Trying To Install Win XP Pro On A New HP dv9000

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Webcam, fingerprint software & Drivers

Hi

Can anyone pls. give me the links for software & driver for webcam & Fingerprint reader, I have hp dv9601au laptop.

Thanks
Shilesh Rastogi

Hello, I have a HP Pavillion DZ 9420us that came with Vista on it. I can't believe how slow it is on this laptop. I'm running AMD Turion 64 X2 LT-64 2.2ghz option with 2 gigs of ram, so I decieded to install XP Pro with Vista as a dual boot option. I just about have the install complete but I'm in need of one driver. It's for that dang coprocessor. I've searched high and low for this driver with no luck. I'm not even sure what this even does or if it will affect the way my laptop will run. It seems to be running in great shape now even better that the Vista install. I would be greatfull if someone could send me down the right path to find this driver. Thanks in advance.

Thanks

I just want to say thanks to absolutezero7 for this help.
I recently bought an HP Pavilion dv9574la, a great machine with Windows Vista Home Premium and I need to change the OS because of software needs.
One important thing, that possibly helps another one. That model no have in the BIOS, in the System configuration menu, the possibility to disable the SATA mode, so I had to make a new installation cd, via slip-streaming procedure and put the SATA drivers on it.
I wanted to post here the link that helps me, but the forum not allow me because is my first post, if someone needs it, just send me a PM.
One more thing.
If you are in Argentina (and supose everywhere in South America) and need to contact HP support (via chat or phone), don't waste your time, chat directly with the support in the USA.
Again, thanks to everyone that contribute in this forum.

Marcelo

Hi y'all, i've got the same problem like a lot of people here but i'm unable to fix it. I downgraded my hp pavilion 9396ea notebook from vista to xp pro sp2. Now i'm having problems finding suitable drivers for xp. I've tried about every driver from the hp site but it won't work. I keep on getting this message: ' could not find the media device for this driver' although i installed microsoft uaa.

This is on my device manager:
other devices: ( all with the ? sign before it )

• base system device
• base system device
• base system device
• ethernet controller
• hp integrated module
• pci device
• unknown device

So, i'm unable to find the audio driver but it might be the unknown device. I hope some of you guys knows a solution, i'm getting desperate with this problem...

Thanks in advance, wicky

HP Pavilion Laptop dv9000 UAA Audio Driver Problem SOLVED.

Alright guys, I'm like you... Been trying to get that stubborn winxp on my dv9000. I can't vouch for any of the SATA fixes or for that matter anything beyond this post. The only problem I have experienced with installing WinXP Pro on my laptop is that stubborn Conextant Audio. The reason being... the Microsoft Universal Audio Architecture (UAA) Bus Driver for High Definition Audio does not install properly. I've tried everything out there.. Every version I could find. No Luck... I've done it all. However I believe I have finally found a solution and I believe it will work beyond the dv9000 series (listen up you 6000 guys). This should take care of all your "media device problems"

Sytsem Specs...

HP Pavilion dv9000 Originally Installed with WinXP Media Center

AMD Turion 64 X2 TL60 2ghz
Nvidia nforce 430/410 Sata/Chipset
Nvidia Geforce Go 7600 graphics
Ricoh 5 in 1 Card Reader
Dual Toshibia MK8034GSX HDD's
Conextant HD Audio
HDAUDIO Soft Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
2 Gig Ram
Bluetooth Yada Yada Yada, got the basics covered.


Steps I took to fix the UAA Audio Driver Problem.

First, tossed in the WinXP Pro SP3 (Slipstreamed) cd in.
Had no issues with having to load SATA/Raid Drivers.
Went throught the basics, chose my C: Drive Partition. Quick Format.
Let windows install. Did the initial boot to Windows.

Step1. Installed the Nvidia Chipset Drivers from HP. SP33411

Step2. Reboot.

Step3. Took an exisiting copy of Microsofts UAA Driver KB88811.exe (WinXP/2K sp2 version) and extracted it to my desktop using 7zip. Yes, KB88811 is an extractable file.

Step4. Opened up the Device Manager from My Computer and scrolled on down to "PCI Device", right clicked and "Update Driver"... Installed from specific location, Include this location in the search (Where you Extracted to your desktop), selected the folder and hit Next. (You should get a message that the MS UAA has been found and is ready to be installed)

Step5. Reboot.

Step6. I then installed the Conextant Audio and Modem Drivers right away and reboot.

Step7. "update.microsoft.com" 4 hardware updates, Video, Audio, Modem, and Touchpad. No Criticals or Other Software needed to be installed.

Step8. Ran Back to the HP site and grabbed Misc Drivers I still needed.

ALL drivers I used were acquired off the HP website under HP Pavilion dv9000 CTO Notebook PC, except for the KB88811.exe
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=&product=1842189&lang=

"KB88811.exe" Was aquired off one of my ASUS MB Disc's, I don't know where to find that file on the internet. I believe you have to talk to Microsoft Tech support and they email to you.

I posted the file up on Rapid Share for now... here's the link...http://rapidshare.com/files/94122903/kb888111.exe.html

Well, that's how I solved my MS UAA problem. I assume this will work with just about any setup. I have no yellow ?marks in my Device Manager btw. I hope this fix works for the rest of you!

