32-bit XP drivers for Lifebook LH530

[Man-wai Chang]

I googled, no luck so far....

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[Paul]

I googled, no luck so far....

You look at each item in the list, and find the equivalent driver for WinXP.
Don't expect to find them sitting in a pile somewhere It would
take me the whole day to go through that list. Since you're sitting in
front of the machine, you can use a copy of the old free version of Everest,
get VEN and DEV info, and look for drivers using that info. But the list
here, will give you some idea how many drivers you'll be needing.

http://www.pc-ap.fujitsu.com/support/drv_lb_win7_LH530_W732.html

This is the old Everest. See if it will run. Looking in DevicesCI Devices
will show info on a good many items.

http://majorgeeks.com/download4181.html

Your chipset is HM55. If you search on HM55 on this site, you can find an
INFINST installer. This one is in ZIP format, making it easier to examine
the individual files inside.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19597&keyword="hm55"&lang=eng

Graphics are going to be a problem. Initially, Windows will use a VESA
driver, so you will be able to see the screen. But not at an acceptable
resolution setting. The problem is, you can't just download a driver
from Intel or ATI, and have it to work right. The Fujitsu version may be
modified slightly (since they are driving an LCD panel without the
benefit of DDC, rather than a regular monitor). If you were to connect
an external monitor on the other hand, then a standard driver just
might work.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/737-28041SupportforATIMobility.aspx

This is the driver for Intel graphics. There is no guarantee the screen
will look right, after you install this. You may have to uninstall it
again. Perhaps with this, you can run native resolution.

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19623&keyword="hm55"&lang=eng

Your second GPU (graphics processor) is an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430.

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst111ReleaseNotes.aspx

"NOTE! The following notebooks are not compatible with this release:

Switchable Graphics enabled notebooks using Intel chipsets."

So I think your biggest challenge with be graphics. Perhaps one
of the laptop forum sites will have a pointer to a driver.

Paul

 

[John Doe]

If you search on HM55 on this site

FWIW, and just in case anybody didn't already know... Sometimes
you can find more good stuff by putting your search criteria here

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=-wiki+-nextag+-amazon+-ebay&hl=en&num=100&cr=countryUS

and adding the website in this field

"Search within a site or domain"

I am not saying that it will be useful in this case, but I have
found that method very useful from time to time.

Good luck and have fun.

 

[Paul]

FWIW, and just in case anybody didn't already know... Sometimes
you can find more good stuff by putting your search criteria here

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?q=-wiki+-nextag+-amazon+-ebay&hl=en&num=100&cr=countryUS

and adding the website in this field

"Search within a site or domain"

I am not saying that it will be useful in this case, but I have
found that method very useful from time to time.

Good luck and have fun.

I stated it this way

"If you search on HM55 on this site"

because with the Intel web site you get a faster
result using their search box, than using any menus.

You're right, that using a search engine "Advanced Search" function,
frequently reveals secrets. It's a good way to search sites
that aren't revealing anything in a general search.

I have a feeling it would take several days, to find all the
drivers needed. With each passing day, it gets harder to
reuse WinXP.

Paul

 

[Man-wai Chang]

You look at each item in the list, and find the equivalent driver for

Thanks

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[John Doe]

You're right, that using a search engine "Advanced Search"
function, frequently reveals secrets.

Secrets, or stuff that should be easy to find, depending on the
website.

It's a good way to search sites that aren't revealing anything
in a general search.

I have a feeling it would take several days, to find all the
drivers needed. With each passing day, it gets harder to reuse
WinXP.

Are you seeing retail hardware that is not compatible with Windows
XP?
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[Paul]

Are you seeing retail hardware that is not compatible with Windows
XP?

It's not incompatibility, it is the difficulty of finding the drivers.
Of tracking them down.

Laptop graphics would be the worst. Desktop video is a little bit better,
because it uses bog standard drivers.

The laptop uses a custom driver, because of the detail of connecting
the LCD panel over LVDS or similar, to the GPU. As far as I know,
that isn't a Plug and Play interface, so someone hand codes the
necessary details. I don't think the OS can probe a laptop LCD
panel, and tell what it's got. (That is why, when some people replace
a bad LCD panel in their laptop, the picture ends up with a funny aspect
ratio. If you use the wrong panel, one with the wrong pixel dimensions,
there is no automated way for the OS to know about it.)

By including custom files in the driver package, that is how the
driver knows what to do. The VESA code in the BIOS chip, at least
should allow an image to appear when you first install WinXP. But
if you want the graphics to work right (not be stuck at 640x480
forever), then the installed driver needs to know details. That
particular laptop has two GPUs, so one of the drivers has to
know how to switch modes or whatever. It's unclear how that
works. It isn't like a regular desktop setup, as there the
GPUs operate independently of one another. With switchable
laptop graphics, the drivers have to be coordinated well
enough, so that the right GPU is being used (like the ATI
GPU, when you start a 3D game).

Paul