers.

amd 6xx chipset is quite new, unless the laptop manufacturer offers it at the moment, we r all sol until amd/ati update their download sites. amd/ati is currently bundling into its gpu catalyst driver the handling of this new chip - so an uptodate catalyst driver would do u justice

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Posted on  08-11-2007, 10:14 AM 
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I have everything on this laptop working except the Toshiba Common Modules.




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Posted on  08-30-2007, 06:16 PM 
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Hey demitrix, any chance you can share your findings. Seem as though all I can get installed are the toshiba utilities




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Posted on  08-31-2007, 02:51 PM 
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well, after a bunch of searching all last night and into today, I have everything installed except the ATI video drivers.

I have tried everything. Used the drivers from the ATI site, even the Omega drivers. None of them will install correctly.

Any clues here?




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Posted on  08-31-2007, 02:54 PM 
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see if you can find another model which runs XP and the ATI video



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Posted on  08-31-2007, 02:55 PM 
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I've got the ATI driver! Gimme a sec to find it again. Can you link me to rest of the drivers?




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Posted on  08-31-2007, 02:59 PM 
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1)Get the "Display Driver" from here:
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeonx-xp.html

2)Try to install the driver. You will get a "No compatible device found" error.

3)Go to the "Add Hardware" wizard in the Control Panel.

4)Choose to install with the "Have Disk" option.

5)Use the browse function to find the place where you originally extracted the setup files and choose the .inf.

6)Select Radeon X1200, choose install anyways and voila!




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Posted on  09-04-2007, 09:03 PM 
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I just bought this boat anchor for my wife her 600m DNF'd. We hate Vista and Tosh was no help with the XP downgrade. Could someone put together a list of the drivers they had to hunt down? If its a big hassle then its going back to the store soon. Also how hard is it to delet Vista I have read that you can waist the hard drive in proccess...




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Posted on  09-04-2007, 09:31 PM 
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The best way to delete Vista is to boot up the PC with a XP disc inserted. Then choose to delete the current partition and install. I'm uploading all the missing XP drivers right now. The only driver missing is the "Toshiba Common Modules" which makes the "FN" button on the keyboard work. There's no way to get it unless Toshiba makes a XP version as it's laptop specific. I'll post as soon as the upload is done. ETA is 30 minutes.




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Posted on  09-04-2007, 10:02 PM 
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http://rapidshare.com/files/53484825...XP_Drivers.zip

It includes the following XP drivers:

Agere 56K Modem
AMD AGP Filter
AMD Dual Core Optimizer
AMD Processor
Atheros AR5006X WiFi
ATI Radeon X1200
ATI SB600 Chipset
ATI SM BUS
Microsoft UAA HD Audio
Realtek HD Audio
Realtek RTL8139-810x Ethernet
TI Multi-Card Reader

Enjoy!!!




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Posted on  09-04-2007, 11:31 PM 
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I feel like I owe you something! I couldnt for the life of me get the pci devices going. The TI chip and the ati pci/isa bridge were driving me crazy!(PCI Device and Unknown Device)
Thanks a bunch!
Now to get Ubuntu running smoothly.




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Posted on  09-04-2007, 11:51 PM 
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No problem. It took me several hours to gather these drivers and donjski helped me out quite a bit too. Hopefully Toshiba will make some XP drivers now that they've been bought out by Acer.




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Posted on  09-05-2007, 06:49 AM 
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now that they've been bought out by Acer.
I dont recall seeing anything like that. When did this happen????



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