If you really really need the KB88811.exe file you can email me at zerked@charter.net but don't expect immediate responses plz

Your systems were plenty strong enough for Vista. It's too bad HP didn't supply a dual boot XP/Vista system for you. I ran a dual XP Pro/Vista Home Premium desktop for a month, just to get used to Vista and find out what XP programs and games worked in Vista. To my surprize, after applying the 60+ Vista MS updates, all my games and programs run fine in Vista. I have ditched XP entirely now

Yeah HP OEM copy of windows... I'll pass... I can run dual boot anyway I have retail copies and that's the only computer I haven't built myself hence it being a laptop. But Vista stable? Depends on what your doing and how you do things I still have a copy of 95 sitting here on my HD...lol Three's a reason SP3 was realeased hehe.

My new HP DV9000

HI all, I just found this forum and posting,, I bought a new DV9000 from Costco and tried out the Vista,, yuck, So I took it to my local computer store and asked them to put XP on it. They came back and told me it could not be done as all the drivers were not available. They actually reformatted and then figured out the drivers issues,, which is the opposite of the order in which I would have proceeded.

Anyhoo. Would someone here who has done all the homework for this task, be kind enough to share with me. Maybe even someone has all the relevant drivers in one spot?? I know its not gonna be HP

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Cheers

So go to the HP Support site and download the XP drivers for your model laptop

Thanks

Thanks for the pointer, the computer store told me they already tried that and not all are available..

Cheers

So what drivers are you missing?

Some common drivers are:

Sound, video and NIC (Network Internet Connection). XP's native drivers should take care of the rest

dv9000... the HP website has all the drivers...

just do a search for dv9000 and click winxp when you get the option

I thought so... I've never had any trouble finding any HP drivers

I can found all the drivers, except for the fingertips reader, there is no support for this (as HP told me).-
if you still need the drivers, I could send you the ones I used via yousendit.
Bye.

Marcelo

hello i recently purchased a HPdv9843cl, and i cannot get XP on the machine. there is not option in the bios to changed the type of hard drive, so i need to slipstream the sata drivers, but i can not find the proper files, can you help thanks

Answer about drivers and a question about freezing

Hi all,

About 2 months ago, with the help of this forum, I got my dv9260 on XP. Here's a note about HP and their drivers. When I first searched for the dv9260nr on HP's website there were drivers missing that I needed. For instance the Nvidia video card driver is not on that page, and plenty others are missing too. So, I went back to the dv9000 CTO page. A lot more drivers there that I can use.... but still no Nvidia. So, I went back to the dv9000 CTO page. And there it finally was.

The only thing I can figure is HP makes a new laptop design, for instance the dv9000. All the original drivers are there. Then as they make changes to that basic design and come out with newer models they only put the drivers for new/upgraded hardware. If the newer model is using the same drivers on certain hardware as the original model they won't relink the driver download. The must laugh at making us jump around the site to figure out this puzzle. I don't know if my theory is correct, but that what it seems like. Each time I jumped back in the evolutionary timeline of my current model I found more drivers. Hope that helps.

Now I do have a question for those who have successfully gone back to xp on a dv9000 series laptop. Are you having issues with freezing? Ever since I've gone back to xp my laptop freezes at strange moments. I can play a very demanding game with no problems. But if I walk away from the computer and not much is running on it, I can come back in an hour to a frozen screensaver. Sometimes, I'll just be using the new firefox and it will freeze. Ctl+alt+dlt does not work. I have to hold the power button to shut it off. It also seems to run hotter than it did before the vista/xp change.

Any thoughts?

I've got all the critical systems up and running in XP Pro with various drivers from this thread. The one thing I'm missing is a compatible graphics driver. Without it, I'm stuck on a 17" screen at 1024x768 resolution.

Its a dv9913cl laptop, but I'll try anything from any dv9000+ series model. I've got a few days to figure this out before I return it. I gotta have something that runs XP.

Luth

You should be running a Nvidia GeForce 7 series (7150M specifically) video card. If so, try the GeForce driver here
h t t p://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareList?os=228&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=1842189&lang=en

It's the most recent one I can find in all the dv9xxx. I started with dv9900 and check back in each hundred set (9800, 9700, 9600, etc.) I figured there would be a more recent one but that's the only one I found. It's the same driver I used in my 9260. I will warn you I still haven't figured out my freezing problem... not sure if it's video card/driver related.... but this is the only driver I found that really worked.

You can also check out h t t p://laptopvideo2go.com/
In general which series you should use with your card is;
GeForce 8xxx cards - 160 and up.
GeForce 7xxx cards - 80 and up.
GeForce 6xxx cards - 70 and up.
GeForce FX (5xxx) cards - 70 and up.
GeForce 4xxx cards - 60 and up.
GeForce 3 cards - 60 and up.
GeForce 2 cards - 60 and up.
Quadro cards - 80 and up.
Latest ones usually work fine with all cards, the list is just for stating you can but should NOT go below recommended series.

Good Luck

(sorry about the links. I don't have enough posts here to be allowed to post direct links. Grrr)

absolutezero7 ROCKS!!!!!

Thank YOU!
This was driving me crazzzzy!
I am know installing XP Pro on my dv9000.
You rock, and it was right in front of me.
I hate Vista,bloatware os.
Back to xp pro.
Way to go bud!
hearuude