Need to download drivers... which ones? There are millions of them.

Broads.ie

Hi, I'd appreciate some help... so after a fresh install of XP, I need to start installing the drivers.

Here's the page of drivers for my laptop.

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=3357378&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=3357377&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=1093

Do I have to download every singe one of those??

chin_grin

When you re-install xp right click on my computer and click manage. Click on Device Manager and any icon with a yellow exclamation is what you'll need the driver for.

bonzodog2

I'd start with Chipset,Audio,Graphics,Network and see how you get on. I noticed a few in there about special buttons, you could prob treat these as optional. Anything that comes up with yellow icon in DeviceManager, you can check what it is with its PCI ID VEN & DEV codes

yoyo

As a rule of thumb:
Chipset
Audio
Video
Ethernet
Wifi
Card Reader
Bluetooth (If applicable)

Are important ones, install all those ones first, after then look in Device manager for any problems

Nick

Broads.ie

OK thanks... but can you just look at that link for a second. You told me to download the chipset. You can see under chipset that there are 4 options. Do I just download and install them all? Or choose the top one?

yoyo

Broads.ie wrote: »

OK thanks... but can you just look at that link for a second. You told me to download the chipset. You can see under chipset that there are 4 options. Do I just download and install them all? Or choose the top one?

This would be the one your after:
Intel Chipset Installation Utility for ICH8 for Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP

Nick