A few months ago I bought an "open box" Dual Core Gateway computer. It had Vista OS. I thought I would give it a chance and try it.
Well I did. And I got good and fed up with Vista, I tell you. It is now gone!
For the past week, I've been collecting drivers for the XP Pro install. Today I formated the hard drive and started on a clean slate.
I was surprised to find out that the motherboard's built in LAN would not work. I didn't get a driver for that. The audio also didn't work because I didn't have a driver for that either. But everything else worked.
To get internet access so that I could update my XP install to SP2, I installed a LinkSys LAN card and rocked and rolled.
Once the OS was up to date, I went to The motherboard's vendor site (Intel) and downloaded the necessary drivers. I just now got the audio to work and removed the LinkSys card and now the built in Lan works.
I even found Bios for the motherboard for XP.
Now I gotta wear a seat belt when I drive this thing -- It's Fast!
Well I did. And I got good and fed up with Vista, I tell you. It is now gone!
For the past week, I've been collecting drivers for the XP Pro install. Today I formated the hard drive and started on a clean slate.
I was surprised to find out that the motherboard's built in LAN would not work. I didn't get a driver for that. The audio also didn't work because I didn't have a driver for that either. But everything else worked.
To get internet access so that I could update my XP install to SP2, I installed a LinkSys LAN card and rocked and rolled.
Once the OS was up to date, I went to The motherboard's vendor site (Intel) and downloaded the necessary drivers. I just now got the audio to work and removed the LinkSys card and now the built in Lan works.
I even found Bios for the motherboard for XP.
Now I gotta wear a seat belt when I drive this thing -- It's Fast!
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